Director, Ethics Office

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Role of the Ethics Office

UNOPS is committed to fostering an organizational culture of ethics and a harmonious and inclusive work environment, anchored in the values of integrity, accountability, transparency, respect and professionalism. The Ethics Office is integral to this effort, and it has an overall mandate to act as an independent organ pursuant to SGB (2007/11).

The role of the Ethics Office is to strengthen and nurture a culture of ethics, integrity and accountability, and thereby enhance the trust in, and the credibility of, the organization, both internally and externally.. Ethics at UNOPS is fundamental to us achieving our mission. It isn’t just what we do that matters but how we do it. As part of the United Nations, we have a responsibility to adhere to the highest ethical standards in our work.

Role of the Director, Ethics Office

As an independent and influential leader in UNOPS, the Director, Ethics Office reports to the Executive Director, with functional guidance from the Chairperson of the Ethics Panel of the United Nations (EPUN).

The purpose of the role is to cultivate and nurture a culture of ethics, integrity and accountability, and thereby enhance the trust in, and the credibility of UNOPS, both internally and externally. The role serves as a key internally independent adviser to UNOPS senior management, with respect to conflicts of interest and other ethical implications of the organization’s major decisions, strategies and transactions.

N.B.: The Director of the Ethics Office’s tenure will be for a four-year term, renewable once. Given the unique role of the Director of the Ethics Office, the selected candidate will be ineligible to apply for future posts within UNOPS.

Functional Responsibilities

Summary of functions:

1. Ethics Office Leadership and operational management
2. Strategic advisory
3. Promoting ethics culture
4. Representation and networking
5. Knowledge management and innovation

Education

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Public Administration, law, or similar area.
• A combination of a Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in ethics management in an international organization.
• Experience in providing conflicts-of-interest advice to employees and senior leadership and provision of independent guidance in respect to the ethical implications of the organizations’ major decisions.
• Experience in ethics strategy/framework development to promote an ethics culture across a diverse workforce, including financial disclosure administration or whistleblower protection and/or ethics training.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience including demonstrated experience of supervising teams is required.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English
• Proficiency in another UN official language, in particular French or Spanish would be an asset.