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UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
The Division of Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness (SPRED), under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary General (ASG)/Deputy Executive Director Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships, drives the areas of corporate strategy, planning, resource allocation and management, enterprise risk management, organizational performance management and governance. These elements function to strengthen of the organization’s Second Line of Defense and Governance, Risk and Compliance efforts to support UN Women’s work towards achieving the goal of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in line with the 2030 Agenda and the UN Women Strategic Plan.
The UN Women Risk Management Framework was developed as part of a corporate wide initiative to proactively support the organization’s goals and protect its reputation through the identification, mitigation and management of risks at all levels. Risk Management provides a framework for identifying events or circumstances relevant to the organization’s objectives (risks and opportunities), assessing them in terms of their likelihood and impact, determining a response strategy, and monitoring progress. By identifying and proactively addressing risks and opportunities, the organization is able create and sustain value for its stakeholders.
Under the direct guidance and supervision of the Director of the Strategy Planning, Resources & Effectiveness Division, the Risk Manager will lead corporate efforts to embed risk management practices across the organization while providing technical and functional support to Risk Focal Points for risk management processes. The Risk Manager will also effectively represent and communicate UN Women’s strategy and position on risk management and assist Risk Owners and Risk Focal Points with aligning risk management efforts to planning and decision making, placing risk management at the center of goal setting and achievement.
The Risk Manager will independently support management in effective risk management and compliance, thereby improving the risk culture and integrity within UN Women. This will be carried out by reviewing the adequacy of the current risk management framework and capacities across the organization, making use of recommendations made for strengthening the institutionalization of risk management. The Risk Manager will work closely with Business Process Owners and with the Risk Management Committee to ensure that a coherent approach to identifying systematic and thematic risks and root causes that require a requiring a corporate-level response.
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