Scope

The Compliance Department of IRC Kenya is responsible for fostering a culture of integrity, ethics, and accountability across the organization. This encompasses promoting ethical conduct among staff, ensuring prompt and consistent handling of misconduct allegations, and implementing proactive prevention strategies to embed compliant behaviors throughout the country program.

The department further provides guidance and support to the IRC Kenya country program and its implementing partners to ensure adherence to applicable local laws, IRC policies, donor regulations, and contractual commitments.

The Country Program is seeking to recruit a roving compliance officer under a regular contract, under the direct supervision of the Compliance Coordinator. The officer will be roving between IRC field offices in Kakuma and Hagadera. This support my be extended to support Lamu and Garissa counties while roving in the Hagadera field office. 

Job Grade

This position is placed at Job Grade 8A within the Grading Structure for the organization.

The Officer will be paid a basic salary of Ksh.173,250/- monthly.

Duties and Responsibilities

In carrying out this overall function, the officer will:

• Screen and assess incoming complaints to determine appropriate course of action.
• Draft investigation related documents and communications, including investigation plans, witness statements, and supporting materials.
• Conduct interviews with complainants, subjects, and witnesses in accordance with established procedures.
• Identify, collate, and analyze potential evidence to support investigation findings.
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports and present findings and recommendations.
• Support and follow up on the implementation of corrective action plans.
• Conduct system reviews in collaboration with relevant departments to identify compliance gaps.
• Monitor the implementation of risk mitigation measures and track progress.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure timely responses to compliance audit requirements and recommendations.
• Champion a culture of reporting on ethics and compliance concerns, including client responsiveness.
• Support partnership management by reviewing and evaluating partner processes from a compliance perspective.
• Review partner agreements and contracts to ensure alignment with IRC policies and procedures
• Design and facilitate training sessions that promote a culture of integrity, ethics, and compliance.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant social science e.g. Criminal Justice/Criminology, sociology, law, finance or a comparable field.
• Five years’ experience
• Proven ability to analyze data to report critical information.
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate information accurately, clearly and swiftly.
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, in English and Kiswahili.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills.
• Ability to respond to changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently on own initiative
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• High level of integrity, professionalism, self-motivation and sense of urgency
• Strong commitment to IRC’s mission, purpose and values.