Risk and Compliance Specialist

Strengthens risk management and compliance across UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Office, with particular attention to implementing-partner management in programme and operations. The role consolidates regional risk insights, tests controls, improves assurance processes and tools, and supports country offices to identify, monitor and report risk actions and early-warning signals.

• Assure the quality and integrity of regional risk data
• Consolidate and analyse regional risk trends
• Strengthen country-office risk management capability and quality
• Conduct control testing and reviews
• Support assurance activities
• Standardise risk-management tools and methodologies
• Monitor risk actions across country offices
• Strengthen regional risk reporting and early-warning signals

• Master's degree in business administration, financial management, development studies, international development, economics, auditing, project and programme management or a relevant technical field
• At least five years of continuous experience in risk and compliance, programme development or management, or another directly relevant area, including internal audit experience
• Experience in risk management, compliance, programme implementation, reporting and financial controls
• Fluency in French and English

• Professional certifications in operations management, strategic management, risk management, audit, investigation, internal control, statistics, data analysis or accounting
• Experience developing and implementing financial-control systems, enterprise risk management, audits or internal controls with international organisations, NGOs or the UN
• Field experience or familiarity with emergency contexts
• Relevant country-level experience in development, fragile settings or humanitarian contexts

• Risk Management
• Compliance Management
• Internal Controls
• Control Testing
• Risk Reporting
• Risk Analysis
• Implementing Partner Management
• Assurance Activities
• Financial Controls
• Internal Audit