Chief Risk Management, P-5, FT, #137298, Regional Services Div. Dakar, Senegal- WCARO,

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Localisation

Categories: Operations UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

Autres informations

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. How can you make a difference? Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Regional Director overseeing the Strategic Operations Pillar, you are responsible for strengthening UNICEF’s governance, risk management and control processes in the Regional Office and Country Offices in the WCAR region. You are accountable for ensuring that risks are understood, governed, monitored, and integrated into decision-making, and that heads of offices understand they remain accountable to manage risk to safeguard and protect organizational assets (financial and non-financial) as per established standards, policies and procedures.

Responsabilités

Key functions,accountabilities and relatedduties/tasks:

• 1. Enhance Risk Management by embedding risk awareness into decision-making and workplaceculture
• 2. Effective and proactive risk governance to mitigate risks that may impede achievement of resultsfor children
• 3. Oversight on Regulatory and Compliance Risk
• 4. Support assurance activities to validate Risk Management effectiveness
• 5. Ensure effective capacity development partners, staff and non-staff
• 6. Accurate, Transparent, and Timely Risk Reporting If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Classified Job Descriptions - Chief Risk Management (1).pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Formation / Diplômes

Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in risk management, auditing, economics, statistics, accounting, business administration, public administration and any other related fields.

Expérience

Work Experience: At least 10 years of relevant work experience in risk management, enterprise risk management, governance, internal controls, compliance, audit, assurance, regulatory compliance, program risk management, social and environmental safeguards. and any other related fields.

Skills: Compliance, Internal Controls, Investigation, Quality Assurance, Programme Implementation, Lead a Team. Language Requirements: Fluency in French and English are required. Desirables: Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language (Wolof) Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. For every Child, you demonstrate... UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are… (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels. UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationa

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