Deadline: 16 January, 2022

Location: Dakar, Senegal

• Review and assess allegations of fraud and corruption
• Lead and assist with case development, including in collaboration with World Bank operational colleagues, through site visits, witness and source interviews, as well as through the analysis of red flags, indicators, intelligence and data
• Lead and conduct investigations, including by 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, draft 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 referrals
• 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 in collaboration with INT’s preventive services
• Perform any other investigative activity, as required
• Participate in the fostering of an understanding of INT’s work with bank group staff and with relevant external partners
• Collaborate closely with INT’s litigation unit in the preparation and litigation of sanction cases in the World Bank Group’s sanction system
• Participate in the development and implementation of proactive strategies for the prevention of fraud and corruption in the bank group based on investigative findings and best practices
• Coach, mentor and supervise junior staff
• Prepare and deliver high quality and timely briefing material for senior management
• Participate in special initiatives/projects and undertake other ad hoc assignments

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, investigations 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 environments
• Established track record in conducting a diverse range of complex, internal, corporate or governmental investigations of fraud, corruption or collusion
• Fluency in both oral and written French and English
• Comprehensive knowledge, skills and abilities involving investigative strategies, methodologies, and techniques
• Established conceptual, analytical and evaluation skills, with quantitative and qualitative data and the ability to provide technical and team leadership
• Demonstrated interviewing skills
• Excellent communications and presentation skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely prepare, write, present, discuss and defend issues, findings and recommendations at senior levels and to produce complex and compelling briefs, reports, papers, etc
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Proficiency with case management systems will be an advantage
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well on sensitive issues with staff and managers at senior levels, with particular emphasis on developing trust and demonstrating fairness
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team/task force as a participant or team leader and with senior officials internally and externally
• Sensitivity to bank’s diverse demographics and cross-cultural context and influences, and ability to build effective work relations with clients and colleagues
• Sensitivity to bank’s diverse demographics and cross-cultural context and influences, and ability to build effective work relations with clients and colleagues

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