UN World Food Programme Senior Business Support Associate – Risk Management Jobs in South Sudan
About WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Organizational Context
The job is located in Juba, South Sudan, covering both risk and compliance responsibilities. The job holder will be part of the CO Risk and Compliance team with functional supervision from the Risk and Compliance Adviser. The job holder will be required to make frequent visits to field offices.
Job Purpose
Support the CO Risk and Compliance team in the maintenance of effective risk assessment and risk management activities; application of controls and compliance with policies and procedures; and contribution to the overall effectiveness of operations and optimization of WFP resources by championing the mainstreaming of WFP’s risk and compliance framework
Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
Perform regular and ad hoc assessments to identify and evaluate risks, assess effectiveness of internal controls, and assess the potential for fraud and corruption in operational activities.
Prepare reports summarising the status of compliance of internal controls, key oversight themes using risk information (e.g. risk indicators, incidents) to highlight areas out of risk appetite and contribute ideas on required actions in areas of risk & compliance vulnerability.
Assist in Maintain the country Office risk register ensuring it is kept up to date.
Undertake research/obtain background information related to the subject under review, track and report on specific risks, trends and cross-cutting matters representing a high risk to the organization.
Collect and analyse data on fraud incidents, fraud risk metrics, and fraud risk appetite.
Contribute to enhancement of adequate internal control systems with clear accountabilities, including performance and risk management systems, monitoring and oversight processes and techniques, tools, processes to support their implementation.
Support the coordination and delivery of relevant trainings, workshops and other capacity building initiatives relevant to risk management and compliance.
Assist in ensuring the use of all WFP resources is in conformity with approved CO strategic plans/project plans, WFP rules and procedures, and donor funding agreements.
Perform fact-finding reviews, fraud risk assessments and other duties as required.
Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education: Completion of Secondary school . Further training in the following areas will be an added advantage: finance, accounting, public or business administration, audit or other related field, and/or professional qualification in audit, performance and risk management or other related fields. University degree will be an added advantage.
Experience: seven years of relevant progressively responsible experience in undertaking and/or contributing to risk management activities, audits, legal support, monitoring and evaluation including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions in organizations that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems. Demonstrated experience in enterprise resource planning systems (SAP, etc) is required.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Arabic. Fluency in a local language is required.
Desired Experiences for Entry Into the Role
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop solutions that address root causes of risk.
Strong collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to deliver quality results on time.
Excellent training and capacity building skills, including organizing and facilitating trainings, assessments, risk management thematic events and meetings to raise awareness and build knowledge.
Experience in humanitarian or development programming, logistics, finance, legal support or related field.
Experience in monitoring and evaluation, demonstrating knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and measurement
How to Apply
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