UN World Food Programme Risk Management and Compliance Officer Jobs in Nairobi
UN World Food Programme Risk Management and Compliance Officer Jobs in Nairobi
About WfpThe United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.
Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose
Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units:
Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
Functional Capabilities
Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Internal Controls & Compliance Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of internal controls and proper accounting procedures and systems to recommend improvements where necessary to address current weaknesses and mitigate risks to mission-critical WFP operations.
Functional Capabilities Performance Budgeting, Reporting & Analysis
Manages budget, business planning, and forecasting discussions on a programme-wide level, integrating financial resource information from a portfolio of projects to analyze effectiveness and
financial viability.
Enterprise Risk Management Leads enterprise risk management activities across HQ and Field operations, recommending and implementing effective controls and mitigation actions to ensure WFP remains best in its class for mature and integrated enterprise risk management.
Performance Management Demonstrates thorough understanding of WFP’s performance management system and ability to manage resources and relationships to lead monitoring actions or deliver complex evaluations (including joint & inter-agency) of a variety of WFP programmes, processes or policies to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards.
Programme and Operations Knowledge Leads a technical team through the development, management and monitoring of effective, innovative programme in highly complex contexts that strengthen Governments’ capacity to address hunger, are fully integrated into long-term strategies and are coherent with WFP, UN and donor policies.
Desired Experiences for Entry Into the Role
Education:
Advanced University degree in Business Management; Public Administration; Finance; Accounting; Audit; Risk Management; International Development or other relevant discipline or first university degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training courses.
Experience:
Three years or more of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field preferably with at least one year in risk management or compliance-related functions. Background and interest in international humanitarian development.
Knowledge & Skills:
Analytical capacity, able to take complex organizational information and transform it into meaningful summaries (trends, cross cutting issues, priorities etc.).
Knowledge of information management best practices, techniques and processes.
Knowledge of software and systems for data management and analysis (high level capacity with excel and other systems).
Strong communications capacity, pro-active communicator, empathetic and good listening skills, facilitation or training experience desirable.
Organized and able to manage multiple tasks to deliver outputs quickly and effectively under pressure.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Tactful and discrete: ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and communicate challenging information in a tactful manner that informs but does not offend.
Languages:
Fluency (level C) in English language. Excellent written and oral communications skills are required.
Terms and Conditions
Please ensure you include your past TWO Performance Approvals / PACE
WFP is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge fees from applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
How to apply
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
For any queries write to Nairobi.queryhr@wfp.org The deadline for reciving application is 29th October 2018.
Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
For more information and job application details, see; UN World Food Programme Risk Management and Compliance Officer Jobs in Nairobi
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