SENIOR ETHICS Officer, P5Job

Overview

Org. Setting and Reporting The United Nations Ethics Office was established by the Secretary-General as an independent entity within the United Nations Secretariat following the approval of the General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit (see Assembly resolution 60/1, para. 161 (d)). Having commenced operations on 3 January 2006, and in accordance with Secretary-General's bulletins ST/SGB/2005/22 and ST/SGB/2007/11, the United Nations Ethics Office's functions include: (a) providing confidential advice and guidance to staff on ethical issues, including administering an ethics helpline;

(b) administering the Organization's financial disclosure programme; (c) performing the responsibilities relating to the Organization's protection against retaliation policy; (d) developing standards, training and education on ethics issues, in coordination with the Office of Human Resources Management and other offices, and conducting ethics outreach; and (e) supporting ethics standard-setting and promoting policy coherence within the Secretariat and among the Organization's funds and programmes.

The positions are located in the United Nations Ethics Office, and the Senior Ethics Officers will report to the Director of the Ethics Office.

• Providing confidential advice and guidance to staff on ethical issues, including administering an ethics helpline;
• Administering the Organization's financial disclosure programme;
• Performing the responsibilities relating to the Organization's protection against retaliation policy;
• Developing standards, training and education on ethics issues, in coordination with the Office of Human Resources Management and other offices, and conducting ethics outreach; and
• Supporting ethics standard-setting and promoting policy coherence within the Secretariat and among the Organization's funds and programmes.