Chief, Oversight Unit

The Chief of Oversight provides leadership, strategic direction, and overall management of the Oversight Unit (OU) at ITU. The role involves ensuring effective coordination and collaboration between internal audit, investigation, and evaluation functions, providing independent assurance and advice to improve ITU operations and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision, leadership, and direction of the Oversight Unit, creating and implementing medium and long-term strategies, policies and frameworks that contribute to continuous improvement and added value to ITU.
• Ensure that the work of the Oversight Unit is in line with international auditing, investigation, and evaluation standards, principles, and guidelines, in keeping with the ITU internal oversight mandate.
• Offer independent, objective assurance, advice, and reporting to the Secretary-General, Member States, and management with a view to improving ITU operations and supporting the organization in achieving its objectives.
• Lead audits, investigations and/or evaluations where necessary, especially when they are complex and/or sensitive.
• Prepare a yearly oversight plan based on risk and priority, in consultation with the Secretary-General, and identify significant risk exposure.
• Develop and maintain a quality assurance/improvement programme for all aspects of the work of the Oversight Unit, including periodic reviews and ongoing self-assessments.
• Review and appraise ITU's internal control mechanisms, organizational structures, systems, and processes, and ensure efficient and effective use of ITU resources.
• Direct the Oversight Unit's work and develop its capabilities, strategically managing resources and ensuring appropriate controls for performance management.
• Seek advice from the Independent Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) on oversight policies, strategies, and work plans, and report progress quarterly.
• Represent ITU at high-level meetings within the United Nations system organizations, internal and external oversight entities, Member State structures, and other international organizations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in business administration, public administration, audit, law, finance, accounting or a related field OR education from a reputed college of advanced education with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of an advanced university degree in one of the fields above.
• For internal candidates, a first university degree in one of the fields above in combination with twenty years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree for promotion or rotation purposes.
• Professional certification(s) from one or more recognized auditing body (CIA, CFE, CPM, CISA, or equivalent) is required.
• At least fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in the fields of audit, investigations and evaluations, management advisory services, business process improvement, organizational governance, oversight, or risk management including at least seven at the international level at a senior management and policy-making level.
• A Doctorate in a related field can be considered as a substitute for three years of working experience.
• Proven experience at a senior level is required, including in staff supervision.
• Experience within an organization of the United Nations common system would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of one of the six official languages of the Union (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish) at advanced level and knowledge of a second official language at intermediate level.
• Knowledge of a third official language would be an advantage.

Skills

• Audit
• Investigations
• Evaluations
• Management Advisory Services
• Business Process Improvement
• Organizational Governance
• Oversight
• Risk Management
• Staff Supervision
• Strategic Direction
• Internal Audit
• Policy Making
• International Experience
• Professional Certification CIA
• Professional Certification CFE
• Professional Certification CPM
• Professional Certification CISA

Languages

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish