Chief Risk Officer (P5) At International Organization for Migration

Job Identification (Reference Number): 12709

Position Title: Chief Risk Officer (P)

Duty Station City: Geneva

Duty Station Country: Switzerland

Grade: P-5

Contract Type: Fixed-term (1 year with possibility of extension)

Recruiting Type: Professional

Vacancy Type: Vacancy Notice

Initial duration: 1 year with possibility of extension

Closing date: 11 February 2025

Introduction:

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

IOM is committed to ensuring a workplace where all employees can thrive professionally, while working towards harnessing the full potential of migration. Read more about IOM’s workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration

Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process.

For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates:

1. Internal candidates

2. External female candidates:

3. Candidates from the following non-represented member states:

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Second-tier candidates include:

All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM and female candidates.

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Strategy and Organizational Performance at Headquarters (HQ), the Chief Risk Officer will be responsible for implementing IOM’s Risk Management Framework and for providing strategic advice and support to the organization to satisfy all present and foreseeable requirements for risk management throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

1. Implement change management strategies as part of the risk management plan to ensure that the risk management process becomes integrated into the systems of management in IOM. Provide oversight of implementation of IOM’s Risk Management Framework and Policy (IN/213).
2. Provide leadership for the organization’s adoption of best risk management practices and the continuous improvement of its internal control environment. Ensure risk management considerations are integrated into decision-making, monitoring and evaluation, intervention planning design, results-based management, and reporting to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
3. Manage the development and implementation of the unit’s annual work programme and budget. Develop a strategic vision and promote a managed risk approach – specifically ensuring that risk management is embedded into strategic and operational planning processes and in decision-making processes through risk guidelines.
4. Ensure that the risk management policy, standards, and guidelines remain current, appropriate, and relevant. Recommend the adoption of risk appetite statements and protocols for reporting and escalation and de-escalation of risk exposures to the leadership of the organization.
5. Develop and support the network of risk management focal points. Develop and promote institutional policies, guidance, good practices and lessons learnt related to risk management.
6. Provide supervision of, and coordinate the work of, the Regional Risk and Compliance Officers.
7. Provide the secretariat for, develop the agenda of and ensure the effective functioning of (and follow-up to) IOM’s Risk Management Committee; and support the work of, and provide the secretariat for, the Audit and Oversight Advisory Committee (AOAC).
8. Coordinate the implementation of oversight recommendations to improve risk management, and quality of outputs, and ensure that effective accountability and internal control frameworks support operational efficiency; coordinate the work with IOM’s oversight entities, and report on specific trends and crosscutting matters.
9. Promote synergies and collaboration between units within the Office of Strategy and Organizational Performance to ensure cross-cutting risks are effectively addressed.
10. Review efficiency and effectiveness of IOM structures, procedures and capacities in high-risk locations.
11. Develop and implement an effective training strategy to build the capacity of IOM staff in relation to risk management.
12. Develop and implement an effective risk management communications strategy.
13. Based on organisational risk trends, make recommendations to the Director, Office of Strategy and Organizational Performance, in the effort to drive a risk thought process into the strategic and cross-functional decision making.
14. When required, coordinate the administration and implementation of the IOM risk management information system.
15. Provide advice to and maintain the Director General and Deputy Directors General updated on emerging risk trends on a regular basis.
16. Provide the Standing Committee on Programmes and Finance (SCPF) with updates on Risk Management at the frequency set by IOM’s Council.

How to apply

Internationally recruited professional staff are required to be mobile.

Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.

IOM only accepts duly completed applications submitted HERE.(for internal candidates link here). The online tool also allows candidates to track the status of their application.