Senior Expert I - Corporate Risk and Benchmarking

Senior Expert I - Corporate Risk and Benchmarking

UNICEF Senior Expert I - Corporate Risk and Benchmarking, 9.40 months, Evaluation Office, New York, REMOTELY

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United States, New York

Consultant

Closing at: 20 Nov 2026 - 23:55 EST

Consultancy

Contract Duration: 9.40 Months

Working arrangement: Home Based

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to commitment.

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF Evaluation Office (EO) is commissioning a global evaluation of UNICEF’s risk governance frameworks and practices in humanitarian action.

Building on a set of case studies conducted across different emergency contexts, the evaluation will allow tracing the decision-making processes that led to either action or no action during past emergency responses and will attempt to measure their repercussion on the delivery of services and good to children, especially those in hard-to-reach areas.

The evaluation aims to put forward recommendations that will equip UNICEF staff across a variety of emergency contexts to manage, prevent and share risks more responsibly and effectively in the future.

The EO is seeking a Corporate Risk Benchmarking Expert for this evaluation.

Scope of Work:

The consultant is expected to support the Humanitarian Effectiveness Portfolio (HEP) within the Evaluation Office by undertaking the following tasks:

• Leads risk benchmarking with other Organizations (both within and outside of the UN System);

• Lead the D1/D2 analysis;

• Lead at least 2 pilot cases;

• Contribute to the refinement of the revised ToC and normative framework developed during Phase

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

Minimum requirements:

Education

• Masters in Economics, organizational management, audit

Work Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in enterprise risk management, internal control or audit, with at least five years in a UN agency, an IFI, or a large humanitarian organization;

• Detailed working knowledge of ISO 31000, COSO ERM, the Three Lines Model, and risk appetite frameworks;

• Experience analyzing risk registers, control frameworks and assurance data;

• Direct experience with HACT or similar partner assurance systems;

• Experience comparing risk frameworks across agencies.

• Demonstrated experience of contributing to humanitarian evaluations in the past.

Language Requirements:

• English; knowledge of other languages an asset

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

• Knowledge of the UN system and the global humanitarian system as a whole;

• Excellent analytical, communication and writing skills (English required; other UN languages considered an asset);

• Experience facilitating workshops with senior managers

Desirables:

• Prior benchmarking work within the UN system

• Demonstrated work experience in fragile settings/humanitarian contexts

• For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility features on the UNICEF Careers webpage. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

• UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, excluding any apply forms:

• An up-to-date profile and curriculum vitae (CV)

• Cover letter

• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)

• Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, an official UNICEF Careers page should be used.

• UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes. UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

• All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

• Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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