Risk Officer

Strengthens risk management and internal controls across WFP Myanmar. The officer maintains risk registers, supports partner checks and assessments, analyses exposures and mitigation, contributes to donor reporting, coordinates assurance and audit follow-up, promotes anti-fraud standards and supports business continuity.

Department: Risk Management

• Embed risk management in planning and decision-making
• Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions
• Conduct cooperating-partner spot checks and support risk assessments
• Analyse exposures, controls, incidents and risk indicators
• Prepare compliance, assurance and management-accountability reports
• Support donor risk-sharing reports and resource-mobilisation proposals
• Coordinate annual assurance surveys and management clearance
• Prepare for internal and external audits and follow up recommendations
• Promote anti-fraud standards, fraud-risk assessments and incident management
• Support business continuity and conflict-of-interest controls

• Advanced university degree in business or public administration, finance, accounting, international development, audit or a relevant field, or first degree with additional relevant experience or training
• At least one year of progressively responsible relevant experience
• Fluent Myanmar
• Fluent English
• Myanmar nationality

• Fixed-term national officer appointment for 12 months
• Open to Myanmar nationals only
• The stored conditions block carries 2025 publication dates, while current official listing metadata is dated August 2026