Operations Manager (Risk and Compliance), P-4, Post # 104745, Fixed Term, Port Sudan, Sudan (open to non-Sudanese)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each little one, help.

The Danger and Compliance Supervisor is to be positioned in Workplaces with important and complicated programmatic and operational dangers and challenges which require a devoted place to help the Senior Managers in ensuring that sources are constantly, successfully and effectively geared in direction of reaching outcomes for youngsters.

How will you make a distinction?

 

Goal for the job

Below the supervision of the Deputy Consultant Operations/Consultant the Danger and Compliance Supervisor shall be liable for main the strengthening of threat assurance and compliance efforts within the context of a giant/medium/small scale nation workplace.

 

He/She shall be liable for offering complementary experience, help, and monitoring associated to the administration of threat, together with however not restricted to the event, implementation, and steady enchancment of threat administration practices at a course of, programs, and entity stage.

 

He/she’s going to guarantee to guide the achievement of threat administration aims follows organizational guidelines and rules, and acceptable moral conduct; inside controls; info and know-how safety; sustainability; and high quality assurance. Furthermore, he/she’s going to present evaluation and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of threat administration and inside controls. 

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

 

1. Danger administration help

• Lead the method of offering steerage and supporting the workplace within the annual threat evaluation course of and monitor the reliability of experiences and their compliance with relevant guidelines and rules.
• Lead the monitoring technique of threat mitigation motion plans together with a mid-term assessment.
• Lead the workplace peer critiques course of, undertake visits to challenge websites and subject places of work to confirm the standard of efficiency.
• Lead the Harmonized Method to Money Switch (HACT) efforts insuring strong assurance mechanisms are in place, and findings systematically inform the workplace’s threat administration efforts, together with: associate efficiency, associate capability evaluation, and capability constructing with employees and companions.
• Guarantee the chance administration method is embedded in any challenge/proposal, in workplace governance committees’ assessment of submissions and in any main resolution made by the administration.

 

2.    Compliance help

• Lead the assessment technique of the workplace programs, procedures and processes for compliance with organizational guidelines and rules.
• Implement and strengthen inside controls to make sure that programs are in place to stop, detect and report non-compliance.  Assist the method for the preparation of the annual Assertion of Inner Management (SIC) by the workplace.
• Assessment and validate the interior work processes in Programme and Operations to make sure that accountabilities are clear and positioned on the ample ranges as per world insurance policies and/or finest practices.
• Lead the institution of a risk-based system to periodically and systematically assessment a pattern of actions (Programme and Operations) to make sure they’re carried out in response to established work processes and in compliance with UNICEF insurance policies and procedures.
• Lead the interior and exterior audit processes, conduct a high quality assurance and follow-up on the implementation of the suggestions and supply suggestions to the administration.
• Periodically check compliance with the Desk of authority and adherence to the delegation of authorities in step with UNICEF insurance policies and Procedures; and guarantee employees perceive the roles and duties delegated to them.
• Lead the method of reviewing the conformity of statutory and non-statutory committees, assess committee members have been skilled/oriented on their roles and accountability.

3.  Fraud threat Administration help

• Assist the administration of the workplace in amassing proof to answer OIAI’s queries when initially assessing allegations of fraud and misconduct or throughout precise investigations.
• Advise the administration on classes discovered from investigations and measures to be taken accordingly.
• Make sure the implementation of the worldwide anti-fraud technique, counsel inside fraud prevention mechanisms and alert the administration on any fraudulent points in addition to unethical behaviors detected.
• Lead the method of Fraud threat coaching / orientation to Companions and suppliers.

 

4. Oversight and advisory to the Administration

• Advise the administration on actions to be taken to implement and strengthen accountabilities for a strong, responsive and clear governance framework.
• Contribute to efficient administration course of by collaborating in key governance conferences (significantly CMT, PMT and OMT).
• Coordinate Danger evaluation and management actions with different UN businesses by representing the workplace in conferences associated to Dangers and Compliance actions.

 

5. Create consciousness/capability constructing

• Set up a system to doc and report weaknesses in inside management and implement actions aimed toward addressing inside controls gaps (SOP, memos…) and constructing the capability of accountable employees.
• Analyze trigger and impact of coverage adjustments to the operations of the workplace, anticipate adjustments and advise on the brand new manner of doing enterprise.
• Lead the implementation of a steady studying and growth plan for the Danger and Compliance operate.
• Be sure that administration gives employees with entry to related coaching and that employees and different personnel perceive key UNICEF insurance policies together with PSEA, Fraud and Ethics.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s or greater*) in Enterprise Administration and Monetary Administration. Operations Administration, Strategic Administration, Danger Administration, Audit, Investigation, Inner Management, Statistics and Information Evaluation or Accounting certifications are thought-about as property.
• A primary College Diploma in a related subject mixed with 2 extra years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.
• At the least 8 (eight) years of steady skilled work expertise in Danger and Compliance or one other straight related space, a number of of which in inside audit. Expertise in monetary administration, significantly growing and implementing monetary management programs, ERM, audits, inside management ideally with worldwide organizations, NGOs and UN.
• Discipline expertise /familiarity with Emergency. (Relying on contexts)
• Fluency in English is required.  Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or native language of the responsibility station could also be required.

 

For each Baby, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability (CRITA) underpin every little thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals (2) 
• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2) 
• Works Collaboratively with others (2) 
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2) 
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2) 
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2) 
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes (2) 
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Throughout the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to use to develop into part of the group.

We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.

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 little one safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra info to conduct a background test.

 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in direction of range and inclusion is essential to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate females are inspired to use.

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which shall be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Authorities workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.