Overview
Provide effective support in risk assessment and management activities, application of controls, and compliance with policies and procedures to enhance operational effectiveness and optimize WFP resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to embedding risk assessment in planning and decision making.
- Provide support to managers in analyzing and strengthening processes on risk & compliance issues.
- Provide assistance in ensuring conformity of WFP resource use with approved plans and agreements.
- Contribute to ideas on enhancement of adequate internal control systems.
- Contribute to the development of compliance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Support managers in regular and ad hoc risk assessments.
- Contribute to risk management effectiveness across the office.
- Support managers in their fact-finding reviews and fraud risk assessments.
- Collect and analyse data on fraud incidents and metrics.
- Contribute to accountability across functional units and prepare reports.
- Support managers in the preparation of risk information for external stakeholders.
- Assess information/training needs and prepare and deliver training programmes.
- Support risk management focal points in region/country offices.
- Demonstrate managerial and functional skills by effectively managing staff.
Required Experience
Typically three years of relevant progressively responsible experience in undertaking and/or contributing to risk management activities, including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions, in various organizations that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in business/public administration, finance, accounting, international development, audit or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses in audit, performance and risk management or other related fields.
