Internal Control & Compliance Coordinator at Save the Children: (Deadline 22 March 2024)
Advert – Internal Control & Compliance Coordinator
About the Role:
Save the Children (SC) is the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
The ICCC is accountable for assessing, monitoring and help mitigating both internal and external risks across the Country Programme; and providing effective challenge to the quality of management oversight on key functions within the Country Programme. Developing high quality approaches and systems, the ICCC works closely with function/department leads and other senior staff, ensuring effective monitoring and response to external risks, associated with local government and authorities, compliance with policy and regulations, legal and local political issues and coordinator of the country office risk management plan. Collaborating with teams across the country programme, the SCI Regional Office, Global Assurance and Centre for relevant areas, the ICCC will also ensure that high quality, effective systems are in place to monitor and respond to internal risks, associated with but not limited to partnerships and local NGO relationships, compliance with SCI policy and regulation, child safeguarding, fraud and corruption.
Qualifications and experience .
- Relevant Professional qualifications (CPA/CA/ACCA)
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 3 years spent working at NGO.
- Experience in fraud awareness and case investigation management
- An unquestionably high level of integrity and ethics
- Computer fluency; highly competent using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and experience working in complex financial systems.
- Understanding of strategic finance issues with strong influencing skills, sharp business acumen and sound judgment
- Experience of working effectively, independently and with minimal supervision
- Strong relationship builder with a proven track record in forming good business partnerships and utilising collaborative approaches.
- Excellent communication skills, initiative, the ability to meet tight deadlines and work independently is essential.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
- Available to travel frequently to all country locations.
- Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.
- Experience with Save the Children award management and financial systems (AMS and Agresso)
- Experience in audit management
- Sound understanding of critical SCI policies
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
This position is on Child Safeguarding- Level 3: The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs. Or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ANTI-HARASSMENT Policy
We are committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all those who work for us and for all those who come into contact with our staff and representatives, including children and members of the communities with whom we work.
SCI takes a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any other conduct that is discriminatory or disrespectful to others.
Application Information: Click Here
Deadline for receiving applications is 22nd March 2024.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. *
*Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process*
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