Risk Management Program Manager

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Remote - Maputo/Nampula, Mozambique, Overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours.Full-TimeManager

SalaryBase Salary: $67,400; Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$6,740 with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $7,886 in 2025); Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $74,140+

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Job Details

Languages: Fluency in both English and Portuguese.
Experience: 3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk functions
Required Skills: People ManagementStakeholder managementRisk ManagementData analytics

Requirements

Have 3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk functions, ideally combining strategy design with hands-on fieldwork.
Have personally led or overseen sensitive or high-risk fraud investigations.
Have directly managed a team, including hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management.
Have managed audit or risk across several countries or regional units simultaneously.
Have experience with field-based operations and be comfortable with at least annual country field visits in low-resource or humanitarian/development settings.
Have experience liaising with external partners and cross-functional teams, including Safeguarding, Programs, and Tech.
Use data to detect fraud trends, build KPIs and metrics, and monitor risk reporting; be open to AI- and technology-driven fraud prevention tools.
Have contributed to project design, risk registers, and proposal creation, ideally in an NGO, cash-transfer, or development-sector context.
Have a track record producing strategy documents, quarterly reports, and retrospectives for leadership.
Be fluent in English and Portuguese.
Demonstrate emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.

Responsibilities

Represent Internal Audit in country project design and develop project-specific audit proposals, risk registers, and risk-scoping reports.
Monitor country portfolio metrics, project workbooks, risk classifications, escalation protocols, and risk-reporting trends.
Lead or oversee sensitive and high-risk investigations and coordinate transparent investigation processes.
Conduct spot checks of program and Internal Audit operations and ensure findings are documented.
Manage Internal Audit Managers, including hiring, check-ins, performance reviews, and team development.
Coordinate with Country Directors, Safeguarding, Programs, Tech, and external partners such as telecommunications providers.
Support fraud prevention through data analysis, community-based fraud intelligence, and technology-related initiatives.
Prepare quarterly productivity reports, project retrospectives, and progress reports for Internal Audit leadership.
Conduct annual field visits to each country in the portfolio and provide fraud and safeguarding training to country Programs teams.

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