About Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.

Job Summary

Compliance Risk Mitigation Assistant – Compliance Risk Mitigation Assistant is mainly engaged in the review/ visit of branches for the purpose of managing & mitigating Compliance risk in the branches. Compliance Risk Mitigation Officer has to ensure for periodic branches visit as per plan & identify & mitigate any Compliance lapses in through same.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide support in Accounts/Transactions Monitoring and raising enquiry & its follow up and maintaining MIS for the same
• Help in reviewing of branches RE/KYC reports on monthly basis.
• Visiting branches as per Compliance branch visit plan and as and when required.
• Help in Identifying Compliance lapses in branches & reporting same to relevant branches for necessary action & closure.
• Help with conducting Compliance branch grading as per relevant procedure reporting same to Chief/ Dy. Chief Compliance Officer.
• Assist in follow up on Compliance observations & ensuring timely closure of outstanding observations
• Assist in reviewing of Corporate visits for High-risk customers - MIS & Reporting
• Responsibilities and duties of the position holder can be modified according to the needs and requirements of the organization and work.
• Staying abreast of changes in regulation, legislations and best practices of compliance to inform the Bank’s Management and providing information on compliance changes that may affect the business, being fully updated on compliance policies, procedures and circulars.
• Any other task assigned by the CCO/Dy. CCO

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in BBA, Economics, BCS, or LLB(Fresh graduate, Male 2024, Female 2021 onward).

Experience:

• Fresh Graduate with no experience

Language Skills:

• Proficiency in Dari, Pashto, and English

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office is required

The duty station of the intern will be the host entity (Islamic Bank of Afghanistan) and the salary will be paid by Islamic Relief Worldwide- Afghanistan (IRW- A) based on agreement.

Submission Guideline

Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and an updated CV to the following link:

https://jobs.af/jobs/compliance-intern-islamic-bank-of-afghanistan

The closing date for accepting applications is 22 June 2025

Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered, and only short-listed candidates will be called for written test/interview.

Note: The written test/interview will be on rolling basis due to the urgent need of the position the written test/ interview may take place before the closing date of the post/s

Functional Area

Compliance

Countries

Afghanistan

Provinces

Kabul

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