Senior Officer, Operational Risk Management

Supports IFRC’s regional operational risk-management framework across the Americas. The officer coordinates risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and escalation with regional teams, delegations and programme units; builds risk-management capacity; and integrates risk information into planning, emergency operations and leadership oversight while serving staff eligible to work in specified IFRC Americas locations.

• Coordinate regional operational risk-management processes and risk registers
• Facilitate risk assessments, mitigation planning and monitoring with regional teams and delegations
• Support risk reporting and escalation to management and oversight bodies
• Deliver risk-management guidance and capacity-building for staff and managers
• Integrate operational risk considerations into planning, programmes and emergency operations

• University degree in risk management, business administration, international development, humanitarian affairs or a related field
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in operational risk management, internal controls or assurance
• Experience applying risk-management frameworks and delivering risk-management training
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Legal eligibility to work in one of the specified IFRC Americas locations

• Good command of French, Spanish or Arabic

• Enterprise risk management
• Risk assessment
• Internal controls
• Risk reporting
• Capacity building

• Risk registers