International Consultant - Risk Officer Analyst - CST II

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourage qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity, and disability.

JOB DETAILS

Job Title: International Consultant - Risk Officer (Analyst) Grade: CST II Type of contract: Consultancy Duration: 11 Months Duty Station: Kabul Vacancy Number: 831619 Date of Publication: 12 Feb 2024 Deadline of Application: 26 Feb 2024

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The hunger crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding at a rapid pace, with 15 million of population now facing acute food insecurity. Work opportunities are shrinking, with most households now reporting just one day of work per week. This comes on top of the worst drought in years, which is especially concerning for the 85 percent of the population who rely on agriculture for livelihoods. Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition is the aim of WFP in Afghanistan which can only be achieved through the scaled up and sustained complementary food security and nutrition interventions, combined with a scale-up of resilience interventions to safeguard gains. WFP has embarked on a significant month on month scale-up of its crisis response and resilience programmes across the country, ensuring that the programme is delivered at the right scale and time, targeted to the right areas. WFP is also actively following up on evolving trends to pre-empt hotspots, while guaranteeing quality and maximum impact of the programme through the monitoring of these hotspots to be able to support continued donor advocacy.

JOB PURPOSE

Serving as a Risk Analyst, the incumbent supports the Risk Management Unit (RMU) under the supervision of the Head of RMU to:

• Be part of the RMU Team that supports the Country Office in implementing the risk management regime, through the provision of risk analysis and periodic reports.
• Process and analyze risk register information to identify critical risks and risk trends.
• Collect financial data and analyze them to demonstrate the value from the contribution of effective detective and preventive risk management controls.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

a) Risk Assessment and Evidence-based Risk Analysis

• Identify, assess, and manage various categories of risks ( strategic, operational, fiduciary, and financial categories of risks). This includes the ability to analyze and interpret complex information and data collected, accurately identify issues and trends, make appropriate judgments, and provide relevant recommendations.
• Identify the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into respective parts.
• Conduct desk review of documents, including partners capacity assessment, partners profile and other relevant documents and documentary evidence of the key personnel and decision-making body as well as undertake his/her own research on due diligence to make specific recommendations to the WFP operations in Afghanistan.
• Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential development and humanitarian interventions.
• Ensure compliance with sanctions regimes and policies on Anti Money Laundering/Combating Terrorist Financing.
• Provide risk reporting to meet risk assessment analysis needs.
• Communicate risk standards and processes and provide hands-on risk management support to WFP and its partners.
• Enhance a risk register information dashboard to enable the Country Office users to search and query the operational risk register database.
• Lead the further development of thematic analysis of risk registers and refresh with quarterly data.
• Provide in-depth analysis of new and revised Country Strategic Plan (CSP) to ensure risk management is adequately embedded in project design.
• Support risk management advisory activities for Country Office’s functional units and Area Offices.
• Design and undertake quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods or experiential research design approaches, as appropriate, to support evidence-based responses to key risk areas faced by the WFP in Afghanistan; notably in the areas of fraud/corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Design data collection and analysis methodologies to capture lessons learned at programmatic and operational levels, to iteratively feed back into project/programme risk management practices and mechanisms.
• Design, develop and introduce frameworks in support of evidence-based and contextualized best practice for the WFP in managing specific fraud/corruption and risk areas.
• Support through evidence-based research findings, initiate and facilitate discussions across humanitarian community partners to develop common and sustainable risk management tools, practices, and capacity building programs.

b.) Audit and Investigation Support

• Provide overall support to partner/programme and country office audit.
• Liaise with internal and external audit and investigation bodies by availing information resulting from risk analysis and assessments.
• Review cases of suspected malpractice brought to the attention of RMU and any other problems with the programme implementation, including assessing fraud and corruption risks.
• Conduct due diligence and verification of documents and processes.

c.) Partnership building

Build and maintain a partnership with key internal and external stakeholders including the UN, donors, and Cooperating Partners, including regulatory bodies. Facilitate risk management dialogue and discussions with colleagues within WFP and other UN sister organizations. Promote collective risk management and risk-sharing approaches and practices.

d.) Information Management

• Create, collect, and analyze information across different sources to undertake risk assessment and analysis.
• Demonstrating high ethical standards and competence in managing the receipt and management of information which at times may be sensitive, and/or subject to information security classifications and caveats.
• Handle and manage information in compliance with the organization’s policies in place.

e.) Development of Risk Management Practices, Learning and knowledge sharing

• In coordination with the RMU team, contribute to the development and enhancement of the risk management program and other technical assistance products (guidance notes, etc.) to support capacity building.
• Plan and contribute to the development of risk management systems in accordance with international standards on Risk Management.
• Facilitate and deliver risk management learning curricula to the participating functional and Area Offices, CPs, and other partners.
• Draw lessons and best practices which contribute to the continuous improvement of WFP Country Office risk management praxis and contribute to developing SOPs and protocols of the Unit.
• Support the head of RMU in coordination of risk discussion with functional units.
• Participate in RMU capacity building initiatives including development of reference resources and common tools, learning solutions, and related communications campaigns across functional units, area offices, partners and UN sister agencies.

DELIVERABLES DURING THE CONTRACT:

• CO, AO and Functional Unit Risk Registers promptly updated with periodic trends analysis.
• CO risk DASHBOARD developed and operationalized with real time analytical reports.
• Risk theme maps and analysis periodically produced.
• Value proposition and value contributions from various risk management interventions analyzed and quartely reported.
• Key risk documents reviewed and commented (CSP / ACR, FCDO et).
• Various risk management related outputs timely produced.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Risk Management, Business, Accounting, Statistics, law or in another quantitative field from an internationally recognized institution.

A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. University degree in International Relations, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Law, Management, Statistics, or a related field.

Experience:

Minimum 6 years of relevant postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

• Hands-on knowledge of governance, organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives of international organizations.
• Demonstrable experience in programme/project management
• Has managed a team including participation in recruitment, contract management, performance management and capacity building of team members.
• Has conducted monitoring and reporting activities, demonstrating knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and measurement.
• Has conducted risk analysis and contributed to the development of risk mitigation strategies.
• Has facilitated conversations with other units on impact, timing, or planning, using confident analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills as well as resourcefulness, initiative, good judgment, tact, diplomacy and strong oral and written English communication skill.
• Experience in writing for governing body and senior management audiences.
• Progressively responsible experience in undertaking and/or contributing to risk management activities, including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions, in various organizations preferably those that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems

Knowledge and Skills:

Knowledge of UN/WFP organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives. Strong client orientation and sensitivity to the needs of internal and external clients including Member States and organizational management. Ability to perform under time pressure without compromising output quality. Strong goal-orientation with structured project management skills. Excellent English oral and written communication skills. Ability to independently prioritize in consultation with supervisor where needed. Analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills; resourcefulness, initiative, good judgement, tact, and diplomacy. Ability to establish effective working relationships with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds. Experience in enterprise risk management in humanitarian and development contexts.

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Other official UN working language at B-level.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.