Location: Edinburgh, London, UK, or NL – Versatile working environement
Place Standing: Full time
Wage: The beginning wage vary for this place within the UK is 37,040 GBP; wage vary within the NL is 44,320 Euro
Deadline: Please submit utility and canopy letter by Might sixth
Present unrestricted work authorization within the location is required on the time of utility for this place.
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the idea that a greater world is feasible. To do that, we all know our groups do their finest work when they’re various and each workforce member feels that they belong. We welcome various backgrounds, views, and abilities in order that we might be stronger and have long run impression.
Mercy Corps in Europe has grown each by way of the amount of exercise and its complexity. With workplaces in Edinburgh, London and The Hague, we now entice over £120m in earnings yearly, and make use of greater than 120 home and internationally positioned workforce members. The breadth and impression of our programmes makes Mercy Corps a singular and actually rewarding place to work. Our groups are happy with what we obtain and we’re all the time searching for gifted people who share our ardour and dedication. Mercy Corps Europe (MCE), Mercy Corps Netherlands (MCNL) and Mercy Corps International (MCG) function as one international group, sharing the identical mission, imaginative and prescient, core values and charitable goals, in addition to operational sources for the assist and implementation of programme actions.
The Place
We’re searching for a technically expert Compliance Advisor to affix our European workforce supporting with donor compliance. The position will sit inside the European Compliance, Governance and Danger workforce, working alongside the US primarily based Compliance and Authorized groups to make sure that the company fulfils its duty to donors, the NGO group, implementing companions and different stakeholders, and is in compliance with authorized and regulatory necessities. Every Compliance Advisor supplies technical recommendation, assist and coaching to their assigned international locations/areas and as well as has duty for assigned compliance focus areas and associated tasks.
The Compliance Advisor performs an important position within the organisation by:
● Supporting programmes and finance groups in managing organisational and donor compliance of programmes via our European headquarters;
● Offering compliance recommendation and steering to stakeholders primarily based in over 40 international locations worldwide to be compliant with donor guidelines and necessities and related Mercy Corps insurance policies and procedures;
● Offering coaching assist to groups in relation to donors and subaward compliance;
● Speaking carefully and dealing collaboratively with quite a lot of different Headquarters departments and colleagues to make sure that, at any time when potential, approaches are globally aligned.
This can be a incredible alternative for an formidable authorized or compliance skilled who’s all for a profession within the humanitarian and improvement sector. You may be becoming a member of the rising European entity of a number one international company, serving to individuals in a few of the world’s hardest locations flip the crises of pure catastrophe, poverty and battle into alternatives for progress.
Important Obligations
DONOR COMPLIANCE (for an assigned portfolio to be confirmed)
● Lead position on UN and World Financial institution Awards transition – a part of cross organisation working group to assist with UN and World Financial institution Awards, together with growing steering, instruments, templates and coaching supplies as want be
● Headquarters Managed Awards – compliance point of interest for awards that are managed out of Headquarters (number of potential donors)
● Present related compliance and subaward assist to assigned portfolio (to be decided)
● Evaluate donor agreements, together with highlighting primary compliance points and advising on factors to barter with donor representatives.
● Present compliance recommendation to make sure adherence to donor grant guidelines and rules, together with appearing as the first compliance ‘assist desk’ perform for European headquarters for assigned portfolio of nations, supporting programmes, finance, technical and colleagues within the international locations and areas the place we implement programmes as required. Escalate points as wanted to colleagues.
● Contribute to monitoring and documentation of recurring donor compliance dangers and points.
● Assist with exceptions requests as required.
● Assist donor communication, together with responses to Donor Due Diligence and/or donor experiences and communications.
● Present recommendation to the Finance workforce in relation to donor-led audits as requested, together with contractual recommendation and negotiating contested findings the place applicable.
● Assist the International Ethics workforce with donor notifications and reporting of fraud and corruption incidents as per inside protocols.
● Take part in Complicated Boards and supply enhanced compliance coaching and assist for advanced programmes, as could also be required.
SUBAWARD COMPLIANCE (FOR ASSIGNED PORTFOLIO)
● Advise the Programme, Finance and Nation groups on the utilization and implications of partnering mechanisms (together with Subawards) in assist of programme implementation. Present steering on the suitable use of subawards and different varieties of agreements comparable to consortium agreements and/or service contracts.
● Make sure the completion of Mercy Corps’ due diligence and pre-award compliance checks for subawards in accordance with established insurance policies and procedures.
● In coordination with nation and headquarters workforce members, draft and negotiate subaward agreements and amendments primarily based on insurance policies and procedures. Guarantee subaward agreements move down all related Mercy Corps’ and prime donor necessities.
● Develop and preserve an efficient and environment friendly course of for making certain subawards are appropriately reviewed, authorized and signed by authorised events, together with implementing companions.
● With evaluation and enter from different stakeholders, develop and preserve subaward and modification templates, in addition to different required agreements (comparable to consortium agreements, MOUs), to be used with UN awards and different donors as mandatory.
TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES
● Create, preserve and refresh a collection of donor compliance steering and inside instruments and templates to proceed to assist Mercy Corps’ compliance, for instance researching and growing donor necessities and issuing reference guides. Lead for UN donors.
● Develop and handle compliance sources, together with complete finest apply steering and coaching supplies on UN donors and different donors could also be required.
● Lead the supply of compliance coaching or different start-up actions for European-funded programmes in assigned portfolio.
● Attend coaching, conferences and/or packages as assigned, together with donors’ guidelines and rules coaching, periodic webinars, and regional conferences.
● As required, help with the event and upkeep of insurance policies and procedures associated to compliance and threat.
● Different duties as could also be required
Supervisory Duty
None
Accountability
Stories Instantly To: Europe Senior Director of Compliance, Governance and Danger
Works Instantly With: Compliance workforce, Programmes, Finance, Nation and Regional colleagues, Mercy Corps International Grants and Contracts Assist Unit
Accountability to Contributors and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps workforce members are anticipated to assist all efforts towards accountability, particularly to our program members, group companions, different stakeholders, and to worldwide requirements guiding worldwide reduction and improvement work. We’re dedicated to actively participating communities as equal companions within the design, monitoring and analysis of our programmes.
Minimal {Qualifications} & Transferable Abilities
● Educated to Bachelors degree, ideally in Legislation, Worldwide Relations or Enterprise or a associated topic, or equal expertise.
● Ideally 3+ years of expertise in fast-paced work environments, with some publicity to working in a multinational organisation.
● Expertise in a authorized, compliance and/or grants administration position (or comparable).
● Expertise of figuring out compliance points and offering steering and or growing instruments to enhance compliance.
● Expertise managing or working with partnerships and/or grants is very fascinating.
● Expertise designing and/or delivering coaching is a plus
● Capable of conduct analysis. Some expertise in drafting authorized agreements can be useful.
● Glorious written and spoken English.
● French or Spanish language abilities are thought of a powerful benefit
Success Components
● Element-oriented multi-tasker, with wonderful organisation abilities.
● Glorious communication abilities (each written and verbal), in a position to work efficiently in a multinational, multicultural organisation.
● Capable of construct and preserve efficient inside and exterior relationships.
● Expert in anticipating and fixing issues, involving others as wanted.
● Ready to deal with altering priorities, usually at quick discover, and work properly underneath stress.
● Excessive ranges of motivation and professionalism; proactive angle.
● An publicity to and clear curiosity in worldwide improvement points is vital, as is an appreciation of the advanced challenges confronted by groups working in abroad environments.
Dwelling Situations / Environmental Situations
The place relies in one among our European headquarters areas and will require as much as 20% nationwide or worldwide journey (though sometimes lower than that), typically on quick discover to areas with restricted entry to medical amenities and facilities.
Ongoing Studying
In assist of our perception that studying organizations are more practical, environment friendly and related to the communities we serve, we empower all workforce members to dedicate 5% of their time to studying actions that additional their private and/or skilled development and improvement.
Range, Fairness & Inclusion
Reaching our mission begins with how we construct our workforce and work collectively. Via our dedication to enriching our group with individuals of various origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and methods of considering, we’re higher in a position to leverage the collective energy of our groups and resolve the world’s most advanced challenges. We try for a tradition of belief and respect, the place everybody contributes their views and genuine selves, reaches their potential as people and groups, and collaborates to do the very best work of their lives. We acknowledge that variety and inclusion is a journey, and we’re dedicated to studying, listening and evolving to turn into extra various, equitable and inclusive than we’re right this moment.
Equal Employment Alternative
Mercy Corps is an equal alternative employer that doesn’t tolerate discrimination on any foundation. We actively hunt down various backgrounds, views, and abilities in order that we might be collectively stronger and have sustained international impression.
We’re dedicated to offering an setting of respect and psychological security the place equal employment alternatives can be found to all. We don’t have interaction in or tolerate discrimination on the idea of race, shade, gender id, gender expression, faith, age, sexual orientation, nationwide or ethnic origin, incapacity (together with HIV/AIDS standing), marital standing, navy veteran standing or another protected group within the areas the place we work.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is dedicated to making sure that each one people we come into contact with via our work, whether or not workforce members, group members, program members or others, are handled with respect and dignity. We’re dedicated to the core rules concerning prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary Basic and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We is not going to tolerate youngster abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our workforce members. As a part of our dedication to a secure and inclusive work setting, workforce members are anticipated to conduct themselves in an expert method, respect native legal guidelines and customs, and to stick to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values always. Workforce members are required to finish necessary Code of Conduct elearning programs upon rent and on an annual foundation.
As a safeguarding measure, Mercy Corps screens all potential staff. That is performed following the conclusion of recruitment and previous to assuming full employment.
Our screening course of is designed to be clear and accomplished in partnership with new Workforce Members. You’ll have the chance to reveal any prior convictions on the conclusion of the recruitment course of earlier than the verify is initiated. We ask that you don’t disclose any prior convictions in your utility supplies or through the recruitment course of.
Tips on how to apply
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