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United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania Jobs 2024Temporary Appointment Risk and Compliance Specialist, P-3, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, # 00121775
Job no: 574820
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam
Level: P-3
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Audit and Investigation, Financial Management
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, commitment.
Tanzania, now a lower-middle-income country, is making progress in education access, healthcare, and social inclusion. However, challenges persist in child rights, poverty, health, malnutrition, quality education and access to clean water which are compounded by humanitarian risks from climate change, regional instability and the hosting of refugees.
UNICEF's 2022-2027 Country Programme aligns with Tanzania's goals, focusing on child protection, education, health, HIV, nutrition, social policy, and WASH. With efforts concentrated in Kigoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar, UNICEF’s strategies include system strengthening, partnerships, and social behaviour change. UNICEF’s work also addresses urbanization, responds to humanitarian situations, and ensures gender equality and disability inclusion across the programme.
For more information, please visit What we do | UNICEF United Republic of Tanzania
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations, the Risk and Compliance Specialist will be responsible for strengthening risk assurance and compliance efforts in the context of a medium scale country office.
The Specialist will be responsible for providing complementary support, and monitoring related to the management of risk, including but not limited to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk management practices at a process, systems, and entity level.
The Specialist will ensure the achievement of risk management objectives follows organizational rules and regulations, and acceptable ethical behavior; internal controls; information and technology security; sustainability; and quality assurance. Moreover, he/she will provide analysis and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal controls.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1. Risk management support
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Support the office management team in the annual risk assessment
process and monitor reliability of reports and their compliance with
applicable rules and regulations. Job no: 574820
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam
Level: P-3
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Audit and Investigation, Financial Management
Risk and Compliance Specialist United Nations at UNICEF August 2024
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. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, commitment.
Tanzania, now a lower-middle-income country, is making progress in education access, healthcare, and social inclusion. However, challenges persist in child rights, poverty, health, malnutrition, quality education and access to clean water which are compounded by humanitarian risks from climate change, regional instability and the hosting of refugees.
UNICEF's 2022-2027 Country Programme aligns with Tanzania's goals, focusing on child protection, education, health, HIV, nutrition, social policy, and WASH. With efforts concentrated in Kigoma, Mbeya, and Zanzibar, UNICEF’s strategies include system strengthening, partnerships, and social behaviour change. UNICEF’s work also addresses urbanization, responds to humanitarian situations, and ensures gender equality and disability inclusion across the programme.
For more information, please visit What we do | UNICEF United Republic of Tanzania
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Operations, the Risk and Compliance Specialist will be responsible for strengthening risk assurance and compliance efforts in the context of a medium scale country office.
The Specialist will be responsible for providing complementary support, and monitoring related to the management of risk, including but not limited to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk management practices at a process, systems, and entity level.
The Specialist will ensure the achievement of risk management objectives follows organizational rules and regulations, and acceptable ethical behavior; internal controls; information and technology security; sustainability; and quality assurance. Moreover, he/she will provide analysis and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal controls.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1. Risk management support
• Ensure the monitoring of risk mitigation action plans including a mid-term review;
• Lead the office peer reviews process, undertake visits to project sites and field offices to verify the quality of performance.
• Ensure the risk management approach is embedded in any project/proposal, in office governance committees’ review of submissions and in any major decision made by the management.
2. Compliance support
- Review the office systems, procedures and processes for compliance with organizational rules and regulations;
- Enforce and strengthen internal controls to ensure that systems are in place to prevent, detect and report non-compliance. Support the process for the preparation of the annual Statement of Internal Control (SIC) by the office.
- Review internal work processes in Programme and Operations to ensure that accountabilities are clear and placed at the adequate levels as per global policies and/or best practices.
- Establish a risk-based system to periodically and systematically review a sample of activities (Programme and Operations) to ensure they are carried out according to established work processes and in compliance with UNICEF policies and Procedures.
- Ensure smooth preparedness of internal and external audit, conduct a quality assurance and follow-up on the implementation of the recommendations and provides feedback to the management.
- Periodically test compliance with the Table of authority and adherence to the delegation of authorities in line with UNICEF policies and Procedures; and ensure staff understand the roles and responsibilities delegated to them;
- Review the conformity of statutory and non-statutory committees, assess committee members have been trained/oriented on their roles and responsibility.
- Support the management of the office in collecting evidence to respond to OIAI’s queries when initially assessing allegations of fraud and misconduct or during actual investigations;
- Advise the management on lessons learned from investigations and measures to be taken accordingly;
- Ensure the implementation of the global anti-fraud strategy, suggest internal fraud prevention mechanisms and alert the management on any fraudulent issues as well as unethical behaviors detected;
- Lead the process of Fraud risk training / orientation to Partners and suppliers.
- Help advise the management on actions to be taken to enforce and strengthen accountabilities for a robust, responsive and transparent governance framework;
- Contribute to effective management process by participating in key governance meetings (particularly CMT, PMT and OMT);
- Coordinate Risk assessment and control activities with other UN agencies by representing the office in meetings related to Risks and Compliance activities.
- Establish a system to document and report weaknesses in internal control and implement actions aimed at addressing internal controls gaps (SOP, memos…) and building the capacity of responsible staff;
- Analyze cause and effect of policy changes to the operations of the office, anticipate changes and advise on the new way of doing business;
- Support the implementation of a continuous learning and development plan for the Risk and Compliance function;
- Ensure that management provides staff with access to relevant training and that staff and other personnel understand key UNICEF policies including PSEA, Fraud and Ethics.
- On request, support the Regional Office in conducting reviews exercises in countries where Risk and Compliance positions are not established, or in supporting any other review in the area of expertise (Peer reviews, assessment…);
- Contribute to the development of a network/community of risk and compliance specialists at both regional and global level for experience sharing, updated working documents as well as office rules and policies.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
- Education: An advanced university degree in Business Administration and Financial Management. Operations Management, Strategic Management, Risk Management, Audit, Investigation, Internal Control, Statistics and Data Analysis or Accounting certifications are considered as assets. Work Experience: At least 5 (five) years of continuous professional work experience in Risk and Compliance or another directly relevant area, several of which in internal audit. Experience in financial management, particularly developing and implementing financial control systems, ERM, audits, internal control preferably with international organizations, NGOs and UN.
- Field experience /familiarity with Emergency.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered may be required.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
For every Child, you demonstrate:
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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