Risk & Compliance Officer Bangladesh

Job Description

Title: Risk & Compliance Officer Bangladesh

Company Name: Norwegian Refugee Council, Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Tk. 75716 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years

• At least 3 years

• Minimum 03 years of working experience in internal audit, compliance, or risk management functions

• Preferably at least 1 year of working experience with an NGO/INGO organization.

• Familiarity with GoB compliance for INGOs in Bangladesh.

• Strong planning, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with a good attitude towards collaborative working.

• Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills

• Knowledge of the regulatory context in Bangladesh.

• Fluency in Chittagonian is desirable.

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

• Strong coordination and communication skills.

• Training Facilitation skills.

• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Key Tasks and Assignments:

• Ensure monitoring compliance in implementation of NRC’s policies, procedures, and controls by conducting regular spot checks, field visits, and in-depth reviews for high-risk issues.

• Follow up with teams to update project-specific risk registers and share the final version with RCC.

• Conduct monthly spot checks on programme activity through e.g. ROD to ensure adherence to the Securing Supporting Documentation procedures (SSD), working with teams to ensure compliant completion, and prepare spot-check reports with recommendations, share with RCC.

• Follow up with teams based on recommendations of spot checks.

• Prepare annual summaries/reports on areas of R&C, for e.g. CMG awareness, and to facilitate CO improvements.

• Review material and facilitate regular training, refreshers, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for staff, contingent workers, suppliers, including drivers, etc, on e.g, anti-corruption, data protection, Speak Up, conflict of interest, corruption risk mapping.

• Act as fact finder and investigator under the direction of the Allegation Management Committee (AMC), writing and sharing reports with recommendations.

• Guide and follow up on the progress of other fact-finding teams to ensure the timely completion of research.

• Ensure the visibility of Speak Up communications (e.g., posters, visiting cards) in NRC field offices, all field centres/hubs, along with distributing info among suppliers and other third parties.

• Keep up to date with all risk management and compliance-related CO registers, e.g., CO project-specific risk registers, Waiver Register, and Standards Operating Procedures (SOP) index, allegations management, and recommendations tracker.

• Support internal, external, and partner audits by coordinating with relevant stakeholders, preparing paperwork as required, and contributing to conducting and implementing partners ` and consortium audits.

• Support the RCC to carry out distribution spot checks and to facilitate follow-up of findings and recommendations.

• Facilitate regular training, refreshers, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for staff, contingent workers, suppliers, etc.