Compliance and Risk Management Officer

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Description

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• Work in coordination with, and under the technical guidance of functional units and departments at headquarters and regional levels, under the     supervision of the head of the WHO office.
• Deliver consistent, high quality, and professional, risk- and compliance-based country-office assessments, including of the managerial Key Performance Indicators.
• Determine office compliance with WHO rules, regulations, and procedures, including the optimal use of resources, in line with global compliance programmes.
• Present on a scheduled basis to head of the WHO office and senior management the analyses, reports, and results of the systematic assessments of risks and issues of non-compliance in the country office with actionable recommendations.
• Support country office leadership in the assigned country office on integrating risk management into decision-making, programme design and planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and contingency activities.
• Identify constraints to transactional compliance and facilitate organizational support, if required.
• Support the head of the WHO office to implement internal and external audit recommendations and follow up on open findings and recommendations.
• Promote a country-office culture of risk awareness, accountability and compliance in programme and administration through education, training, and knowledge generation.
• Contribute to the development of corporate knowledge products on compliance and risk management.

• A bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, or law, or finance, or economics, or risk management, or accounting.
• WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World  Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United  Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/ . 

• At least five years of relevant experience, with proven international exposure, in general management, oversight and/ or implementing internal control or accountability frameworks and related monitoring processes and systems in complex public and/or private-sector organizations.

• Implementation and/or monitoring of accountability frameworks in WHO or other United Nations or international, public-sector organizations.
• Statistical analysis tools and techniques.
• Implementation of risk assessment/risk management and/or compliance tools or systems for international organizations.
• Verbal and written communication, and training skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative work style, including internal consulting skills. 
• Ability to extract and analyse all relevant types of evidence and to draw reasonable inferences and
• conclusions.

• Expert knowledge of English.

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