Key Responsibilities:

Advisory and representation roles

• Provide guidance to staff, senior management and the board on matters related to ethics and business conduct.
• Coordinate the periodic review of ILRI’s ethics and business conduct framework, ensuring relevance and adherence to prevailing laws, regulations, best practices and CGIAR/ industry standards
• Risk management; lead risk mitigation efforts by proactively identifying potential ethical risks across the institute and providing guidance on mitigation strategies
• Represent ILRI on the IP EBC function and performs all roles required of Center leads under the terms of reference for the CGIAR IP- EBC function

Training and outreach

• Organize and deliver ethics training programs for staff and other stakeholders to raise awareness and foster a culture of integrity/ethical conduct across the institute
• Regularly update the training materials to address new ethical challenges and to align with current global best practices

Investigations

• Conduct and oversee investigations of ethical breaches, ensuring that all cases are handled fairly, in compliance with applicable legal /regulatory requirements, with timeliness, and confidentiality.
• Supervise external service providers /consultants engaged to support EBC work

Incident management, repository management and reporting:

• Management and oversight of the established confidential reporting tools/ mechanisms (e.g., ethics hotline) for reporting ethical concerns or violations.
• Custodian of the institutional repository of information on EBC cases.
• Prepare periodical reports and assessments on ethical issues for senior leadership and the Board, offering recommendations for action and improvement.

Perform any other related duties as may be required

Requirements

• Master’s degree in law, Business Administration, Ethics, Compliance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in ethics, compliance, or governance e.g., the CHS Alliance investigator qualification certificate or equivalent
• 10 years of working experience in the ethics, compliance, risk management or investigations field in a development or international organization, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and managing ethics and business conduct programs
• Extensive experience in managing ethics-related investigations, handling sensitive cases
• Extensive management experience in developing and delivery of ethics awareness programs
• Proven experience in carrying out investigations on staff ethical conduct matters e.g., for SEAH cases
• Strong communication skills, with experience working in diverse, multicultural teams
• Ability to work with limited supervision on large/complex ethics cases