Head_ Audit, Risk and Compliance
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Save the Children
Juba, South Sudan
Humanitaire (ONG, Associations, ...), Projet/programme de développement
Head_ Audit, Risk and Compliance
SUMMARY
23 Feb 2026
9 Mar 2026 - 17:00 UTC
South Sudan
Programme Operations
Permanent
Full-time
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TITLE: Head_ Audit, Risk and Compliance (National).
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Audit/Risk and Compliance
LOCATION: Juba, South Sudan with frequent field visits
GRADE: TBD
CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term -XX Years fixed term
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Head of Audit, Risk and Compliance is responsible in providing leadership and coordination of Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit/Internal Control and Fraud Management activities of the Country Office. He/she will champion a culture of compliance throughout the country office and guide appropriate execution of compliance requirements and related internal policies and procedures. The role holder is expected to ensure best practices, raise awareness and play an advisory role in risk and compliance across the CO. He/she is also responsible to continuously assess and review policies and procedures of risk & compliance management.
He/she promotes accountability and support the Senior Management Team in risk identification, measurement, monitoring, assessment and control, according to the annual risk management plan. The role holder is expected to lead the development of an organisational culture that reflects our values, promotes accountability and high performance and frees up people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our Members and donors
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Country Director
Dimensions:
South Sudan is one of the most challenging and exciting working environments that Save the Children currently works in. The newest country in the world, its legacy of thirty years of war has yet to be even partly addressed as its new government struggles to both mature and reach out to its people.
More than 6.1 million people – one half of the population – need humanitarian assistance in South Sudan as a result of continued violence, the impact of a poor harvest and economic downturn. Humanitarian needs exist in all parts of the country, with a recent deterioration of the food security situation and the outbreak of diseases such as cholera and measles. Despite constraints and dangers, humanitarian workers have managed to aid and alleviate the suffering of over 2.8 million South Sudanese to date in 2016. Save the Children has been active in South Sudan for over 20 years.
Number and staff direct reports:
Audit, Risk and Compliance Coordinator X2
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Internal Control and Auditing
Lead on the preparation of operational and strategic audit plans.
Lead the design and execution of internal reviews to ensure adequacy and effectiveness of internal control in compliance with the Organization’s policies and procedures and identify opportunities for process improvements.
Efficiently execute audit assignments in multi-disciplinary audit teams in accordance with internal procedures and auditing standards.
Lead, plan, conduct, report and follow up assignments from the audit plan on time, to a high standard and within budget; all audits will be conducted in teams and some of these assignments will require the post holder to assume the lead role.
Develop contextual modules including training modules, induction packages and visibility materials.
Contribute to systems development work within Save the Children International, providing independent advice regarding appropriate levels of internal control and facilitating the effective management of risk.
Assess and analyse the effectiveness of actions taken by various departments in response to Global Assurance, external audit, Internal audit reviews and ensuring corrective action is taken on the agreed action plans
Provide technical guidance to departments in preparation of action plans to implement recommendations and analyse the effectiveness of previous recommendations.
Risk Management and Compliance
Develop contextual training modules to build the capacity of staff and partners through regular training on processes, regulations, and organizational policy
Providing leadership on the Organization’s management of key risks and ensuring effective controls are in place to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and ensuring the outcome of any key decisions on risks are built into CO Risk Management Plan and are implemented by their functional line.
Lead the PART process for New Business Development ensuring that Go/NoGo decisions are informed by risks associated with the opportunity and are adequately captured and develop the capacity of the ARC staff to develop PARTs.
Strengthen the CO’s Risk Management Approach during the full project cycle, including at Proposal Stage, and during active awards.
Establishing a risk culture across the organisation ensuring that the organization is striking the right balance between risks and rewards (opportunities).
Provide analysis to SLT on new and emerging risks within the response and the current portfolio
Owning the CO Risk Management Plan collectively with SLT and ensuring effective implementation of the plan across the organisation and within their functions.
Challenging functional leads and SLT as to whether the management of risks is effective, and appropriate mitigations are in place, including commissioning control checks and verifications as and when appropriate.
Co-chair of the Country Office Risk Management Committee responsible for providing advice on the adequacy of risk management landscape.
Investigations
Develop the capacity of individuals to conduct special investigations into cases of alleged fraud and/or serious negligence as required; provide recommendations to leadership on corrective action, as appropriate and in accordance with Save the Children International’s Fraud Policy.
Analyse trends relating to fraud and negligence cases to understand control gaps and provide systematic recommendations to strengthen these.
Ensure that all procedures related to l cases of fraud, bribery and corruption are followed and strengthened.
Develop a Country Office culture that reinforces Save the Children’s zero tolerance on fraud, bribery and corruption across the country operations.
Generic Responsibilities:
Respond to queries raised by management, providing prompt and professional advice as appropriate.
Make recommendations on strengthening policies and procedures to ensure internal controls are effective in preventing, identifying and addressing noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations.
To provide leadership to the Audit, Risk and Compliance team, working proactively with all team members to support the development of their skills, encouraging a focus on accuracy and attention to detail striving for excellence in all activities within the team’s area of responsibility.
Support the development of SoPs and policies for departments in line with SCI directions, donor requirements and the Country Office needs.
Help design and implement a coherent organizational structure that is consistent with organisational practices and appropriate to country office needs/fit for purpose.
Support the development of an organisational culture that reflects the organization values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and supports staff to deliver outstanding results for children.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Business Administration is a Must
Extensive experience in relevant operational areas (e.g. in programme/project management in an INGO context) and be willing to learn the appropriate audit skills.
Willingness to undertake high amount of travel within the South Sudan SCI field locations (30%) and work with minimum supervision under difficult conditions in some of the most underdeveloped, insecure and remote parts of South Sudan.
Desirable
Professional qualification as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Be highly accurate, detail-orientated, and able to complete multiple projects, with conflicting priorities, on a timely basis
Excellent written communication (report writing) skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and relationship building
Strong results-orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind sets
Strong cultural awareness and be able to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Demonstrate high standards of ethics and integrity
Experience of risk-based auditing
Track record of leading a small team for specific short-term audit or other work assignments and delivering high quality timely results
Experience of evaluating systems and processes, identifying weaknesses and areas of improvements
Commitment to Save the Children values
INGO experience or have worked in a commercial/public sector international organisation
Familiarity with grant requirements of major donors such as USAID, EC/ECHO, DfID and the UN
Good financial analysis aptitude
Experience of Agresso financial software
Experience of IT audit
Counter fraud experience
Ability to look at the bigger picture when assessing organisational performance and risk
Desirable
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
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