Risk Management Program Manager – DRC

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🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo – Remote

💵 $75.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1M Grant on 2018-03

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing direct cash transfers to individuals in need around the world. With a mission to help people living on less than $2. 15 per day, GiveDirectly empowers recipients to make their own financial decisions by delivering unconditional cash directly to them, leveraging mobile money technology. Their innovative approach has led to broad recognition and has been studied in numerous research projects. By bypassing traditional aid mechanisms, GiveDirectly aims to efficiently and scalably transform lives, offering targeted assistance in regions such as Bangladesh, Kenya, and the United States, among others.

📋 Description

• Support the overall Global Internal Audit strategy • Serve as overall risk manager for countries in the assigned portfolio • Partner with Country Directors to develop country Internal Audit strategies • Support project design from inception through closure, including proposals, risk registers, and ongoing risk management • Lead or delegate country syncs with Country Directors • Provide HR oversight for countries in the portfolio • Lead sensitive and high-risk investigations • Manage Internal Audit for each assigned country • Directly manage Internal Audit Managers and oversee their performance and development • Support Internal Audit administration and procurement in-country • Conduct regular spot checks on country operations and Internal Audit activities • Develop and analyze data to identify and reduce fraud • Coordinate with Safeguarding, Programs, Tech, and external partners such as telecommunications providers • Visit each country in the portfolio at least once per year for field visits • Own and monitor Internal Audit metrics and KPIs • Own country project workbooks covering workplans, staffing, technology requirements, and timelines • Define and review risk classifications • Hold weekly or bi-weekly meetings with Country Directors • Develop and monitor risk escalation protocols • Lead transparent and collaborative investigations of high-risk cases • Monitor community-based fraud intelligence and escalate risk trends • Monitor risk-reporting traffic and trends and flag high-risk countries and projects • Support technology-related fraud-prevention innovation • Build relationships with fraud-management stakeholders, including mobile-money telecommunications providers • Write quarterly productivity reports, project retrospectives, and progress reports • Hire Internal Audit Managers and conduct check-ins and quarterly performance reviews • Build team capacity, manage conflicts, and promote team culture • Conduct annual fraud and safeguarding mitigation training for country Programs teams • Support external audits and non-field-based fraud management • Identify improvements to Internal Audit efficiency and effectiveness

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years leading audit, compliance, or risk functions, ideally combining strategy design with hands-on fieldwork • Personally led or overseen sensitive/high-risk fraud investigations • Direct team management experience, including hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management • Experience managing risk/audit across several countries or regional units simultaneously • Comfortable with in-person field visits at least once per year per country in low-resource or humanitarian/development settings • Experience liaising with external partners and internal cross-functional teams, including Safeguarding, Programs, and Tech • Experience using data to detect fraud trends, build KPIs/metrics, and monitor risk reporting • Openness to AI/technology-driven fraud prevention tools • Experience contributing to project design, risk registers, and proposal creation, ideally in an NGO, cash-transfer, or development-sector context • Track record producing strategy documents, quarterly reports, and retrospectives for leadership • Fluency in both English and French • Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and demonstration of emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity • Willingness to travel to each country in the portfolio at least once per year • Successful completion of reference checks, criminal background checks, sanctions screens, and misconduct-related checks

🏖️ Benefits

• A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement • A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow • A competitive salary, including bonus • A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country) • Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!) • Bonus at target performance: 10% (~$7,510 with potential for upside) • Referral reward of $500 for a Manager role, paid if the referral is hired • Benefits stipend may be used to cover benefits or taken as additional taxable income • Remote-first central support teams

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