Risk & Compliance Internship - WFP Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt

ABOUT WFP

The UN 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. WFP’s Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC) recognizes that its core role is to ensure that country offices are able to perform and meet their objectives and that this accountability is shared with HQ. This objective will be achieved by interfacing with country offices at three different levels: • strategic direction and guidance: develop, disseminate and coordinate core corporate policies, procedures and guidelines that facilitate WFP’s work in meeting its mandate, supporting its operations and implementing its strategic plan; mobilize resources in close partnership with global stakeholders; and manage human and financial resources. • technical support: provide functional support to country offices for the design, implementation and management of quality programmes; ensure effective emergency preparedness and response; and manage and disseminate information, knowledge and learning • management oversight: provide management oversight through the monitoring of performance in the achievement of programme objectives; monitor compliance with standards and the effectiveness of control activities at all levels of WFP, and monitor risks and take corrective actions.

The internship is with RMCU, the intern will join RMCU team to contribute to and support the RMCU during its mission to provide advice and support to RBC and COs on all matters related to enterprise risk management and internal control management.

WHY WORK AT WFP

SAVING & CHANGING LIVES ❤ Make a difference, the world will notice. We are driven by our mission to fight world hunger and feed people’s dreams of a brighter future.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY 🌍 Build bridges that unite people across the world. Being part of a global, diverse and multicultural community like WFP, will continuously expose you to new ideas and perspectives. How we deliver our mission in a deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team, will certainly enrich your experience and knowledge on so many levels.

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES 💡 Unlock possibilities you never thought you'd find. WFP goes anywhere it is needed and does whatever it takes to get the job done.

LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE ⭐ Reach beyond yourself and discover your true potential. WFP offers the kind of life-changing experiences you’re unlikely to find in many other organizations.

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WHAT WE OFFER

Unique experience

You will learn about WFP and its culture through real-life work experience, a field visit to one of the WFP sites in Egypt and exposure to various job roles. We will provide you relevant soft skills and on-the-job training and feedback to kick-start your professional career. Through this experience, you will develop new skills and make new connections that very well might provide professional references for you someday.

Clear responsibilities as of day 1:

You will have clear job responsibilities and live the experience of being a WFP employee.

Continuous mentoring and coaching:

You will work with professional teams and receive formal training and ongoing coaching.

Networking opportunities:

You will get the chance to enrich your skills and work with people from 30+ nationalities.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

University student, preferably in economics, business administration, statistics, social science or any relevant specialization or/and with a great interest in humanitarian work, development, resilience practices. (Currently studying or graduated in the last 6 months)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled and have attended University courses in the last 12 months inclusive of having completed at least two years of undergraduate studies or have recently graduated in the last 6 months.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Risk and Compliance Officer, the intern will undertake the following tasks:

1. Support in establishing and maintaining the internal filing system of the risk management and compliance unit (RMCU).
2. Assist in organizing meetings, workshops, seminars and general project events such as APP/Annual performance plan and RR/Risk register.
3. Coordinate and oversee the day-to-day implementation of the RMCU tasks and duties.
4. Support of Focal Points and Risk and Compliance Advisors to receive and send all the incoming and outgoing information to/from the RMCU respectively.
5. Assist RCA to develop annual, quarterly, monthly and weekly risk and compliance reports and updates on the progress of implementing controls.
6. Support the drafting of ad-hoc progress reports and thematic reports if required
7. Keep tracking of all planning, midterm and year-end exercises; and support the RCA to review and consolidate focal point’s inputs.
8. Participate in designing, developing, implementing and coordinating systems, policies and procedures.
9. Communicate with the focal point in RBC units to collect needed data to update the RMCU database and dashboard.
10. Keep track of RBC missions, through coordination with counterparts in HR and Admin/ travel units.
11. Perform other duties as needed.

DELIVERABLES:

1. Organize the meetings, workshops, seminars, and general project events such as APP/Annual performance plan and RR/Risk register for RMCU 2. Prepare checklists of the day-to-day implementation of the RMCU tasks and duties. 3. Complete the process of receiving and sending all the incoming and outgoing information to/from the RMCU respectively 4. Draft needed ad-hoc progress reports and thematic reports if required 5. Update the risk and oversight database of RMCU 6. Update the risk and oversight dashboard

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP depending on the duty station of assignment.
• WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas and related costs.
• Depending on the duty station of assignment, WFP will reimburse travel tickets for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country.
• WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognised institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education;

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

JOB TITLE: Risk & Compliance Intern

TYPE AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Intern

UNIT/DIVISION: Risk & Compliance

DUTY STATION: Cairo, Egypt

DURATION & START DATE: 8 months

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 20 APRIL 2022

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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, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

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, physical or mental disability.

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.