Senior Advisor, Enterprise Risk Management

World Vision International

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

Reporting to the Sr. Director for Global Risk & Compliance, the Senior Advisor, Enterprise Risk Management will provide technical leadership and strategic guidance for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across the Partnership. This is done by championing ERM as a value-add discipline, partnering with leaders across the enterprise to perform risk assessments, and by acting as a subject matter expert to risk managers throughout World Vision. This will include maintaining and ensuring all entities understand and align with the organisation’s risk management standards, governance methodology, policies, processes and tools. You will contribute to the achievement of World Vision’s objectives by promoting a culture that recognises the importance of understanding and managing risk effectively. You will ensure that appropriate risk assessment methodologies are in place, and mitigation strategies are aligned with WV’s objectives and industry best practices.

Requirements include:

• Minimum of 7-10 years of work experience in the field of Enterprise Risk Management, or a related discipline of risk management.
• Experience engaging and influencing diverse groups of senior leaders both in writing and as a presenter.
• Seasoned professional with well-developed leadership and verbal presentation and meeting facilitation skills.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategies that produce results.
• Knowledge and experience in setting strategic goals, measures of success and priorities.
• Knowledge and experience in risk management methodologies, standards and tools in other organisations.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

Is this the job for you?

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online. We will be accepting applications until the right candidate is found.

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.