Investigation Specialist

The primary role of the Investigations Specialist is to conduct investigations into allegations of wrongdoing falling within OAI jurisdiction. 

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure effective management of investigations:

• As a member of the investigations team, the Investigations Specialist plans and conducts investigations to ensure that all appropriate lines of inquiry are identified, and investigation resources are used effectively and efficiently to factually determine the issues relevant to an investigation.
• Identifies, collects, and analyses information, using software, internal data, and open-source information relevant to investigations, demonstrating an understanding of information security and confidentiality issues relevant to investigation.
• Collects, records, and handles evidence appropriately, ensuring chain of custody and demonstrating knowledge of handling considerations for different types of evidence.
• Uses specialist investigation services as and when appropriate (for example, document examination and computer forensics).
• Interviews witnesses showing appropriate communication skills, accurate recording, and verification of testimony through the use of interpreters as required.
• Interviews subjects/suspects in accordance with generally accepted best practice procedures (in order to obtain reliable information, while affording due process).
• Undertakes frequent, and at times extended, missions to UNDP offices worldwide, including areas with hazardous working conditions.
• Keeps the Investigations Section’s database and case files up to date on cases under investigation.
• Proposes action to close matters where appropriate.
• Drafts investigation reports of a high standard, providing an objective and factual summary of the investigation, with soundly based conclusions and recommendations supported by all evidence obtained in the course of the investigation.

Ensure efficient Client Services:

• Liaises with the Office of Legal Services (OLS), the Ethics Office, the UNDP Sexual Misconduct Taskforce, and other relevant offices in UNDP.
• Liaises with the investigation sections of other international organizations and with national anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies as appropriate.

Facilitate knowledge Management and other tasks:

• Contributes to the ongoing development of professional practices within OAI.
• Participates in the implementation of his/her personal learning and training development plan.
• Performs other assignments or tasks as determined by the Investigations Manager.

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in investigations, intelligence research and data analysis, risk management, finance, law or related field is required. Or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in conducting criminal and/or administrative investigations as an investigator.
• A combination of formal professional training from a national law enforcement or investigations academy or equivalent, and at least 2 years’ additional experience in conducting criminal and/or administrative investigations as an investigator is required.
• Formal professional training in a comprehensive range of investigation-related areas is an advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in complex criminal and/or administrative investigations or equivalent experiences desired.
• At least one year of experience working in an international investigation role is desirable.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of other United Nations official languages is desirable.

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