Risk and Compliance Manager

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives.

The purpose of this role is to  provide technical risk management leadership to the organization in the identification and response to risk exposures, appropriate control measures and administrative guidance in the review and evaluation of risk management issues.

To ensure that the organization adheres to all relevant laws, regulations and standards, and internal policies.

Oversees internal investigations on matters related to compliance issues, audit results, reports of problems, or suspected violations and any resulting corrective actions.

Assess the effectiveness of an organisation’s control systems to help management to reduce fraud and errors, improve efficiency, and follow laws and regulations

SCOPE

• Helping CLT to ensure that an adequate Risk Management Framework is in place, maintained and working effectively. In addition, provide risk analytics, advising on risk impact and opportunities, and the appropriate response strategies thereto, as well as providing assurance on the organizational health, regulatory compliance and internal control environment.

• Monitor and report on the implementation of audits recommendations and compliance with statutory and contractual obligations.
• Investigating fraud or other breach cases detected or reported and give recommendations to be endorsed by CD and CLT under supervision of Counter Fraud Unit (CFU) ).

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Location: Greater Cairo, Maadi

Work Mode: Full-time on-site

Type of Role:  fixed-term contract

Reports to: Country Director 

Closing Date: 18/05/2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.