Senior Risk & Assurance Manager

What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and, at the same time, promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Purpose of the position

The Risk & Assurance Manager within Ethics, Risk & Compliance Office (ERCO) coordinates institutional processes or workstreams related to building and strengthening risk management and assurance capabilities (people, processes and tools) with a strong impact on the ICRC’s culture of accountability and working practice. They provide expertise and support to departments, delegations and Risk & Assurance functions at HQ and in the field.
The person is also responsible for the development, coordination and implementation of an effective and streamlined objective review of the risk mitigation that forms part of ERCO’s assurance to the Directorate and Governance.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Design, develop and refine risk management and assurance processes, tools and systems, including methodologies, guidance, tools, and templates. In particular, further develop, adapt and maintain a risk dashboard to enable aggregation and comparison of risks and related mitigation measures between delegations, regions and at global level.
• Develop and implement processes and operational guidelines, knowledge bases and tools to suppor