Compliance Officer

Project HOPE is an international NGO with more than 1,000 engaged employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 65-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to treat each other with respect, take affirmative steps to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Trafficking in Persons, and to disclose all potential and actual violations of our Code of Conduct, which may include Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption, Discrimination or Harassment. Together we can reinforce a culture of respect, integrity, accountability, and transparency.

Program Summary:

Project HOPE is providing humanitarian assistance to the conflict-affected population in Gaza. The current response portfolio focuses on Health, Mental Health, Protection, and WASH programming through Project HOPE programs and local partnerships.

This position will be based in Gaza. Local Nationals Only.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary responsibility of the Compliance Officer is to support all compliance activities in country office. Compliance Officer must have an innate and intuitive knowledge of the Project HOPE goals and culture, as well as of USAID and applicable laws in Gaza. The Compliance Officer is charged not just with keeping Project HOPE business dealings ethically sound and legally pristine, but with educating the entire project and instituting practices that will ensure the highest possible level of compliance. The Compliance Officer will contribute to these efforts by serving as the field team lead with the support and oversight of Project HOPE’s Global Legal and Compliance Headquarters department.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review ways to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls, reliability of financial reporting, compliance with applicable laws and the safeguard of assets within Project HOPE Gaza framework.
• Implement strategy for the Gaza Sanctions Compliance Program (“GSCP”) as designed in collaboration with the Compliance Manager.
• Roll out the compliance framework for the Gaza operation, which includes compliance checklists for the various processes of the organization, applicable laws and specific donor requirements.
• Support Compliance Manager in creating reports on ethics, compliance and reporting issues guidance and recommendations, to Country and Regional Management as applicable.
• Implementing and overseeing the local hotline for reporting compliance issues, including recording all incidents in the Compliance Case management system and referring any programmatic complaints/feedback to the MEL team.
• Identify possible risks and threats that could affect the operations of the organization in Gaza and collaborate with different departments of Project HOPE, to provide suggestions and possible risk mitigating actions.
• Support the Gaza Sanction Compliance Program, including conducting due diligence and background checks for organization members and stakeholders. This involves implementing and supervising training programs, as well as ensuring adherence to GSCP and donor requirements for due diligence and background checks.
• Ensure utilization and efficiency of internal control systems by using the organization´s policies to determine flaws in the systems and recommend areas of improvement.
• Collaborate with the internal and external audit processes, follow up on the recommendations of the internal and external auditors, to ensure that the recommendations have been implemented. .
• Conduct all activities by maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards, acting in compliance with the text and spirit of the laws and national regulations.
• Provide support, advice and recommendations for complex problem-solving situations related to compliance, and to build consensus, identify strategic priorities and directions, and ensure successful outcomes in Gaza.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Law, finance, degree from an accredited institution in Palestine preferred
• 3 plus years of experience in international development with direct experience with managing a compliance program and conducting investigations in humanitarian and/ or emergency relief settings.
• Strong cultural sensitivity and experience in a global, geographically dispersed organization.
• Fluent in Arabic, ability to communicate effectively in English
• Experience and knowledge of US Government grants, US sanctions and anti-corruption laws is essential. Specific experience with USAID, and specifically BHA grants is a plus.
• Experience with ethics, compliance, sexual exploitation and abuse, and corporate transactions in humanitarian and disaster relief high-risk contexts
• Previous foreign travel and willingness to travel within the region, when necessary.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form and must be able to travel internationally.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Work environment:

• This position is based in Gaza. Given the current conflict conditions, candidate must be able to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Travel for extended periods may be by air and/or other modes of transportation.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Due to the substantial number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.

However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.

Thank you very much for your interest in Project HOPE