Risk Officer

Strengthens enterprise risk management, internal controls and compliance across WFP’s Egypt Country Office by maintaining risk and incident processes, supporting audit and assurance work, advising managers on mitigation and escalation, and building accountability into country planning and delivery.

Department: Egypt Country Office Finance

• Maintain risk registers, key indicators and mitigation-action tracking across country-office operations
• Support strategic, operational, financial and compliance risk assessments and advise managers on controls
• Coordinate with oversight, ethics, legal and evaluation functions on risk and compliance matters
• Escalate material risks and incidents and track fraud-related complaints and remediation measures
• Support donor risk-sharing analysis and prepare risk documentation for management and resource mobilisation
• Coordinate internal and external audit preparation and monitor implementation of recommendations
• Strengthen internal controls, assurance exercises and Three Lines Model procedures
• Maintain business-continuity plans and deliver risk, compliance and anti-fraud capacity building

• Advanced university degree in business or public administration, finance, accounting, international development, audit or a related field, or a first university degree with additional relevant experience or training
• At least seven years of progressively responsible professional experience
• At least three years of professional experience in risk management, internal controls, compliance, governance, audit or a related field
• Fluency at level C in English and Arabic

• Service Contract for 12 months with possible extension subject to funding and satisfactory performance
• CV and cover letter are required at the application stage