Provide advice and specialized support in the establishment of risk management, compliance and quality assurance activities.

The Compliance Specialist will be required to possess at least 2 years of relevant experience;
The Compliance Advisor will be required to possess at least 7 years of relevant experience;

Tasks and responsibilities

•Support DOs in formulating and analyzing internal documents such as the Risk Log, Internal Control Questionnaire and other relevant data to review internal controls related specifically to operations and humanitarian compliance.
•Shape the development and implementation of key compliance and quality assurance processes, particularly those focused on mitigating the risk of aid diversion and other operational risks in challenging environments, such as those with limited access and oversight.
•Contribute to building robust risk management solutions, including drafting interim guidance and SOPs, conducting risk assessments, and proposing innovative tools and processes, in accordance with FAO risk policy and related processes.
•Advise and recommend to the FAO Representative 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 FAO Representatives 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, implementing partner due diligence review, incident reporting, PSEA, etc.
•Advise and recommend FAORs on the measures necessary to ensure compliance with FAO’s policy framework and responsibilities on the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and on Accountability to Affected People (e.g beneficiary selection and registration, activities of implementing partners and service providers, monitoring, verification and reconciliation of assistance received by beneficiaries, management of FAO monitors, Third-Party monitors, grievance/complaint feedback mechanisms, and call centers, etc. depending on office structure).
• Support due diligence reviews of Implementing Partners and build up local capacity for this.
• Contribute to capacity building to mitigate risk and ensure compliance.
• Support as necessary OER headquarter compliance-related reporting and monitoring.
•Contribute to the promotion of online guidance and good practices to support compliance in emergency and resilience programming.
•Perform other related duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•University degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in business/public administration, economics or a closely related technical field;
•Aleast 10 years (category A), 5 years (category B) and 2 years (category C) of relevant experience in administration, finance, evaluation, audit and/or in programme/ projects operations with field experience, and control functions, and with practical knowledge of operational, financial and administrative procedures of the UN;
• Working knowledge (level C) of English;
•Working knowledge of French is desirable.

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 background teams;
•    Relevant work experience in functions related to compliance management and monitoring in the context of a large international organization operating in developing countries;
•    Negotiation skills and ability to deal confidently with tact at management level;
•    Team player with good interpersonal skills, and facilitation/motivational skills;
•    Ability to work under pressure to tight timelines and without direct supervision;
•    Strong analytical and conceptual abilities, communication skills, both verbal and in writing;
•    Knowledge of humanitarian principles.