[Hiring] Regional Risk & Compliance Technical Advisor @Catholic Relief Services | CRS

Role Description

The Advisor II, Regional Risk and Compliance provides regional advisory leadership to strengthen risk management, compliance, safeguarding, and accountability practices across multiple country programs within an assigned region. The Advisor supports country and regional leadership by interpreting CRS policies, donor requirements, safeguarding standards, and global risk and compliance expectations; identifying recurring or systemic risks; and helping country teams translate requirements into practical, context-appropriate tools, guidance, and corrective actions.

• Provide regional technical guidance and advisory support to country programs on risk management, compliance, safeguarding, fraud prevention, accountability, and ethical conduct.
• Advise country teams on interpretation and practical application of global policies, standards, procedures, and donor expectations.
• Support country and regional risk assessments by reviewing inputs and identifying cross-country trends.
• Provide technical input on significant compliance, safeguarding, fraud, incident, audit, and partner-risk matters.
• Develop, adapt, and promote use of regional risk and compliance tools, templates, guidance notes, and practical job aids.
• Review and analyze risk, compliance, safeguarding, incident, partner, and audit-related information.
• Prepare and contribute to regional reports, briefing notes, management updates, and learning documents.
• Support country programs in strengthening safeguarding awareness, ethical conduct, and accountability mechanisms.
• Coordinate with country, regional, and global colleagues to promote consistent application of risk and compliance approaches.
• Participate in regional and cross-functional discussions, providing insights and technical recommendations.
• Advise on partner risk and compliance oversight by supporting partner capacity assessment approaches.
• Mentor and provide technical backstopping to country risk and compliance staff.
• Support country program submission and follow-up on corrective action plans.
• Provide technical support to the Fraud Oversight Team on FAM cases.
• Conduct regional-level risk and compliance review of agreements requiring higher-level approval.
• Follow up to close audit recommendations by collaborating with country program teams.
• Provide risk and compliance reviews for donor proposals requiring regional review.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Governance, Ethics, Risk Management, Law, International Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years’ progressively responsible experience in risk management, compliance, audit, governance, safeguarding, investigations, partner oversight, or related operational risk functions.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical support, advisory guidance, or oversight across multiple countries.
• Experience aligning regional risk and compliance approaches with global organizational policies and donor requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CIA, CFE, CCEP, CRMA, or equivalent.
• Fluent professional proficiency in English required; proficiency in French is strongly preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% within the assigned region.

Benefits

• CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff, and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse.
• CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people.