CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES/LESOTHO
Career Opportunity
Catholic Relief Services is currently recruiting for a RISK AND COMPLIANCE AGENT
Location: Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho
Duration of Contract: 2years
About CRS:
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding
Job Title: RISK AND COMPLIANCE AGENT
Reports to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator
Job Summary:
You will conduct risk related activities for the country program (CP) including sub-recipient compliance adhering to CRS policies, local laws, and donor regulations to help ensure effective delivery of high-quality programming on Bokamoso Ba Bana (3B) Project, to the poor and vulnerable. Your knowledge and skills will help reduce risk to staff, to the effectiveness of our programming and to the people we serve through the application of the principles of stewardship, integrity, transparency, and accountability.
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the supply chain management team on strengthening internal control systems and processes related to commodity distribution and management.
- Help identify risk issues and challenges and solutions to address them.
- Support the planning and performance of internal audits, control reviews and compliance assessments, conduct audit activities as applicable. Help analyze results and provide recommendations.
- Support the design and facilitation of trainings and institutional capacity strengthening plans for CRS and primary schools.
- Support external audits and the coordination of action plans to close out audit findings.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration or other relevant Bachelor’s strongly preferred. Accounting and other relevant certification(s) a plus.
- Minimum of 3 years work experience, ideally with an international organization, with progressive responsibility in operations and/or programming. At least 2 of these years entailing audit, compliance, or risk management experience.
- Knowledge of audit standards and compliance regulations and familiarity with international standards for internal control and risk and compliance management (e.g., COSO, ISO, COBIT)
Required Languages – English and Sesotho, required.
Travel – Must be willing and able to travel up to 35%.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Good relationship management skills
- Good analytical, organizational, and systems thinking skills
- Ability to make sound judgement
- Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
- Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented
- Familiarity with accounting systems.
- Proficient in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio) and information management systems.
SUBMISSION
Please note that the position is only open to applicants who are Citizens of Lesotho. Interested Basotho candidates should submit their CV, cover letter, Certified copies of Education certificates, no later than 12th September 2024 at 10:00 by email to [email protected] with the subject line: RISK AND COMPLIANCE AGENT. If the subject line does not indicate the position, the applicant will not be considered. HARD COPY APPLICATIONS NOT ACCEPTED. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
Please be advised that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, all successful candidates will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and their personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate their behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics.
CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
