Background:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC has been working in Ethiopia since 1999 and is implementing programs aimed at improving the quality of lives and recovery of livelihood of the disaster-affected population, including host communities.
Job Overview/Summary:
The Compliance Coordinator will support the Country Director and senior staff to oversee ethics and compliance-related functions across the country program. The core purpose of the role is: to support and promote an ethical and compliant work environment within the Ethiopia Country Program; through proactive prevention initiatives, raising awareness and promote behaviors consistent with IRC’s Code of Conduct; and to provide a timely review of alleged wrongdoing inconsistent with IRC values and policies under the supervision of the ECU Investigation team.
The role will have a range of responsibilities, all aimed to promote a culture of integrity, ethics, and compliance in the behavior of staff, incentive workers, and volunteers and to coordinate consistent and effective follow-up as needed when there are allegations of misconduct. The Compliance Coordinator is responsible for providing guidance, facilitating, and supporting the compliance of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Ethiopia country program and the implementing partners to local laws, IRC policies and procedures and donor guidelines, regulations, and contractual commitments.
Major Responsibilities:
Prevention: Create a safe and compliant environment
Reporting Misconduct Allegations
Investigations
Other
Key Working Relationships:
Members of the Country Program Senior Management Team, Head of Teams (especially, the Grants and Program Coordinator, Deputy Directors – Programs, Operations and Finance), Field Coordinators, Budget Holders and the Global Ethics and Compliance Unit.