JOB PURPOSE

Support risk management activities with a focus on establishing adequate incident management procedures and tools including coordination and oversight; develop and implement capacity-building initiatives for high-risk areas (predominantly fraud risk); and contribute to the application of controls and compliance with policies and procedures and the overall effectiveness of operations and optimization of WFP resources

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direction of the Head of the Risk Management Unit, the Risk Officer will be responsible for the following activities:

• Contribute to embedding risk management in planning and decision-making across the office and all aspects of WFP operations through monitoring of key risk appetite metrics and risk indicators, and regular updating of risk registers, including progress towards implementing the risk mitigation actions.
• Support relevant managers in their regular and ad hoc risk assessments in regional, country and field offices to identify and evaluate risks; contribute to the development and design of mitigation actions; assess effectiveness of the internal controls; and prepare risk information for management to share with external stakeholders.
• Support the discussion with functional experts and risk management focal points on identifying trends and emerging issues, contributing to the preparation of guidance and/or checklists in conformity with WFP policies and rules on periodic risk and/or control assessments.
• Collect information/training needs, prepare, and execute training programmes or information sessions for colleagues, partners, vendors and other contracted parties to enhance understanding of risk management and compliance with WFP policies, rules, regulations and procedures with emphasis on fraud risk management
• Support the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and management of relevant information management databases

• Help develop end to end issue management, including intake, tracking, and mitigation strategy development with field operations teams and management; regularize incident reporting and analysis for internal and external stakeholders; contribute to control strengthening and continuous learning through the dissemination of key findings and analysis to country office and field office counterparts
• Support the promotion and dissemination of the 2021 Revised Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption (AFAC) Policy and WFP’s adherence to Zero Tolerance for Inaction, including assisting managers in their fact-finding reviews and fraud risk assessments by collecting and analyzing on fraud incidents, fraud risk metrics, and fraud risk appetite, supporting training in AFAC standards
• Any other duties as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in risk management, business/public administration, finance, accounting, international development, audit, or other relevant fields, OR first university degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses in audit, performance and risk management or other related fields.

Experience: For holders of an advanced university degree, three years of relevant progressively responsible experience in undertaking and/or contributing to risk management activities, including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions, in various organizations that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems; OR five years of similar experience for holders of a first university degree.

Language: Fluency in English language and Arabic

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Has conducted monitoring and reporting activities, demonstrating knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and ,measurement
• Participated in risk analysis and risk mitigation strategies development and/or implementation
• Has gained programme/project management experience and practical knowledge and experience on fraud and corruption, incident and loss management in humanitarian and development contexts
• Ability to work independently on own initiative and ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods
• Systematic mindset, attention to detail, and capability of structuring a large amount of information in an easily accessible way and Process mapping expertise is an advantage.
• Excellent English report-writing skills and analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access.