Business Support Associate (Risk) at World Food Programme

job Description

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
15 October 2024-23:59-GMT+02:00 Central Africa Time (Harare)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
This position is based in Harare, Zimbabwe, and reports to the Risk and Compliance Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Support compiling of the risk register and data collection thereof.
2. Perform risk analysis and make recommendations.
3. Develop CO risk report summarising risk metrics, key oversight, and risk issues. 
4. Consolidate the CO oversight mission plan and planned activities/priorities by the CO.
5. Perform risk assessments on both internal and external stakeholders.
6. Manage oversight feedback and recommendations through working in collaboration with CP Management unit, Activity leads and FOs in coordinating action plan for implementation and undertaking monthly follow up on recommendations implementation to provide monthly input for management reports on country status. 
7. Support for planning and implementation of Fraud Risk Assessments.
8. Support for CO Governance and Compliance activities

Qualifications and Experience

-Education: A first University Degree in Finance, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research and Statistics, Social Sciences, Risk Management or equivalent.
-Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible work experience in risk management, audit, insurance or related fields.
-Experience in the development sector is highly desirable.

Knowledge and Skills:
-Strong understanding of humanitarian principles, governance and risk management.
-Ability to build partnerships, coordinate, and build consensus with various internal and external stakeholders across functions.
-Ability to analyze and synthesize complex information and develop risk reports.
-Ability to work and plan at both operational and strategic levels.
-Ability to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving and complex humanitarian context.
-Excellent communication skills both written and oral with an ability to express and summarize ideas orally and in writing.
-Ability to lead workshops, meetings, and to present outcomes on behalf of a group of stakeholders.
-Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Language: General Service (Headquarters): Fluency (level C) in English language. Fluency (level C) or intermediate knowledge (level B) of another official language may be required depending on the location of the post or area of responsibility.

General Service (Field): Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.