Senior Investigator
Closing Date: April 3, 2025
Details of the Post
The ICA is an independent office within the CDB responsible for promoting integrity, investigating ethical violations, and ensuring compliance with international best practices. The ICA’s five core functions include:
- Institutional Integrity: Detecting, preventing, and investigating fraud, corruption, collusion, coercion, and other violations.
- Ethics: Enforcing the Bank’s Code of Conduct and ethical standards.
- Compliance: Ensuring adherence to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations.
- Accountability: Handling citizen complaints regarding environmental and social impacts of Bank-funded projects.
- Whistleblowing: Managing a secure whistleblower system and ensuring protection from retaliation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As the Senior Investigator, you will report to the Head of ICA, leading high-profile investigations and ensuring compliance with integrity policies. The responsibilities will include:
Investigation Leadership & Execution
- Conduct and supervise investigations into integrity (e.g. fraud, and corruption), ethics (misconduct), money laundering compliance and environmental and social safeguards violations.
- Develop investigative strategies, work plans, and processes.
- Oversee collection, analysis, handling and documentation of evidence.
- Lead in-country investigative missions and collaborate with law enforcement and international partners.
- Utilize AI, forensic audits, and cyber tools to enhance investigative processes.
Policy & Strategy Development
- Refine ICA’s strategic framework to improve investigative processes.
- Develop and implement policies aligned with global best practices.
- Identify internal control weaknesses and recommend solutions.
- Provide guidance on prevention of integrity and ethics violations and promotion of ethical standards.
- Share best practices, trends, knowledge and lessons learned to strengthen the Bank’s governance processes.
Training & Stakeholder Engagement
- Design and deliver training sessions on investigative best practices.
- Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen accountability frameworks.
- Represent ICA and CDB in international forums, stakeholder meetings, and outreach events.
Case Management & Reporting
- Maintain and update case management systems.
- Prepare detailed investigative reports with findings and recommendations.
- Follow up on management actions required from investigative findings.
- Contribute to ICA’s outreach plans and risk assessment initiatives.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Head of ICA.
Notice expires at 11:59pm on Thursday April 3rd, 2025