Risk Officer Job in Kenya

As a

result of business growth and the need to enhance organizational efficiency for

effective service delivery, our client would like to fill the following

position:Risk Officer 

Job

Ref: HR/RO/2016

Purpose Statement: Reporting

to the Internal Audit Manager, the Risk Officer will be charged with the

responsibility of assessing and identifying organization risks. 

He/she

will also offer advice on risk mitigation measures that need to be implemented

by the organization in order to minimize risk exposure. 

Principal

Accountabilities:
 

Key

accountabilities for this position will be:

• Facilitating
  
  Risk and Control Self-Assessment.


• Reviewing
  
  and updating risk registers.


• Working
  
  with the risk owners in the identification and evaluation of key risks,
  
  their causes and the development and monitoring implementation of action
  
  plans to address any gaps in risk mitigation.


• Updating
  
  and monitoring implementation of the Authority’s Risk Appetite Statement
  
  to ensure risks are managed within the set tolerance levels.


• Analyzing
  
  trends in the key risk indicators in departments and evaluating action
  
  taken on Key Risk Indicators reported as high and medium.



• Develop
  
  risk metrics and dashboards.


• Monitoring
  
  and evaluating management of risk incidences, including incidence
  
  recording and post incidence analysis, to establish whether adequate
  
  action is taken on minimizing their impact and preventing their
  
  occurrence.


• Working
  
  with risk owners in identifying key legislative and regulatory
  
  requirements and key controls for their departments and implementation of
  
  a framework to monitor compliance to these requirements and controls.


• Monitoring
  
  and analyzing compliance trends (on legislative and regulatory
  
  requirements) and actions taken to address noted compliance gaps.


• Undertaking
  
  capacity building and awareness on Enterprise Risk Management, including
  
  legal and regulatory compliance in the organization.


• Any
  
  other duties assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
 

The

ideal candidate should be in possession of:

• A
  
  business related degree or equivalent (Bachelor of Commerce, Economics,
  
  Business Administration) from a recognized University.


• Professional
  
  qualifications and/or certification in Risk Management.


• Membership
  
  to a recognized professional body in Risk Management.


• Three
  
  (3) years middle level management experience with clear understanding of
  
  and knowledge in Enterprise Risk Management Framework Implementation.


• Knowledge
  
  of ERP systems and Audit Command Language (ACL)

Those interested and who meet the above requirements are invited

to apply by quoting the reference number for the position on both the

applications letter and the envelope. 

Applications

accompanied with a detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certificates and

testimonials addressed as below should be received not later than 6th April

2016.

DN/A 1904
P. O. Box 49010 – 00100

or dropped physically at The Nation Media Group Ad Centre office on the ground

floor of Nation Centre, Kimathi.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer