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• Lead and oversee risk assessments across all Plan International
  Uganda programmes and support functions
• Provide assurance to management regarding risk management,
  governance and control processes and provide innovative best practices to
  make improvements
• Required to conduct special audits and investigations as needed and
  required
• Strengthening capacity and building awareness staff and local
  partners on best internal control practices and standards.
• Ensure that Plan International Uganda is adhering to the global risk
  register and policy
• Responsible to ensure that all Audit Actions are logged and acted
  upon within agreed timelines.
• Prepare a six-monthly internal control review plan for projects,
  departments and partners and share with CLT/CMT accordingly.
• Perform special assignments, investigations, and performance audits
  as needed.
• Conduct regular capacity strengthening of local partners as per
  areas identified in due diligence
• To disseminate frameworks, tools and formats for risk assessments;
  including coordinating training on process, review of status of risk
  registers, state of affairs for management follow up with the designated
  risk, control and action owners
• Support management in assessing enterprise wide risks and
  identifying emerging risks.
• Assist organization in evaluating effectiveness of risk mitigation
  strategies, and designing adequate internal controls to enable
  accountability.
• Effectively plan and document audits using quality plans, and
  programmes.
• Participate in coordination of outsourced audit activities including
  external audits.
• Supervise, coach, motivate and evaluate performance of staff in the
  risk assurance department following Plan’s Human Resource Manual.

• Fraud – develop and disseminate preventive measures and controls
  which ensures less time is spent reacting to situations and more time is
  spent taking advantage of opportunities and,
• Investigating fraud cases detected or reported.

• Adhere to the Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy, Code of
  Conduct and reporting any emerging issues.
• Responsible for the implementation of the Policy standards as they
  apply to area of responsibility plus the development of actions to address
  identified gaps and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safe Guarding
  Children and Youth and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully
  embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy
  including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable
  to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to,
  ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their
  responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of
  Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns
  are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Design and support implementation of programmes that are aligned
  with the Sponsorship Commitments, ensuring that the interventions benefit
  Sponsored Children.

• The applicant for the Plan International Risk Assurance Manager
  job opportunity must be a Certified internal auditor (CIA)
• CPA/ACCA/QICA qualifications or degree in a relevant discipline is
  essential but not a prerequisite.
• Experience and skills in auditing of community based organisations
  and grant funded projects.
• At least five years of working experience in a similar position in a
  reputable institution, preferably an (I)NGO.
• Good computer skills with the ability to work with SAP or other
  ERPs.
• Practical experience of risk identification, evaluation and a good
  understanding of risk management.
• Strong analytical skills

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