Risk Specialist

The Risk Specialist supports the coordination of assurance activities and conducts integrated performance and risk analyses to inform management decision-making, strengthen accountability, and improve organizational effectiveness. The role involves working closely with programmatic and operational teams, assurance focal points, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assurance activities to support effective organizational oversight.
• Conduct integrated performance and risk analyses to inform management decision-making.
• Strengthen accountability and improve organizational effectiveness through collaboration with programmatic and operational teams, assurance focal points, and senior leadership.
• Develop reports and management support tools such as dashboards and scorecards.
• Strengthen capacity related to risk management and assurance activities.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Risk Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Audit, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in Risk management, internal control, assurance, audit, performance management, organizational oversight.
• Experience coordinating assessments, reviews, audits, or assurance activities.
• Experience developing dashboards, scorecards, and management reports.
• Experience within international development, humanitarian, public sector, or UN organizations is desirable.
• Data analysis, risk assessment, performance reporting, facilitation, communication, stakeholder engagement skills.
• Fluency in English and French are required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Emergency experience, UN systems experience is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Risk Management
• Internal Controls
• Assurance Activities
• Audit
• Performance Management
• Organizational Oversight
• Assessment Coordination
• Dashboard Development
• Scorecard Development
• Management Reporting
• Data Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Performance Reporting
• Facilitation
• Stakeholder Engagement
• UN Systems and Applications
• Emergency Response

Languages

English, French