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Risk And Compliance Officer

Mater Misericordiae Hospital·Nairobi, kenya·Full Time·Contract
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-Closes Nov 11, 2026

Main Duties

  • Co-ordinating and improving risk management within departments
  • Reviewing all Internal & External Audit reports to extract relevant risk & control information for use in reporting and remediation.
  • Monitoring and reporting on any adverse Key Performance Indicator / Key Risk Indicator trends that arise.
  • Monitoring resolution of all associated Internal Audit recommendations post audit issues
  • Assessing compliance with policies and procedures in the departmental units, with emphasis on controls strengthening.
  • Tracking and analysing incidences of frauds (successful and attempted) identify causes and implement with respective units' comprehensive measures to close loopholes.
  • Supporting the training of staff on Risk and Control Self-Assessment
  • Coordinating the operationalization of the Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) framework across the Hospital.
  • Ensuring development and implementation of a continuous risk identification and assessment program through timely completion of RCSAs and Risk Reports.
  • Working with Business units within the Hospital to establish, maintain and continuously improve risk management capabilities.
  • Supporting the development and improvement of Risk related Standard Operating Policies and
  • Procedures across the various Business and Support units
  • Ensuring sufficient follow through on management actions to mitigate risks identified.
  • Collect and collate Risk and Compliance Management Information for management review.
  • Champion documentation of inter departmental Service Level Agreements during quality assurance reviews.
  • Supporting the development and implementation of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) framework for the Hospital
  • Reviewing of BCP programs and tools to ensure they are updated.
  • Ensuring BCP testing is carried out as per the schedule of the Hospital.
  • Supporting training of staff on BCP.
  • Coordinate the administrative and logistical duties of the Risk and Compliance Department
  • Participating in quality improvement initiatives within the department and provide reports as required.
  • Any other related duties assigned from time to time.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business, Healthcare Management or IT academic background.
  • Additional professional qualifications, i.e., IRM, CRM, CRA, FRM will be an added advantage.
  • Minimum of Five (5) years of working experience in Risk Management, including at least three (3) years of relevant working experience in the healthcare industry.

Skills and Competencies:

  • Ability to anticipate and mitigate risk by developing appropriate risk management policies for the hospital.
  • Strong working knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and Risk management guidelines in Healthcare.
  • Analytical thinker.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills

Key skills

BA/BSc/HNDProfessional Certificate
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At a glance

Company

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

Location

Nairobi, kenya

Employment

Full Time

Work style

Contract

Experience

Valid until

November 11, 2026

Created

October 30, 2026

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