National Compliance Specialist at FAO
Position Title: National Compliance Specialist
Employer: FAO
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Organizational Setting
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.
FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Africa (RAF). It has jurisdiction over eight countries –Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Eritrea. It supports subregional policy dialogue on food security, agriculture and rural development issues, facilitates the emergence of subregional partnerships and supports capacity development and resource mobilization for food security, agriculture and rural development in the subregion.
Reporting Lines
Under the overall supervision of the Sub-regional Coordinator (SRC) and the FAO Representative in Ethiopia and the technical and direct supervision of the Compliance Advisor.
Technical Focus
Under the direct supervision of the Compliance Advisor, the National Compliance Specialist will contribute to efforts that monitor projects outputs against work plan and targets, ensure compliance with FAO administrative, financial and operational policies/procedures and advise staff members accordingly. The incumbent will assist in the day-to-day management of operations of the Call Centre.
Tasks and responsibilities
More specifically, the duties and responsibilities of the National Compliance Specialist will include:
- Support the SFE and FAO Ethiopia in formulating and analysing internal documents such as the Risk Log, Internal Control Questionnaire, Fraud Prevention Plans and other relevant data to review internal controls related specifically to operation and humanitarian compliance.
- Identify tools and processes to ensure integration of risk management, compliance and quality assurance action into operations and programme activities.
- Advise and recommend to the office the appropriate strategies to strengthen controls and mitigate potential risks for adequate compliance with FAO operational rules, regulations, codes and internal policies and procedures and monitoring the effectiveness of controls.
- Support the office in implementing outstanding audit recommendations.
- Support the establishment of processes and procedures in operations for adequate compliance with resources partner’s agreed fiduciary requirements, such as anti-terrorism clauses, due diligence review, PSEA and so on.
- Support due diligence review of implementing partners and build up local capacity for this.
- Contribute to capacity building to mitigate risk and ensure compliance
- Coordinate the day-to-day management of Call Centre team in Addis Ababa to ensure all activities are running smoothly and effectively.
- Follow up on FAO’s survey methodologies and existing formats for data and metadata storage.
- Perform other related duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in management, development studies, sociology, public administration, political science, community development or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience with the ability to coordinate call center operations. Experience in complaints handling or feedback mechanism role is preferred.
- Working knowledge (level C) of the FAO official language used for communication within the country (English) and working knowledge of the local language(s) is required.
- National of Ethiopia
FAO Core Competencies
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication• Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
- Able to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving and complex humanitarian context and within multidisciplinary and different cultural backgrounds.
- Relevance and extent of experience in functions related to compliance management and monitoring in the context of a large international organization.
- Negotiation skills and ability to deal confidentially with tact.
- Strong analytical and conceptual abilities, and communication skills both verbal and in writing.
- Knowledge of humanitarian principles.
- Familiarity with relevant UN and other international organizations active in Ethiopia and the sector.
Selection Criteria
- Extent and relevance experience in compliance
- Extent and relevance of knowledge of United Nations rules and operational procedures
- Analytical and ability to apply procedures in FAO operations
- Knowledge and experience of FAO systems and databases.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
- Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
- Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
- For additional employment opportunities visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/
- Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
Organizational Unit: SFE - Subregional Office for Eastern Africa
Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location: Ethiopia-Addis Ababa
Duration: 6 months, renewable
Post Number: N/A
HOW TO APPLY
- To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile using the below apply button. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, and complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
- Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
- Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
- Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
- Incomplete applications will not be considered
- Personal information provided on your application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening of applications, assessment tests, background checks and other related services. You will be asked to provide your consent before submitting your application. You may withdraw consent at any time, by withdrawing your application, in such case, FAO will no longer be able to consider your application
Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered• Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.
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