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Risk Management Adviser Commonwealth Secretariat

The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) has received a request from the Government of Jamaica to provide the services of a Risk Management Adviser to enable the Public Expenditure Policy Coordination Division (PXPC) of the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP) Jamaica to effectively mainstream risk management (RM) principles and processes into the Ministry.

The detailed Job Description is availble on http://www.thecommonwealth.org/joblist/191203/167709/150973/long_term_assignments_overseas/

Eligibility:

This invitation is open to individual consultants who are nationals of Commonwealth member countries and who meet the post criteria.

Experience & Qualifications

The successful candidate should possess the following experience and qualifications to be considered for this post:

Professional Experience

•At least seven (7) years experience working at progressively senior levels in Risk Management (preferably in the public sector);
•Proven experience of developing Risk Management strategies and tools and practically embedding risk management within organisations in a developing country context;
•Extensive senior-level experience of working as part of a change process within a large organisation, including providing advice at senior levels, mobilising capacity building initiatives and developing a risk aware culture;
•Extensive knowledge of good practices including frameworks, methods, tools and technologies in Risk Management and Internal Audit;
•Skills and experience in conducting risk assessment and risk analysis, and collecting salient risk related information, to inform strategic change and lesson-learning;
•Extensive experience in capacity development / training with regard to Risk Management;
•Proven experience of supporting information sharing networks and facilitating benchmarking between organisations;
•Experience of working in the region would be an advantage;

Educational Qualifications

•Advanced degree or Professional Qualification (Masters Degree, MBA or equivalent) in Risk Management, Public Administration or other relevant subject from a recognised and reputable institution.

Job Email id: p.sharma(at)commonwealth.int