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Risk & Compliance Coordinator ( Re-advertised )

Sanaa

  • Organization: DRC - Danish Refugee Council
  • Location: Sanaa
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Ombudsman and Ethics
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

Job description

Job title: Risk & Compliance Coordinator

Employment category: G1

Reporting to: Country Director  

Unit/department: Risk & Compliance

Location: Sana’a (with travel)

Authorization level: According to IDRA

Overall purpose of the role: Risk & Compliance Coordinator will ensure DRC-DDG Yemen is aligned with DRC internal policies, donor requirements and local laws. The position will actively promote and support a culture of compliance, risk identification & management across all departments. Responsibility for the implementation of a set of controls to ensure compliance with DRC procedures and quality standards is a central purpose of the role. This includes identifying weaknesses in the application of controls and recommend action to address this situation.

Responsibilities:

Compliance:

· Develop field compliance framework and tools/methods for periodic compliance review of high/medium risk areas identified in collaboration with SMT/Regional Risk and Compliance Specialist (RRCS)

· Develop a periodic compliance reporting mechanism & provide regular reports to CO SMT and R-SMT through RRCS

· Provide specialist technical support relating to Compliance & Risk to country SMT & be the ‘go to’ compliance and risk expert where DRC Iraq seeks advice and direction on DRC and donor procedures and policies

· Develop donor compliance checklists for major donors of Yemen CO and ensure their usage by 1st line of defence managers across the operations

· Assess the effectiveness of existing risk and compliance control measures to identify and mitigate risks and non-compliance.

· Based on Compliance checks & reports develop organizational wide targeted improvement plans including a suite of tools that improve control measures and organization understanding of donor regulations & relevant DRC policies.

 

Risk Management:

· Be the focal point for risk management & ensure effective implementation of risk management framework across the operations

· Lead training initiatives relating to Risk Management

· Lead discussion on risks regularly in SMT/E-SMT meetings & regularly monitor progress on implementation of response plan in risk registers

· Support CO in development of risk registers for particular projects at proposal stage and developing action plan for risk management for particular projects

Accountability:

· Ensure trainings on CoC for all staff

· Develop and monitor accountability improvement plans

· Conduct or direct internal administrative investigations of compliance issues in coordination with code of conduct intake committee.

Other

· Advise Senior Management on gaps identified thorough internal and external audit reports.

· Ensure the DRC internal policies are in accordance with country laws and are being followed; also ensure NGO laws is followed up by all sectors of DRC-DDG program.

· Liaise with DRC Yemen lawyer with regard to legal cases; updating senior management and country director as required.

· Work closely with MEAL Manager to ensure that appropriate accountability mechanisms are in place to report on

Key Deliverables: (in bullet points)

· Effective accountability frame work and control measures in place.

· Ensure organization is in compliance with DRC-DDG internal policies and donor procedures/policies

· Risk Matrix updated and disseminated as required

Key stakeholders: (internal and external)

· CD & SMT

· Program: DRC & DDG HoPs, Coordinators, Area Managers, project managers

· Support function: HOSS (finance, HR, SC and administration)

· Safety

· DRC Regional and HQ counterparts

· Humanitarian actors: OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF

· Donors: EU, ECHO,OFDA, SIDA, Danida, SDC, etc

· Partners: Assorted Consortia

Education/qualifications:

· Strong Finance & budget management skills;

· Attention to detail

· University degree in relevant subject area;

· Excellent writing and communication skills;

· Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with national staff and other stakeholders;

· Ability to work in a deadline driven environment and undertake a proactive approach;

 

Experience: (include years of experience)

· At least 5 years professional work experience in humanitarian organizations;

· Experience with reporting, compliance, grant management

· Knowledge of major donor compliance requirements.

· Knowledge of the local context

· Experience with portfolio management and inter-departmental coordination

· Experience in Finance & Human resource and logistics is an asset.

 

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

· Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English;

 

Core

competencies

Basic

Advanced

Expert

Striving for excellence

Collaborating

Taking the lead

Communicating

Demonstrating integrity

 

Find the definition of DRC’s Core competencies here

 

Technical competencies

Basic

Advanced

Expert

Accountability

Project/Program Development

Portfolio Management

M&E

Reporting

 

Technical Competencies are skills such as WASH, Logistics & Procurement, Accounting etc.

¨Basic: I master the essentials, but may at times need help from others

¨ Advanced: I can work independently at full professional level. ¨ Expert: I am the go-to person when others need help.

Last updated: February 2019, Audrey Crawford

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