Compliance and Risk Management Specialist

WHO is specialized agency of the United Nations with objective to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. The WHO Myanmar Country Office directs and coordinates the authority for health by supporting the government in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of national health policies, strategic and plans, setting norms, standards, improving knowledge dissemination and management, monitoring country health situation and building sustainable institutional capacity. The Country Office continually improves its administrative efficiency in managing financial and human resources in a results-oriented and transparent manner. It is crucial for the organization to deliver appropriate technical assistance to the Government. The objective of the Programme is to deliver WHO core functions at the country level, with particular focus of the Organization’s directing and coordination role for international work. The specific unit objective is to facilitate programme delivery by carrying out budget and financial management in an efficient and effective manner and provide analytical advice to programme delivery collaborators, staff and consultants in all aspects of administrative and financial operations including budget and finance, human resources, procurement, travel, logistics, etc. WHO Country Office will look into the compliance and risk management aspects of financial implementation; identify/respond to risks, maintain a record of risks mitigated/averted and suggest better ways and means of financial implementation.

Duties:

• Under the direct supervision of WHO Representative, the incumbent will perform the following, and other related responsibilities as required by the needs of the office.
• Work in coordination with, and under the technical guidance of functional units and departments at headquarters and regional levels, Manage and deliver consistent, high quality, and professional, risk-and compliance-based country-office assessments, including of the managerial Key Performance Indicators. Provide inter-country analyses, with trends and emerging risks.
• 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 office and senior management the analyses, reports, and results of the systematic assessments of risks and issues of non-compliance in the country offices, with actionable recommendations.
• Guide country office leadership on integrating risk management into decision-making, programme design and planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and contingency activities.
• Identify constrains to transactional compliance and recommended corrective strategies, approaches, or measures including facilitating organizational support.
• Propose innovative solution of business strategy, risk management and compliance challenges grounded in regulatory expertise. Guide the head of office to implement internal and external audit recommendations and follow up on open findings and recommendations.
• Propose measures, policies, and procedures, to enhance the performance and effectiveness of WHO’s risk management and compliance programme.
• Promote a country-office culture of risk awareness, accountability and compliance in programme and administration through education, training, and knowledge generation, adapting corporate tools.
• Operationalize measure and tools to mitigate organizational risk and enhance compliance with accountability framework in emergency settings
• In collaboration with the Compliance and Risk Management network, propose enhancements to the risk management accountability frameworks.
• Contribute to the development of corporate training tools, policies, procedures, and knowledge products on compliance and risk management

Required Qualifications:

Education:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree(master’s level or above) in a relevant field (such as business or public administration, law, finance, economics, accounting

Experience:

Essential:

• A minimum of seven years of work experience relevant to the position (general management, oversight and/ or managing internal control or accountability frameworks and related monitoring processes and systems in complex public and private-sector organizations), with some of it obtained in an international work environment.

Skills:

• Implementation and/or monitoring of accountability framework in WHO or other international organizations. Implementation of measure, tools or system to address deficiencies in risk management and compliance systems. Statistical analysis tools and techniques Implementing creative responses or solution to identified programme of operational risks, particularly in emergency settings. Ability to extract and analyse all relevant types of evidence and to draw reasonable inferences and conclusions. Design, implementation or management of risk assessment/risk management and/or compliance tools or systems for international organizations Strong verbal and written communication and training skills Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative work style

Source: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2401966