Consultant (Risk Management), Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Hosted Fund, REMOTE, 10 months, REQ#570228

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in every single place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each baby, EDUCATION 

Schooling Can not Wait (ECW) is the primary world fund devoted to training in emergencies and protracted crises. It was established in 2016 through the World Humanitarian Summit by worldwide humanitarian and improvement support organizations, together with private and non-private donors, to assist reposition training as a precedence on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a extra collaborative method amongst actors on the bottom and foster extra funding to make sure that each crisis-affected baby and younger individual is in class and studying. ECW acknowledges the necessity to undertake a scientific and proactive method to managing its dangers, in alignment with its strategic aims and stakeholder expectations.

You possibly can entry to extra data on ECW through this hyperlink www.educationcannotwait.org.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The target of this task is to work beneath the steerage of the Threat & Compliance Supervisor in ECW’s SPA staff to develop a set of key danger administration paperwork that may inform ECW’s danger administration practices so far as company and portfolio danger administration are involved. The primary outcomes of this consultancy will probably be a finalized set of paperwork and studying supplies ready and delivered to the SPA staff on time and to a high-quality commonplace, aligned with the rules set out in key danger administration frameworks such because the COSO Enterprise Threat Administration framework and the ISO:31000 framework. Key parts will embody:

• A Threat Administration Coverage that defines the scope, rules, roles, and tasks of danger administration inside ECW.
• A danger reporting system that features the design and improvement of latest danger reporting templates, codecs, and frequency, in addition to danger escalation and communication protocols.
• Threat administration pointers that present the methodology, instruments, and processes for figuring out, assessing, treating, monitoring, and reporting dangers at totally different ranges and features of ECW.
• A danger administration studying programme to introduce the brand new insurance policies and procedures to ECW personnel and its companions.

DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT

Deliverables	Description	Estimated variety of days	Deadline/timeline
Deliverable 1: Put together an ECW Threat Administration Coverage	Maintain discussions with ECW’s SPA staff and overview related background data to grasp the context of this task and necessities for growing a Threat Administration Coverage in addition to Deliverable 2 and Deliverable 3. Draft an ECW Threat Administration Coverage primarily based on the necessities agreed with the SPA staff and the principals of the related COSO and ISO frameworks (Enterprise Threat Administration Framework and ISO 31000 respectively), (MS Phrase doc according to ECW branding that may be uploaded to ECW’s web site), in addition to inputs from the Finance & Operations part and different ECW Secretariat groups as wanted. A danger urge for food assertion might be included within the Coverage or developed individually. Work with the SPA staff to flow into the draft ECW Threat Administration Coverage each internally throughout the ECW Secretariat and key exterior stakeholders, together with donors and implementing companions, for suggestions. This deliverable and deliverable 2a could embody touring to NYC (journey period roughly 2 weeks). Finalize the ECW Threat Administration Coverage (and danger urge for food assertion if developed individually) utilizing ECW branding pointers and undergo the SPA staff.	10     15             20       10	15 March 2024     12 April 2024             17 Might 2024       31 Might 2024
Deliverable 2: Replace danger reporting templates	Additional to the overview of background paperwork undertaken beneath Deliverable 1a, overview related templates of i) portfolio danger reporting together with danger evaluation templates and ii) company danger reporting together with the ECW Company Threat Register and talk about necessities for updating these templates with the SPA staff. Put together an up to date i) danger evaluation template, ii) portfolio danger report template, and iii) company danger register template primarily based on the necessities agreed with the SPA staff, together with automation performance, and the necessities set out within the ECW Threat Administration Coverage (MS Phrase or MS Excel paperwork according to ECW branding that may be uploaded to ECW’s web site and grants database), with inputs from different Secretariat groups as wanted. Work with the SPA staff to flow into the up to date templates with ECW Secretariat contacts recognized by the SPA staff in addition to implementing companions, for suggestions. Arrange a half day workshop with the ECW Schooling Workforce and grantees to acquire suggestions on the templates. Finalize the 4 templates set out beneath (2) above and submit paperwork to the SPA staff.	5       15             20       5	17 Might 2024 (work executed in parallel with deliverable 1c above)     21 June 2024             19 July 2024       2 August 2024
Deliverable 3: Put together danger administration steerage paperwork	Additional to the overview of background paperwork undertaken beneath Deliverable 1a, maintain discussions with ECW’s SPA staff and overview related background data to grasp current danger administration steerage and necessities for growing new steerage paperwork (Phrase paperwork according to ECW branding that may be uploaded to ECW’s web site). Put together two danger administration steerage paperwork for i) grantees and iii) ECW Secretariat, primarily based on necessities agreed with the SPA staff (Phrase paperwork according to ECW branding that may be uploaded to ECW’s web site). Obtain suggestions from the SPA staff on the paperwork ready. Use this suggestions to the above two paperwork and undergo the SPA staff.	3           10     5	2 August 2024 (work executed in parallel with deliverables 1c and 1d above)         16 August 2024     23 August 2024
Deliverable 4: Put together studying programme for ECW and grantees	Put together studying supplies for i) ECW workers, consultants and interns and ii) ECW grantees to incorporate a) a PowerPoint presentation speaking the brand new insurance policies and procedures (ECW Threat Administration Coverage, up to date templates, steerage), b) data of roles and tasks of teams i) and ii) above, and c) a video walkthrough of how every of the above two teams is required to finish related templates/paperwork. In coordination with the SPA staff, finalize these studying supplies and undergo the SPA staff.	20           10	20 September 2024           4 October 2024
Deliverable 5: Present ad-hoc technical danger administration help and recommendation to ECW on areas associated to the above deliverables	Present help and steerage to the SPA staff and the broader ECW staff on technical danger administration areas referring to deliverables 1-4 above.	As much as 10 days	30 October 2024
TOTAL ESTIMATED WORKING DAYS		158 days

• An Superior college diploma (Masters) in danger administration, inner audit, social sciences, worldwide improvement, public administration, or different associated fields.
• A minimal of 8 years of progressively accountable skilled expertise in danger administration, inner audit or danger administration consulting.
• Expertise in growing danger administration insurance policies, procedures and steerage for a worldwide group, ideally a United Nations or different improvement or Schooling in Emergencies group.
• Very robust analytical and doc drafting abilities utilizing Microsoft Phrase and Excel.
• Very robust written and oral communication abilities, with the flexibility to summarize complicated data into ‘plain English’.
• Expertise in: i) working with inner and exterior stakeholders to collect suggestions on draft insurance policies, procedures, and steerage notes; ii) synthesising suggestions in a time-sensitive however thorough trend; and iii) setting out a transparent imaginative and prescient for subsequent steps.
  Means to work to strict deadlines and work autonomously to satisfy consultancy timelines.
• Expertise of working in danger administration or inner audit within the United Nations, a world improvement entity or a humanitarian entity.
• Expertise of working within the area of training and/or Schooling in Emergencies.
• Expertise of working in fragile and conflict-affected states.
• Expertise of working in danger administration or inner audit with an ECW companion.
• Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish), significantly French, is fascinating. 

For each Little one, you exhibit… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

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 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

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The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF in the course of their consultancy contracts.