Deadline: 16 January, 2022
Location: Dakar, Senegal
The World Bank (WBG) is seeking to fill the role of Extended Term Consultant (ETC) Investigator.
The bank, with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, works with public and private sector partners, invests in groundbreaking projects and uses data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.
The WBG consists of five specialised institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Responsibilities
- Review and assess allegations of fraud and corruption
- Lead and assist with case development, including collaborating with World Bank operational colleagues, through site visits, witness and source interviews, as well as the analysis of red flags, indicators, intelligence and data
- Lead and conduct investigations, including collecting testimonial, documentary, photographic and other visual and physical evidence through witness and subject interviews, company audits, site visits, database research, document analysis and integrity risk reviews in the region
- Join INT investigative missions or lead investigative activities on the ground in the region, including collaborating with and advising mission teams and representing INT in hybrid interviews and audits
- Analyse evidence, write and assist with drafting and prepare investigative reports with full supporting documentation
- Prepare work products for the World Bank group’s sanction system, as well as memoranda for law enforcement referral
- Collaborate closely with INT’s preventive services unit in outreach initiatives, including scheduling and planning preventative-and-lessons-learnt training with regional operational staff and partners
- Contribute to the identification and mitigation of regional integrity risks on a proactive basis, including collaborating with INT’s preventive services
- Perform any other investigative activity, as required
Requirements
- Advanced university degree or equivalent, in Law, Criminology/Criminal Justice, Business or Public Administration or a related field
- Professional training and/or certification by examination (desirable)
- Five years, minimum, of substantial, relevant and progressively responsible investigative and/or related legal experience, preferably, but not limited to, investigation of fraud, corruption, collusion, coercion and/or obstruction in public and/or private sector environments
- Five years, minimum, of experience on the ground in the region, with a solid understanding of its political, economic and cultural environment
- Established track record in conducting a diverse range of complex, internal, corporate or governmental investigation of fraud, corruption or collusion
- Fluency in both oral and written French and English
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