Vacancy No: 17356
Section/Unit: Risk and Ethics
Grade Level: NAT 3
Supervisor: Risk and Compliance Manager
No. of Post: 1
Duty Station: Country Office
Duration: 12 Months
Closing Date: 06 Sept 2026

Background

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Risk and Compliance Coordinator  plays a critical role in supporting the Risk and Compliance Manager in strengthening and monitoring internal controls, managing risks, and promoting ethical practices across the Country Programme. This role ensures the effective implementation of compliance and assurance activities, contributing to the integrity and accountability of operations.

Working collaboratively with departments such as finance, procurement, HR, awards, and supply chain, the Coordiantor conducts reviews, assessments, to ensure adherence to SCI policies, donor regulations, and local laws. 

The role also supports partner compliance, capacity building, and fraud investigations and  awareness initiatives.

In addition, the Coordinator contributes to risk management processes including SCARF, COSFA, and Top Risk registers, and supports ethical programming efforts. 

Through regular field visits, reporting, and coordination with regional and global units, the Coordinator helps maintain a culture of transparency and continuous improvement within the Country Programme.

Duties and responsibilities

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Compliance and Assurance:

Under the supervision and the guidance for the Risk and Compliance Manager:

• Participate the development and the implementation of a Risk-Based Annual Compliance and Assurance Work Plan.
• Conduct reviews across finance, procurement, HR, awards, and supply chain to ensure strong internal controls according to the annua assurance plan.
• Visit field offices to assess risk mitigation and operational practices.
• Perform ad hoc procurement and asset reviews, surprise stock and cash counts.
• Perform pre-audit on specific project, transaction or department when requested by the Risk and Compliance Manager.
• Develop compliance reports after the completion of the assigned tasks and sharing with the Risk and Compliance Manager.
• Continuously follow up on the implementation of the compliance findings after the compliance reviews are conducted 
• Build and maintain compliance digital library for internal policies and work instructions

Risk Management: 

• Support the Risk and Compliance Manager in the SCARF, FRA, and Top Risk registers with regular reporting.
• Provide technical support to field Risk and Ethics Co Leadership and ensure there is an updated risk register for field level
• Attend kick-off meetings and walkthrough to PART to project implementation SCI and partner teams
• Follow-up on updates of project level PART to ensure that risk registers are updated throughout the project cycle. 

Investigations and Counter-Fraud:

• Support investigations into fraud, bribery, corruption, and misconduct when assigned.
• Support the Risk and Ethics CO leadership and manage reporting obligations.
• Liaise with regional fraud units and manage reporting obligations.

Partner Compliance & Capacity Building:

• Participate the partner assessments using the Partner Assessment Tool (PAT).
• Conduct periodic compliance reviews in collaboration as per the assurance and compliance plan.
• Support and participate the partner capacity building activities.

Support the Ethical Programming and Awareness

Deliver fraud awareness sessions to staff, partners, and suppliers in collaboration with Risk and Compliance Manager and Ethical Programing Manager

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required

QUALIFICATIONS 

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in Management, accounting Finance or any other relevant sectors.
• Experience of working in the corporate, humanitarian or development sector at similar level
• minimum of 3 years working in Fraud management, Risk Management, internal audit or compliance or any relevant department
• Experience of working in large diverse teams with colleagues from many cultures backgrounds
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills, and highly competent in developing and implementing systems, business processes and procedures
• Highly competent in Microsoft office software
• Exceptional coordination skills
• Fluent written and spoken English

Very confident in dealing with large groups of people and with senior level visitors and partners.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity