Overview
Lead and oversee safeguarding and counter-fraud investigations in the Asia region, ensuring timely and high-quality responses while strengthening regional capacity.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct on-site investigations in various country offices within the region.
- Ensure thorough evidence collection and documentation during field investigations.
- Act as the primary regional focal point for country office leadership on safeguarding and counter-fraud investigation matters.
- Provide guidance and technical oversight to country offices on handling allegations, initiating investigations, and managing risks.
- Maintain communication with country office leadership on ongoing investigations and next steps.
- Support country offices in strengthening local safeguarding and counter-fraud policies, procedures, and investigation practices.
- Establish a feedback loop with country offices to capture lessons learned and improve processes.
- Act as the primary point of contact for external agencies, partners, and stakeholders in the region during investigations.
- Represent the organization in regional forums, legal proceedings, and regulatory inquiries.
- Identify regional training needs and coordinate to address them.
- Deliver training programs on investigation processes, ethical conduct, and safeguarding.
- Mentor and support country office staff involved in investigations.
- Ensure regional investigations comply with local laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Stay informed about regional legal and regulatory developments.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all regional investigations.
- Prepare regular regional reports on investigation activities and outcomes.
- Lead regional initiatives to raise awareness about reporting mechanisms, whistleblower protections, and safeguarding policies.
Required Experience
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, support, and develop country office staff involved in investigations.
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively with country office leadership, senior stakeholders, and external partners.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
- In-depth knowledge of local and regional legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to investigations.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across diverse cultural contexts.
- Significant experience conducting safeguarding and/or counter-fraud investigations, including on-site field investigations, evidence collection, analysis, and documentation.
- Proven experience working with regional and country office leadership to strengthen investigation coordination, consistency, and quality.
- Extensive experience acting as a liaison with external agencies, partners, auditors, and regulators.
- Demonstrated experience in identifying capacity gaps and designing and delivering training on investigation processes, safeguarding, ethical conduct, and reporting mechanisms.
- Experience working in complex, high-risk, or fragile operating environments, including humanitarian or development contexts.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Law, Criminology, Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and substantial professional experience in investigations, safeguarding, or counter-fraud.
- Formal training in safeguarding, protection, ethical standards, and investigative practices, including trauma-informed and survivor-centred approaches.
