Title: Officer - Assurance and Compliance
Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Studies, Public Administration, or related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Unit : Internal Audit
∎ Location of posting : Dhaka (with community visit)
∎ Types of contract : Fixed Term Contract for 12 months, if not extended
∎ Job Summary: The person who holds this position will be responsible for developing compliance guidelines with the Senior Management team. S/he will have the responsibility to regularly report on compliance and non-compliance issues. S/he will support the overall assurance approach, plan, and mandate, through efficient and effective coordination efforts. S/he will support ActionAid Bangladesh and partner organisations to ensure their relevant policies are updated and compliant
∎ Relationships: S/he will report to Manager - Internal Audit of ActionAid Bangladesh. S/he is expected to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers in team, priority, project management team. S/he must be able to communicate with other teams and units, both programme, function of AAB and long-erm and short-term partner organisations. The incumbent will also work in coordination with the Assurance Team of ActionAid Federation.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Key Responsibilities Include (not limited to):
∎ Policy Compliance:
∎ Serve as a focal point for AAB/AAIBS employees on compliance issues.
∎ Update staff on changes in any regulations and processes.
∎ Assess and determine compliance risk with Internal Audit Manager.
∎ Review company policies and documents, such as procurement records, to identify violations of standards or regulations.
∎ Conduct periodic internal reviews/ Conduct regular audits to identify potential weaknesses and noncompliance situations.
∎ Be responsible for maintaining documentation on compliance activities and response. Take action in dealing with noncompliance situations, creating realistic plans to overcome them.
∎ Policy Assurance:
∎ Support all efforts aimed at compliance to assurance. Inform relevant persons at AAB/AAIBS on gaps.
∎ Identify bottlenecks to assurance compliance at the organisation level, partner and community level with relevant staff and team(s).
∎ Coordinate efforts aimed at assessing levels of assurance across the organization, using appropriate tools.
∎ Roll out the relevant tools and processes at the organisation and partner level.
∎ Develop and regularly populate an Assurance Dashboard with the Internal Audit Manager.
∎ Prepare quarterly assurance reports.
∎ Support in developing assurance plans that clearly respond to identified gaps with relevant staff /team; Communicate with employees and make sure everyone is aware of what they need to do to comply with internal and external laws and regulations.
∎ Conduct risk assessments with Internal audit Manager or any other assigned staff member.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Three (3) years of professional experience in relevant positions
∎ Technical Skills:
∎ Good knowledge of legal requirements and procedures. Risk assessment skills are crucial as a large part of their work duties are identifying noncompliance risks.
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication skills both in Bangla and English.
∎ Good facilitation Skill/ Communication skills ensure that the compliance officer can successfully communicate their findings, ideas and plans to both management and employees.
∎ Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.
∎ Excellent analytical skills and ability to accurately interpret complex documents and policies.
∎ Ability to work in a multicultural context/environment.
∎ Other Requirements:
∎ Is a committed and dedicated professional
∎ Demonstrates gender sensitivity.
∎ Demonstrates a strong team player skills
∎ Understands Child Protection and SHEA
∎ Willing to visit field frequently
Salary:
∎ Monthly Gross Salary will be 63,579/-
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Admissible benefits such as festival bonus, provident fund, gratuity, medical benefit, group life insurance etc.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 8 May 2021
Company Information:
∎ 29 Apr 2021
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com