Ethics Advisor

UNOPS is committed to fostering an organizational culture of ethics and a harmonious and inclusive work environment, anchored in the values of integrity, accountability, transparency, respect and professionalism. 

The Ethics and Compliance Office (ECO) is integral to this effort, and it has an overall mandate to act as an independent office pursuant to SGB (2007/11). More specifically, the role of the ECO is to cultivate and nurture an organizational  culture of ethics, integrity and accountability, and thereby enhance the trust in, and the credibility of UNOPS, both internally and externally. It is also to reinforce  a culture of transparency, respect and professionalism, to support a harmonious and inclusive work environment. The ECO’s purpose is to grow an organizational culture where individuals understand how to perform their functions consistently and with the highest standards of integrity, how to do the right thing and go beyond compliance with rules - abiding by the spirit not just the wording of UNOPS policies. The ECO is set up in two interconnected functions:

• Ethics function - responsible for developing standards, training and education on ethical issues, providing independent, impartial and confidential ethics advice to individuals and management, identifying key ethical risks and developing, implementing and monitoring policies and procedures, for ethical risk management and prevention of unethical behaviors as well as safeguarding personnel by providing protection against retaliation.

• Compliance function - responsible for managing compliance expectations, providing compliance management advice and potential compliance management mechanisms/advice to policyholders. Coordinating the overview of non-compliance as well as recommending systemic (cross-functional)  solutions for minimizing non-compliance.

The Ethics Advisor reports to the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer who leads the Ethics & Compliance Office and who in turn reports to the Executive Director. Ethics Advisor   also works in close collaboration with the Ethics & Compliance Advisor and the Compliance Officer.

The Ethics Advisor is instrumental to an effective running of the Ethics function, with the focus on:

• Operational management and coordination of all Ethics & Compliance Office  activities. 

• Supervision of the Ethics Helpline ensuring cases are received and responded to in a timely, accurate, constructive and professional manner. 

• Providing independent, impartial and confidential ethics advice to individuals..

• Management of ethics cases and making decisions on cases where delegated by Director - in particular with respect to protection against retaliation, outside activities and conflicts of interest. 

• Management of the UNOPS protection against retaliation programmed.

• Supervising the financial disclosure programmed for UNOPS.

• Contribute to improving the Ethics and Compliance policies and procedures.

• Manage compliance efforts for ethics compliance policies and programmed.

• Developing/ inputting to relevant training materials and culture initiatives.

• Support on activities related to other areas when necessary.

Contract type: International Individual Contract Agreement 
Contract level: IICA 3
Contract duration: Open ended, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability
Location: Copenhagen

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.