Job summary

The position of Risk & Compliance Director leads TMEA’s efforts to manage risk effectively by ensuring that effective risk and compliance strategies, policies and frameworks are in place through securing sound legal advice, ensuring effective governance arrangements, enforcing compliance with approved policies and procedures, and promoting ethical behavior.

Roles and responsibilities

Legal

• Ensure that the Council, Board of Directors and SLT receive appropriate, timely, and professional legal
  advice (whether through in-house provision or from an external adviser).
• Ensure full compliance with all legal requirements faced by TMEA.
• Oversee the progress of all litigation involving TMEA.
• Submit a quarterly report to the Board summarising the position of all litigation involving TMEA.

Governance

• Ensure that excellent support is provided by the Governance Support Manager to the Council, Board of
  Directors and SLT to facilitate the effective governance of TMEA.

Risk

• Develop and maintain the Risk Vision and Risk Strategy, the Risk Management Policy, and Risk Appetite
  Statement on behalf of the Board of Directors.
• Provide support and training to staff in the development of their control frameworks and definition of
  risk appetite for each risk category.
• Report annually to the Board on the overall effectiveness of the Risk Management Policy.
• Provide quarterly reporting to the Board Audit, Finance & Risk Committee and the Board of Directors on
  risk exposures and the effectiveness of mitigating actions.
• Define the requirements for the annual Risk Review process to confirm organization-wide operational
  implementation of the Risk Management Policy.
• Commission periodic reviews to ensure that the business is managing risk within the agreed appetite and
  in line with the requirements of the Risk Management Policy.

Governance

• Ensure that excellent support is provided by the Governance Support Manager to the Council, Board of
  Directors and SLT to facilitate the effective governance of TMEA.
  Risk
• Develop and maintain the Risk Vision and Risk Strategy, the Risk Management Policy, and Risk Appetite
  Statement on behalf of the Board of Directors.
• Provide support and training to staff in the development of their control frameworks and definition of
  risk appetite for each risk category.
• Report annually to the Board on the overall effectiveness of the Risk Management Policy.
• Provide quarterly reporting to the Board Audit, Finance & Risk Committee and the Board of Directors on
  risk exposures and the effectiveness of mitigating actions.
• Define the requirements for the annual Risk Review process to confirm organization-wide operational
  implementation of the Risk Management Policy.
• Commission periodic reviews to ensure that the business is managing risk within the agreed appetite and
  in line with the requirements of the Risk Management Policy.

General

• Provide guidance and direction to the Risk & Compliance team, including agreeing work-plans, budgets
  and priorities for the team.
• Quality assure the work of the Risk & Compliance team.
• Oversee and support the professional and interpersonal development of all members of the Risk &
  Compliance team.
• Lead teams in regular informal and formal reflection, knowledge sharing, and learning events.
• Quality-assure tools and procedures to document and share knowledge, incentivize staff/teams and
  enforce compliance and standards.
• Apply the highest standards of controls and risk management practices and behaviors and embed a
  positive risk and control culture.
• Oversee the annual process of declaration of interests and gifts/hospitality by staff and maintain the
  required registers.
• Demonstrate prudence, sound judgement and appropriate and timely escalations in management of all
  types of risk (including fraud risk) applicable to my role.
• Understand and comply with the relevant end-to-end processes including applicable risks and controls.
• Seek to identify, understand and escalate risk events/incidents/ issues on a timely basis focusing on fixing
  root-causes and taking ownership of identified mitigating actions.
• Complete all relevant mandatory training within the stipulated timelines.
• Promote and adhere to TMEA’s core values, and ensure compliance with organisational policies and
  procedures.
• Maintain zero tolerance to bribery, fraud and corruption, and ensure the immediate reporting of any
  corruption or suspect behaviour that threatens TMEA’s reputation.
• Adhere to the safeguarding policies and procedures and immediately report any safeguarding concerns.
• Any other related responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager from time to time.

Academic and professional qualifications

• Undergraduate or Master’s degree.
• A professional qualification in law, accountancy, risk, compliance, governance, or audit.

Work experience

• Undergraduate degree holders will have at least 12 years’ of relevant working experience in one or more
  of the core areas of the job (postgraduate degree holders will require at least 10 years’ of relevant
  working experience).
• Five years’ leadership experience in one of the main focus areas of the unit is essential.

Technical skills and behavioral competencies

• The ability to provide professional, independent advice confidently, and propose recommendations
  efficiently and effectively.
• The ability to deal with information confidentially and sensitively.
• The ability to handle competing priorities and a challenging workload.
• An understanding of the development sector.
• Willingness to continuously develop skills and knowledge to remain current with good risk and
  compliance practice.
• Strong strategic thinking, formulation and implementation skills including the ability to communicate
  strategy and impact concisely and simply.
• Strong leadership and management skills. Demonstrate personal qualities and credibility to lead, develop
  and motivate staff.
• Strong presentation, communication and personal effectiveness skills, with the ability to influence others
  to achieve objectives and gain consensus and collaboration.
• Sound decision-making and judgement capabilities, as well as good problem solving and analytical skills.
• A self-motivated individual who requires minimal supervision.