Roles and responsibilities:

Cross mission coordination:

• Lead on delivering BHC Maputo’s Risk Management Framework – ensuring effective monitoring of risks across the mission and strategies to mitigate risk.
• Secretariat for the BHC Maputo Country Board. This is the highest-level governance board for the mission chaired by the High Commissioner provides strategic direction, oversight, and collective responsibility for delivery of all UK activity in country. The job holder will be responsible for planning and delivery of Country Boards and ensuring actions are followed up.
• Coordinate the delivery of cross-mission commissions, such as the # Country Business Plan and Africa Strategy.
• As the e-case coordinator and correspondence lead provide support in responding to required commissions.

Crisis Management, Planning and Preparedness:

• Responsible for ensuring BHC Maputo’s crisis management plans are developed and maintained, regularly tested and exercised and that lessons are effectively learnt and implemented.
• Responsible for building capacity of staff across the mission on crisis management.

BHC Fraud Liaison Officer:

• Responsible for providing a link between BHC Maputo and the HQ Counter Fraud Section, helping on individual enquires and increasing understanding and awareness of risks within the country and mission – including through outreach to partners.
• Responsible for maintaining BHC Maputo’s fraud register, assist with risk assessment processes and work with the Internal Audit and Investigations Department and Programme Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) to facilitate an appropriate response to fraud allegations in country.

Programme Performance and compliance:

• Coordinate and maintain the BHC Programme Database with information on all live UK funded programmes in Mozambique.
• Active member of BHC’s Portfolio Management Group enhancing programme management capability, programme compliance and delivery.

Contribute to effective working across BHC Maputo:

• Contributing to cross-office activities and discussions; supporting other colleagues to deliver their objectives;
• Upholding and championing BHC’s values by playing an active role in supporting the working environment and overall performance.

Support the delivery of Partners Days for BHC Maputo and the delivery of Policy Forums across the mission;

The responsibilities of the role may change over time in response to evolving mission and workforce planning priorities.