As a result
of business growth and the need to enhance organizational efficiency for
effective service delivery, our client would like to fill the following
position:
Risk Officer
Risk Officer
Job Ref: HR/RO/2016
Purpose Statement: Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, the Risk Officer will be charged with the responsibility of assessing and identifying organization risks.
Purpose Statement: Reporting to the Internal Audit Manager, the Risk Officer will be charged with the responsibility of assessing and identifying organization risks.
Principal
Accountabilities:
Key
accountabilities for this position will be:
- Facilitating
Risk and Control Self-Assessment.
- Reviewing
and updating risk registers.
- Working
with the risk owners in the identification and evaluation of key risks,
their causes and the development and monitoring implementation of action
plans to address any gaps in risk mitigation.
- Updating
and monitoring implementation of the Authority’s Risk Appetite Statement
to ensure risks are managed within the set tolerance levels.
- Analyzing
trends in the key risk indicators in departments and evaluating action
taken on Key Risk Indicators reported as high and medium.
- Develop
risk metrics and dashboards.
- Monitoring
and evaluating management of risk incidences, including incidence
recording and post incidence analysis, to establish whether adequate
action is taken on minimizing their impact and preventing their
occurrence.
- Working
with risk owners in identifying key legislative and regulatory
requirements and key controls for their departments and implementation of
a framework to monitor compliance to these requirements and controls.
- Monitoring
and analyzing compliance trends (on legislative and regulatory
requirements) and actions taken to address noted compliance gaps.
- Undertaking
capacity building and awareness on Enterprise Risk Management, including
legal and regulatory compliance in the organization.
- Any
other duties assigned
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
The ideal
candidate should be in possession of:
- A
business related degree or equivalent (Bachelor of Commerce, Economics,
Business Administration) from a recognized University.
- Professional
qualifications and/or certification in Risk Management.
- Membership
to a recognized professional body in Risk Management.
- Three
(3) years middle level management experience with clear understanding of
and knowledge in Enterprise Risk Management Framework Implementation.
- Knowledge
of ERP systems and Audit Command Language (ACL)
Those interested and who meet the above requirements are invited
to apply by quoting the reference number for the position on both the
applications letter and the envelope.
Applications
accompanied with a detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certificates and
testimonials addressed as below should be received not later than 6th April
2016.
DN/A 1904
P. O. Box 49010 - 00100
Nairobi
or dropped physically at The Nation Media Group Ad Centre office on the ground floor of Nation Centre, Kimathi.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer
