Vacancy Re-Opened: Field Ethics Officer, LDC Band, G

Org. Setting and Reporting
– Title of Supervisor: Chief, Ethics Office at HQ Amman
– Title of Supervisee/s: Not Applicable
– Working conditions: As the Ethics Office is an independent Office as per OD 30, the staff member works in the field, reports directly to the Ethics Office in HQ, and collaborates with the Director of UNRWA Affairs in the field.

Responsibilities
A. Provides timely and confidential ethics advice and guidance to management and individual staff on ethical issues, including but not limited to staff misconduct/prohibited conduct, conflicts-of-interest, gifts, honors and remunerations; humanitarian principles, monitors trends and conducts analysis into the root causes of ethical dilemmas for staff.

B. Supports implementation and monitoring of the new Policy on Outside and Political Activities; provides support in the spot-checks / management checks on conflict of interest and outside activities.

C. Conducts complex organizational, managerial and/or legal research; consults and liaises with a number of Departments/Divisions/Sections/Offices and/or other parties, with regards to advice and requests, including Divisions within the Field Investigation Office, Legal Office Staff Assistance (LOSA), Field Human Resources Office, Field Legal Officer, Protection Department; Humanitarian Principles Office, and the Ombudsman Office; makes and analyses case management system statistics and turns numbers to descriptive analysis.

D. Advises staff on the Agency’s policy for the protection of staff against retaliation (PaR) for reporting misconduct and for cooperating with duly authorized audits or investigations; advises staff on internal grievance mechanisms.

E. Supports in conducting preliminary reviews of staff PaR requests and drafts prima facie case findings; develops management recommendations, where appropriate; engages with UNRWA internal justice system bodies on retaliation cases; remediates situations when retaliation has occurred and effectuates consultation/resolution processes; employs creative solutions to prevent retaliation and reduce instances of formal complaints.

F. In direct coordination with the Ethics Office and with the relevant Departments and Fields, designs, develops and delivers training and outreach to increase awareness on ethical issues; supports in drafting and creating outreach materials such as brochures, posters and regular messages for publication; updates the Ethics Office Intranet Page and the external web page
to reflect new developments in Ethics policies, training programmes and activities; supports the Ethics Office and the management of the field in formulating, implementing, and evaluating training and outreach strategies;

G. Supports the Ethics Office in activating and promoting the Ethics Focal Points Network by providing advice, guidance, training, support and participating in monthly meetings, and organizing regular meetings with them at the field level.

H. Provides support in Area Staff Declaration of Interest Programme (ASDIP), liaise with the ASDIP focal point or can be assigned as the ASDIP focal point at the field level.

I. Provides support to the Ethics Office for coordination of sexual misconduct as required.

J. Perform other duties as required.

Competencies
UN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default.
• Delivering results (managerial);
• Innovating and taking risks (managerial).
• Analyzing and critical thinking;
• Relating and Networking;
• Applying Technical Expertise;

Education
• Advanced university degree from an accredited educational institution in law, public administration, human resources management or a related field.

Job Specific Qualifications

Work Experience
– A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in legal practices/ law, corporate compliance, oversight services, organizational ethics, staff misconduct and investigations, employee relations or other related fields is required.

Languages
– Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic.
Please list all languages that you know including your mother tongue and indicate your proficiency level from the drop-down list provided in the system

considering the below:
If you possess a very good to excellent level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Fluent” in your application.

If you possess a good level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Confident” in your application.

If you possess a basic level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Basic” in your application.

Assessment
During the assessment, the applications will be given preference based on the following

desirable qualifications:
• Provided very good understanding of the context of Palestine refugees and UNRWA operations.
• Prior experience in United Nations.

The shortlisted candidates will be afterward evaluated based on:
• Technical Test
• Competency-based Interview

Special Notice
Special Notice / Notice spéciale
Type of Contract: Limited Duration Contract (LDC), Band G. The Limited Duration Contract for this specific EU project applies to external candidates and UNRWA internal candidates on LDC and FT. Should the selected candidate be on FT position, and subject to agreement between the releasing and receiving Departments/Field, that candidate will have a lien to their position for the duration of their contract.

Duration of Contract: 12 months (renewable subject to availability of funds, performance and need).

Grade & Salary: LDC – Band G monthly basic salary JOD 1,538.400 fils.

Other Benefits: Other benefits include compulsory medical insurance, 30 days of annual leave pro-rated to the duration of the contract where less than one year, and family allowance (if applicable).

Additional benefits:
– 2.5 days of sick leave for each completed month of service.
– Maternity Leave, upon meeting eligibility requirements.
– 2 weeks paternity leave. upon meeting eligibility requirements.

This vacancy notice is open to external and internal candidates on LDC and FT contracts.

Only candidates residing in Jordan, and within commuting distance of the duty station with authorization to work in the duty station at the time of application are eligible to apply. The Agency will not assume responsibility or accountability to support or facilitate the issuance of work permit in Jordan, and without a valid work permit, the appointment may be rescinded.

Preference will be given to registered Palestine refugees and candidates assisting the Agency to meet its commitment to gender parity. UNRWA welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities.

A roster may be created from this selection exercise.

Only applications that have been fully completed in UNRWA’s online e-recruitment system Inspira will be considered and no late applications will be accepted. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience under the experience tabs as per the requirements in the Job Opening. All acquired university degrees must also be stated, if applicable. Applicants applying to positions for Grades 12 to 20 or LDC Bands E to H must submit a cover letter/motivational statement in order to be considered. Additionally, providing incorrect or misleading information on an application will result in the immediate disqualification of a candidate.

For UNRWA internal staff, they are required to specify and include their current UNRWA grade level. To do so applicants should select under “Category” RLG, scroll down to see all categories, then select their local grade.

Equivalency:
Equivalency may apply for this post.
NB: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered an acceptable combination.

Advertisements published only in English will only accept applications in English, and Arabic submissions will not be considered.

The Agency may disqualify applicants whose name appears on the UN Sanctions List or a UN database of staff separated for reason of misconduct or of staff who separated whilst misconduct processes were pending.
UNRWA shares investigation and misconduct information with other UN Agencies, and past and prospective employers, about staff members who have been separated for misconduct, or who have separated whilst an investigation and/or disciplinary process for misconduct is underway; and such persons may be prohibited from employment with the United Nations.

The Agency will immediately disqualify applicants who are ineligible for any reason in accordance with the Agency’s regulatory framework.

UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states, regional bodies, business foundations, and individual contributions. The mission of UNRWA is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the difficult circumstances in which they live.
For more details on UNRWA, please visit: https://www.unrwa.org/