Management Jobs at (FAO) Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy

Position: Management Accountability Officer

Responsibilities

The Officer in Management Accountability role will be liable for the following duties

• Prepare the periodic report on high-risk issues for the Audit Committee.
• Prepare the report to the Executive Board on Joint Inspection Unit reports relevant to the work of WFP, including coordination of WFP responses/information in response to JIU recommendations to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Initiate discussions with relevant operational and functional management where required;
• Prepare WFP input to inter-agency comments on JIU reports and also collect feedback from functional management and initiate discussions as needed.
• Supervise follow-up on outstanding oversight recommendations and agreed on actions from Internal Audits, Inspections, PIRs, External Audit, and Joint Inspection Unit reports;
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with WFP recommendation owners and team members tasked with follow-up.
• Similarly,  develop and review policies, guidelines, procedures, and other documents to support the development of appropriate internal control and accountability frameworks.
• Participate in the process of resolution of oversight issues, including issues for which action has not been taken within a reasonable timeframe.
• Prepare summaries, briefings, and presentations to support organizational processes including the annual Executive Director’s Statement on Internal Control exercise.
• Make proposals, develop solutions, and communicate with key internal actors. Also, identify and propose escalation of issues that merit executive management attention/decision.
• Draft high-quality reports for WFP governing bodies and senior management on AFAC, internal control, and oversight matters.
• Oversee or undertake research and analysis on complex internal control. Similarly, oversight issues to enable the provision of comprehensive advisory services to WFP divisions and country offices.
• Promote awareness of internal control principles and tools to manage risk and enable well-informed decisions.
• Furthermore, perform other duties as required.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following duties

• University degree in International Relations, Economics, Law, Management, Finance, Business Administration, Statistics or related field.  In addition to that, a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in internal control, management oversight, management support, donor partnerships, audit, compliance, evaluation, risk management or related field.
• Knowledge of UN governance, organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives as well as an understanding of UN rules, regulations and policies.
• Experience writing for governing body and senior management audiences, or/and preparing input to inter-agency processes. Similarly, experience in supporting inter-agency discussions will be considered an asset.
• Experience in dealing with results, risks and controls in the cultural and operational environment characteristic of complex public-sector organizations with a socially-oriented mission will be considered an asset.
• Furthermore, knowledge of the WFP Oversight Framework will be considered an asset.