Responsibilities
- Ensure
and strengthen the integration of risk management with other oversight and
control processes, including compliance, internal controls, and due
diligence at the regional level.
- Lead
efforts to integrate risk management into RO and COs decision making,
through appropriate monitoring and oversight so that IOM is able to
identify, evaluate and treat key risks supporting COs operations as well
as advising the RDs, and CoMs/HoOs.
- Advise
RO and COs units on Institutional Compliance Frameworks to strengthen
operational and management oversight.
- Strengthen
and monitor assessments of reputational, fiduciary, and other related
risks as part of strategic planning and decision-making processes at RO
and CO level.
- Advise
RO management, as well as CoMs/HoOs, on actions to be taken to enforce and
strengthen accountabilities and compliance for robust, responsive, and
transparent governance frameworks.
- Support
and enhance the RO and COs in fraud risk assessments, assessing
allegations of fraud, root causes, with the aim to develop fraud risk
treatment plans.
- Assess
and manage risks to the Regional Strategy and maintain a Risk Register at
RO level, and ensure that COs in the Region also assess, record, and
manage risks.
- Keep
the IRD in HQ abreast of the status of key risks within the region through
regular reporting on risk and control matters, ensuring the bottom-up flow
of risk-related information emanates from COs.
- Through
the escalation of prevalent risks within the RO and to IRD in HQ, trigger
early warning alerts to mitigate downside effects of risks on IOM’s
Strategic Plan, and activate swift preventive or remedial action for risks
escalated to the RO.
- Ensure
that Regional Thematic Units (RTUs) provide oversight and support to COs
on the management of risks pertaining to their areas of thematic
expertise, including at project level, based on IOM’s Project Handbook and
related guidance.
- Support
and provide substantive inputs and advice to COs, particularly smaller
offices, with the drafting and development of risk treatment plans in
coordination with the relevant technical and thematic units.
- Monitor
and report on the effectiveness of internal controls and risk treatment
plans across the region and engage in the sharing of lessons learned from
risks and performance issues with a view to continuous improvement.
- Perform
enhanced due diligence, including duty travel as needed, in high-risk
settings according to contextual and operational requirements.
- Ensure
that delegated authorities within the Region are optimally managed and
tracked; are aligned with accountabilities, Instructions (INs), the
Delegation of Authority (DOA) Policy and approved DOA matrices; and are
based on assessment of risks and opportunities, in coordination with the
Change Management Division and IRD.
- Track
and advise on the implementation of oversight recommendations in the
region, and build corresponding links to annual planning, reporting, and
management exercises.
- Lead
RO oversight of the ERP’s Governance, Risk and Compliance module
overseeing CO activities.
- Perform
any other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications
Education
- Master’s
degree in Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Business Administration,
or a related field from an accredited academic institution with at least
seven years of relevant professional experience; or,
- University
degree in the above or related fields with at least nine years of relevant
professional experience.
- Accredited
Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education
Database.
Experience
- Demonstrated
experience in risk management, risk mitigation, crisis management, or
corporate governance;
- Experience
working in non-OECD countries related to humanitarian and development
programmes is highly advantageous;
- Experience
working in an international, inter-governmental, or non-governmental
organization, United Nations, or government; and,
- Experience
in the design and implementation of capacity building or change management
initiatives is advantageous.
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