Financial Integrity Specialist

The Financial Integrity Specialist will provide expertise within the UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance’s focus area on financial integrity, developing integrated policy alternatives and solutions addressing complex financial integrity issues with national and global implications. The role involves research, policy development, advocacy, knowledge exchange, and building strategic partnerships to support financial integrity at country, regional, and global levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead policy research by identifying priority issues and contributing to the Centre’s strategic direction of the financial integrity portfolio and its workstreams at country, regional, and global levels.
• Undertake data and policy research and analysis on critical governance dimensions of financial integrity including systems de-risking to create an enabling environment for investments in governance.
• Collaborate with technical partners to strengthen synergies, coordination, and institutional technical cooperation on data and evidence-based research initiatives.
• Provide technical expertise toward the development of integrated policy alternatives and/or integrated solutions on critical governance dimensions of financial integrity through a whole of society approach.
• Conceptualize and implement stakeholder engagements and other platforms to stimulate peer discourse, technical and knowledge exchange on policy alternatives and/or solutions.
• Engage with government, private sector, civil society and international organizations to build consensus or policy alternatives from reforms.
• Contribute to innovative processes to address emerging challenges around financial integrity, particularly related to artificial intelligence.
• Develop policy briefs, reports, and knowledge products.
• Collaborate with partners toward testing, application and uptake of policy alternatives and/or solutions at country levels.
• Map best practices and identify opportunities for south-south and triangular cooperation with countries that have successfully adopted and implemented measures in support of financial integrity.
• Support capacity strengthening, peer learning, knowledge transfer and exchange across Country Offices and national partners through webinars, fora and other convening formats.
• Ensure learning and knowledge engagements reinforce linkages with relevant frameworks or global processes.
• Contribute to and build knowledge partnerships within and outside the UN system.
• Strengthen knowledge exchange on governance aspects of financial integrity across relevant UNDP Communities of Practice.
• Conceptualize and implement with partners strategic advocacy engagements on financial integrity at global level.
• Represent UNDP and partner organizations to advocate for financial integrity at relevant regional and international fora.
• Leverage external partnerships especially in Norway and among Nordic institutions in support of global progress on financial integrity.
• Contribute to strengthening partnerships with research institutes, civil society organisations, international and regional organisations, and between Nordic and Southern based institutions working on financial integrity.
• Oversee select areas of work of an Intern in the Integrated Solutions team.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in International Development, Political Science, Economics, Public Finance, Development Financing, Public Policy, or a relevant 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.
• Minimum of 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in the area of governance, public finance, development financing, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of directly relevant professional experience working on financial integrity-related issues from a governance perspective (e.g. domestic resource mobilization, development finance, public financial management, anti-corruption, business and human rights, tax justice, fiscal transparency, etc.) with a research organization, government, bilateral donor organization or international organization is required.
• Proven policy research experience with publications, policy briefs, guidance and/or working papers in the context of financial integrity and governance is required.
• Experience in leading consultations and facilitating discussions among a wide group of stakeholders on complex topics with strong political economy dimensions is required.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of regional and international financial integrity systems, processes, and frameworks is required.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of governance and financial integrity at country level, especially developing countries is required.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of current debates regarding international financial accountability, tax justice transparency and integrity, financing for sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda is required.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of normative frameworks for human rights is required.
• Experience working in developing countries is desired.
• Experience working on Integrated National Financing Frameworks is desired.
• Experience working with the UN system in a similar function is desired.
• Prior experience managing and analysing large amounts of data (at systems) is desired.
• Experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and the ability to convey complex technical topics to diverse audiences is desired.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge on the opportunities and risk of digitalisation and AI in the field of financial integrity is desired.
• Experience in Risk assessment (e.g. regulatory compliance, credit risk assessment, due diligence) is desired.

Skills

• Governance
• Public Finance
• Development Finance
• Financial Integrity Issues
• Policy Research
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Political economy understanding
• Financial Integrity Frameworks
• Governance in Developing Countries
• International Financial Accountability
• Tax Justice
• Fiscal Transparency
• Sustainable Development Financing
• Integrated National Financing Frameworks
• Data Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Regulatory Compliance
• Credit Risk Analysis
• Due Diligence
• Human Rights Frameworks

Languages

English