- Company: Mater Misericordiae Hospital
- Location: Kenya
- State: Nairobi
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Kenya
Job Description
The Mater Hospital was opened in 1962 by the Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic Order of Nuns originating from Ireland, three years after registering themselves as the Registered Trustees of an entity under the Perpetual Succession Act (the succeeding legislation after independence). The “Sisters of Mercy” first set up a 60 bed general hospital to cat…
Risk and Compliance Officer
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
Method of Application
If you are interested in the above position and you meet the requirements listed, please send your application together with a detailed CV, Copies of Academic Certificates, three [3] referees and include their telephone contacts and email address, and your expected salary or salary range to
hrrecruit@materkenya.com
so as to reach us not later than 11th November, 2026.
hrrecruit@materkenya.com
so as to reach us not later than 11th November, 2026.