Overview
The Integrity Specialist conducts second-line-of-defense integrity due diligence and integrity risk management across ADB operations. The role advises on managing integrity risks and develops policies and training programs to enhance integrity risk management.
Key Responsibilities
- Advise, guide, and challenge project teams in their conduct of IDD and integrity risk management and conduct integrity assurance testing on sovereign and non-sovereign projects and institutional activities.
- Develop risk-based policies, procedures and guidelines, to help deliver OAI's mandate and enhance IDD and integrity risk management.
- Develop outreach, training and other initiatives required to help embed the three lines of defense integrity risk model within ADB.
- Advise project teams and offices responsible for institutional activities on measures to manage integrity risks.
- Review and advise on appropriate integrity disclosure language for project documents.
- Develop procedures to enhance proactive integrity monitoring of entities and projects, and guide project teams on how to conduct such monitoring for profiling/data collection, analysis and advisory action.
- Develop and deliver training to ADB staff on IDD and integrity risk management and related procedures.
- Advise other departments/offices in ADB concerning integrity risks.
- Conduct seminars and workshops, deliver presentations, facilitate meetings to foster an understanding of ADB's policies on anticorruption and AML/CFT, and share capacity development tools and lessons learned.
- Collaborate with other offices, including Multilateral Development Banks and International Financial Institutions, on OAI's approach to IDD and integrity risk management as one of OAI's IDD focal points.
- Contribute to the implementation of technical assistance to DMCs on AML/CFT.
- Perform any other IDD-related matters, including the preparation of reports, analyses and advisories.
- Provide coaching, mentoring to AIPD team members, and day‑to‑day people leadership, supporting performance management and promoting ongoing learning and development.
- Support OAI management in the recruitment of OAI staff and consultants.
- Oversee the performance of reporting staff, consultants and contractors, provide clear direction, monitor and convey feedback on performance.
- Undertake other work that may be assigned by the Director, AIPD and Head, OAI.
Required Experience
- At least 6 years of relevant professional experience, including international work experience in several countries, demonstrating progression of responsibilities, including in a financial crime compliance-related field.
- Experience with international standards, principles and practices on financial crime compliance and due diligence.
- Demonstrated country and sector integrity risk knowledge, spanning both the public and private sectors.
- Established reputation for integrity, fairness, and responsible handling of sensitive and confidential information.
- Demonstrated teamwork (ability to working with others to complete shared tasks), and conceptualization (developing viable solutions based on an understanding of institutional perspective and needs) skills and management of others.
- Management experience
Qualifications
• A University degree in business administration, law, project management, tax, finance, or related fields from a duly accredited educational institution; preferably at post-graduate level or its equivalent.
