Job Description
Legal Jobs. GiveDirectly Jobs
What you’ll do:
Strengthen and formalize GiveDirectly’s enterprise risk and controls framework
- Build on prior Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) efforts to create a consistent, ERM organization-wide framework, refining existing tools and approaches into a cohesive system.
- Develop and maintain an organizational risk register that consolidates risks across functions, assigns clear owners, and tracks mitigation progress.
- Create and document a controls library in collaboration with IA, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Operations – mapping key controls to risks and owners.
- Coordinate quarterly risk review cycles with leadership, surfacing key trends, mitigation updates, and emerging priorities.
- Partner with Internal Audit to align on control documentation, audit planning, and remediation tracking.
Integrate risk management into GiveDirectly’s legal and compliance systems
- Embed risk thinking into policy lifecycle management, compliance training, and contract governance.
- Work closely with the Director and Associate Legal Counsel to ensure the ERM framework reflects relevant regulatory and contractual obligations.
- Collaborate with Compliance to ensure ethical, anti-fraud, and privacy-related risks are effectively managed and tracked.
- Contribute to the development and rollout of compliance reporting tools and templates for staff and leadership.
Support ongoing Legal, Risk, and Compliance operations
- Maintain the risk register and control documentation as living tools – updating quarterly and integrating with departmental workflows.
- Prepare risk and compliance summaries for senior leadership
- Provide project-based support to Legal and Compliance teams on initiatives such as policy rollouts, contracting, governance documentation, and vendor compliance.
- Promote a culture of learning and accountability – helping teams view risk management as an enabler of effective, ethical delivery rather than a compliance burden.
Strengthen governance and cross-functional alignment
- Serve as a point of coordination between Legal & Compliance, Internal Audit, and Operations on governance and control matters.
- Facilitate consistent communication on risk themes and findings across teams.
- Contribute to the ongoing evolution of Legal & Compliance systems that underpin organizational accountability, transparency, and recipient trust.
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Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Law, Public Policy, Business, or related field (JD, MPA, MBA, or equivalent) strongly preferred. Equivalent professional experience in legal, compliance, or risk governance will also be considered.
- Experience: 3–5 years of relevant work experience in risk management, internal controls, audit, compliance, or governance functions.
- Experience working in nonprofit, donor-funded, or international organizations strongly preferred.
- Strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and documentation skills.
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, early-stage, or cross-functional environments.
- Experience with insurance tracking, internal audits, or policy control environments is a plus.
- Language requirement: English (required).
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How to Apply
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