Risk & Compliance Assistant
Submission deadline: 23rd January 2026
Applicants must be based in Kenya
Introduction
Since 2013, HEVA Fund has generated insights, rolled out investments, and innovated financial models that support the growth of the creative economy in East Africa. HEVA has directly supported over 20,000 creative practitioners and invested in hundreds of creative enterprises, contributing to sustainable livelihoods and sector-wide impact.
As HEVA continues to grow its investment and grant-making activities, the organisation remains committed to strong risk management, regulatory compliance, and donor accountability.
Role Purpose
The Risk and Compliance Assistant will support the implementation and continuous strengthening of HEVA Fund’s risk management and compliance framework. The role contributes to ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, donor obligations, and internal policies, while supporting effective risk identification, monitoring, and mitigation across the organisation and its programmes.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
1. Risk Management & Internal Controls
- Support the review, updating, and maintenance of organisational and programme-level risk registers, including identification and documentation of emerging risks.
- Assist in reviewing internal controls to identify potential gaps or weaknesses and propose practical system and process improvements.
- Support ongoing monitoring of operational and programmatic risks and escalate issues as appropriate.
2. Compliance & Regulatory Support
- Assist in ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Data Protection requirements.
- Support compliance testing for new products, initiatives, or programme features, documenting compliance gaps and recommending corrective actions.
- Assist in maintaining compliance documentation, registers, and audit trails.
3. Due Diligence & Onboarding
- Support onboarding of programme participants, partners, and counterparties by applying appropriate Customer Due Diligence (CDD) measures.
- Assist in conducting onboarding and ongoing due diligence reviews in line with internal policies and donor expectations.
- Support transaction monitoring to help identify unusual or potentially fraudulent activities and flag them for further review.
4. Donor Compliance & Reporting
- Assist in ensuring adherence to donor requirements, contractual obligations, and reporting standards.
- Support documentation and record-keeping required for donor audits, reviews, and compliance checks.
5. General Support
- Provide research, reporting, and administrative support to the Risk and Compliance function.
- Participate in internal reviews, trainings, and process improvement initiatives related to governance, risk, and compliance.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Accounting, Audit, Risk Management, or a related field.
- At least 1 year of relevant experience in risk management, compliance, audit, legal, financial services, or a related function.
- Strong understanding of compliance concepts, internal controls, and risk management principles.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements such as AML and Data Protection is an added advantage.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to document processes clearly and accurately.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Proactive, flexible, and solutions-oriented approach to work.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated high ethical standards, integrity, and respect for confidentiality.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their detailed résumé to hr@hevafund.com on or before Friday, 23rd January 2026 at 1400 hrs.
Please indicate “Risk & Compliance Assistant” as the subject line of your email application.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, we will only contact candidates who are selected for further consideration. We appreciate your understanding and interest in this opportunity.