Risk and Compliance Senior Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit, Aswan, and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives.

Through a five-interconnected, gender transformative and context-fit country objectives, PIE intends along with the various stakeholders at all levels to continue delivering positive and transformative changes so that “Children, especially girls, and young people grow up in an enabling environment, realizing their rights and contributing in both development and humanitarian settings as active agents of change”.

Driven by the overall purpose of PII and anchored on Plan International core values, bolder commitment to gender transformation and feminist leadership, program quality and influencing and a more vibrant and efficient operating model.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of the role is to

Risk and Compliance Senior Coordinator will be responsible for assisting Risk and Compliance Manager in internal audits, investigations, assessing internal controls, risk management and ensure of compliance with laws regulations, PII Policies and Donors’ terms for the purposes of:

• Ensuring that the organization conducts its processes in compliance with outside regulatory, legal requirements and bylaws as well as internal Policies.
• Encompassing the identification, analysis, and help management to response to risk factors that form part of the business.
• Performing audits and reviews at regular intervals and advising the management on possible risks that might occur.
• Conduct investigations and reviews of internal controls to ensure that compliance procedures are applied and regularly followed.

Management Scope, Reporting Lines, Key relationships

MANAGEMENT SCOPE

• To identify and document all risks, including their source/cause, probability, impact, or consequences, as part of the risk management process. The purpose of this is to qualify and quantify each risk, so that each risk can be understood and managed accordingly.
• Audit and reviews the efficacy of operations, reliability of financial reporting, deterring and investigating fraud, safeguarding assets, and compliance with laws, regulations and internal policies.
• Informing, share advice/s and receive instructions, escalate issues and inform through reporting any sensitive and emerging issues as well as provide suggestions/recommendations.

Direct reports:

No direct reports except for reporting to Risk and Compliance Manager.

Key relationships

Internal

• Management:

Provide support to all departments and Program Units/Areas. This will include designing, conducting and coordinating training programmes, field visits, development and dissemination of guidance material, etc.

• Country Leadership Team:

Along with R&C Manager has to share with CLT that internal controls, processes, guidelines and policies are adequate, effective and in compliance with governmental requirements, industry standards and PII policies.

• Risk & Compliance Team in RH/GH:

Make sure of compliance with Global Policy and Management Standards of Risk Management, continuous guidance from, analyse and manage country operational risks, reviews and follow ups on country risk register in the Risk Management System as well as quarter country management report.

• Counter Fraud Unit (CFU)/ Faculty Members of CFU Group in RH/GH:

Guidance on how to conduct investigations; the responsibilities of various parties; discuss with and implement CFU recommendations in fraud investigations; and general get information on fraud and preventions.

• MEESA Internal Controllers:

Participate and share learnings, best practices exchanged between COs and common challenges.

External

• External Parties (External Auditors/Suppliers/Legal Advisors/Government Bodies):

Resolve and provide solutions to issues, create awareness of policies and standards associated with risk and compliance areas of work.

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Location: Plan International Country office, Maadi.

Type of Role: One year fixed term contract.

Reports to: Risk and Compliance Manager

Closing Date: 06/06/2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.