Risk and Compliance Manager South Sudan Juba

Risk and Compliance Manager South Sudan Juba | NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council

Risk and Compliance Manager South Sudan Juba

NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council Juba National Mid level Speaks English

Application deadline: March 31, 2026

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The Risk and Compliance Manager in South Sudan will lead the organization's efforts to manage risks and ensure compliance within high-risk areas. This role involves identifying and assessing risks, conducting compliance checks, and advising in-country leaders on compliance improvement measures. The manager will also maintain various compliance registers and provide training to staff on risk management and compliance topics. This position is crucial for promoting a risk management culture and ensuring adherence to regulations and standards.

Candidate Requirements:

Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior management role in the humanitarian sector

Proven experience in risk management and partner risk assessments

Knowledge of international regulatory context for INGOs

Experience in safeguarding and accountability to affected populations

Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Valid driver's license

Background:

NRC works to protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis and meet immediate humanitarian needs, prevent further displacement, and contribute to durable solutions. Through our mobile emergency response capacity, we provide lifesaving multisectoral assistance to crisis affected populations in hard-to-reach areas across South Sudan. In areas throughout the country where we have established operations, we ensure that displacement affected people are safe, can exercise their rights, access quality services and protection and secure durable solutions. To that end, we contribute to safe and stable environment needed to allow for return and reintegration or integration of displaced communities. We do this through advocacy, coordination, and collaboration, as well as integrated and multi-sectoral long-term interventions. 

In South Sudan, NRC established in 2004 and provides humanitarian aid and supports durable solutions with integrated and multi-sectoral long-term interventions in six core competencies: Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence, Education, WASH and Shelter. In line with NRC global direction, our WASH and Shelter programmes are transitioning from mainly humanitarian response to support communities with more sustainable water systems and sanitation facilities in response to securing lasting solutions. Also, NRC has the ambition to grow its urban programming to facilitate durable solutions for the swelling urban population in South Sudan.

What we are looking for:

As a consultative member of the CMG and the leader of the risk and compliance function in the CO, the Risk and Compliance Manager is responsible for: leading the CO's efforts to effectively manage risks; promoting a risk management culture; ensuring the CO’s compliance within high-risk areas and  with regulations not specific to a given function (i.e. SSD, COTER, sanctions); and responding to any issues or questions that arise relating to the CO’s work on  PSEA, DPR, legal, Code of Conduct and complaints management .

What you will do:

Generic Responsibilities:

Support the CMG and the Country Director (CD) by ensuring: 

That risks in the CO’s operations are identified, assessed and controlled effectively; and 

CO’s compliance within high-risk areas/issues, by:

identifying such high-risk areas/issues;

conducting regular compliance checks on the said areas/issues (e.g. spot checks);

reporting regularly to the CD and the CMG on compliance issues; and

leading the implementation of compliance improvement measures throughout the CO.

Hold the risk management and compliance related CO registers, namely the CO Risk Register, Waiver Register, Recommendations Tracker and Standards Operating Procedures (SOPs) Register.

Advise and support in-country function leaders (Head of Support, Area Managers, Head of Programmes, Health Safety and Security Manager) in implementing compliance improvement measures related to high-risk areas/issues.       

Ensure that SOPs in the CO are aligned with policies and regulations not related to a specific function, are coherent with other SOPs throughout the CO and NRC and follow basic quality principles.

Ensure that mechanisms to report, process and respond to complaints on staff behaviour from internal stakeholders (whistleblowing) are in place in the CO and in line with existing NRC requirements.

Provide advice, training and support to CO staff on the following: i) Areas of expertise held by the R&C function at HO (i.e. Risk management, compliance, Anti-corruption, Data Protection, Code of Conduct, legal and complaints management) and ii) compliance with regulations not specific to a given function (i.e. SSD, COTER, sanctions).

Contribute to the development of NRC’s RM framework by documenting lessons learned and best practices in the CO.

Management of staff and resources of the R&C function at CO.

Specific Responsibilities:

Review and advice on the initial risk assessment and eligibility screening of high risk partners and identify, map, and prioritize local NGO partners based on capacity, access, and strategic relevance 

 Supporting in reviewing/contribute to the R&C sections of the OAT and advising program teams on request for high-risk local partners.

While serving as an advisory role to management (HoP/AMs) Identify compliance issues early and collaboratively develop corrective action plans with the partner and relevant NRC staff.

working collaboratively led by the Project Coordinators/managers or Partnerships Advisor. R&C manager provide insights, advise on and also be involved in supporting capacity building initiatives (e.g. facilitate trainings relating to R&C topics but not be the responsible role to design and implement capacity building plans touching on local partners). 

What you will bring:

Generic professional competencies: 

Minimum 5 years proven working experience as senior manager in multi-support function (Finance, logistics, HR and or programs) in the humanitarian sector.

Proven experience in risk management, partner' risk assessments and auditing

Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.

Knowledge and skills in the international regulatory context applicable for INGOs.

Knowledge and skills in any of the following: safeguarding, accountability to affected populations or Code of Conduct related matters.

Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.

Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

Valid driver’s license.

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

Knowledge of the regulatory context in the country of service

Fluency in local working language (if necessary)

Other to be defined by the CO

What we offer:

Duty station: J uba, South Sudan

Contract: national contract, 12 months 

Travel: 50%

Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s national salary scale. 

NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.

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