Operations Specialist (Risk Compliance) at United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Job Title: Operations Specialist (Risk Compliance)
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Abuja
Level: P-4
Location: Nigeria
Categories: Operations

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Risk management support: Provide guidance and support the office in the annual risk assessment process and monitor the reliability of reports and their compliance with applicable rules and regulations
• Compliance support: Review the office systems, procedures, and processes for compliance with organizational rules and regulations and Enforce and strengthen internal controls
• Fraud risk Management support: Support the management of the office in collecting evidence to respond to OIAI’s queries when initially assessing allegations of fraud and misconduct or during actual investigations
• Oversight and advisory to the Management: Advise the management on actions to be taken to enforce and strengthen accountabilities for a robust, responsive, and transparent governance framework
• Create awareness/capacity building: Establish a system to document and report weaknesses in internal control and implement actions aimed at addressing internal controls gaps
• Any support needed from the regional office: On request, support the Regional Office in conducting reviews exercises in countries where Risk and Compliance positions are not established

 To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in Business Administration and Financial Management. Operations Management, Strategic Management, Risk Management, Audit, Investigation, Internal Control, Statistics and Data Analysis or Accounting certifications are considered as assets.
• At least 8 (eight) years of continuous professional work experience in Internal Audit, Internal Control, Risk and Compliance or another directly relevant area, several of which in internal audit. Experience in financial management, particularly developing and implementing financial control systems, ERM, audits, internal control preferably with international organizations, NGOs, and the UN.
• Field experience /familiarity with the Emergency context
• Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.

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Deadline: 25 Sep 2022 11:55 PM