Compliance Specialist

Strengthens compliance, internal controls and accountability across FAO Afghanistan’s humanitarian and resilience operations. The role establishes a Kabul call centre and feedback mechanism, advises management on risk and fiduciary controls, coordinates audit and donor follow-up, leads partner due diligence, and builds local capacity to manage complaints, PSEA, quality assurance and risk.

• Coordinate risk logs, internal-control questionnaires, fraud-prevention plans and compliance dashboards
• Advise management on risk mitigation and controls under FAO rules and policies
• Establish compliance processes for partner fiduciary requirements and PSEA
• Coordinate the Kabul Call Centre and train personnel on rules and standards
• Develop control checklists and SOPs with programme, operations, finance and logistics teams
• Follow up on audit management actions, OIG reporting and donor compliance
• Lead implementing-partner due diligence and strengthen local compliance capacity

• Advanced degree in business or public administration, economics or a relevant discipline; Bachelor’s degree holders need two additional years of experience
• Five years of experience in programming, planning or technical cooperation, including evaluation, audit, compliance and controls
• Working knowledge of English (level C)

• Second FAO language

• Compliance Management
• Internal Controls
• Risk Management
• Due Diligence
• Audit Follow-up
• PSEA
• Quality Assurance
• Capacity Building

• MS Office
• Excel
• MS Access
• BI Tools

• Call for expressions of interest