Asset-Safeguarding Advisor

SOS Children's Villages, founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, is the world's largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person's best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child's rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

Location: Vienna, Innsbruck, Faridabad (India), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal), Lomé (Togo), Casablanca (Morocco), Amman (Jordan), Skopje (North Macedonia), Tallinn (Estonia)

Mission

The Integrity, Compliance & Legal (ICL) unit is the legal affairs and anti-corruption department, that acts (a) as the legal counsel for SOS Children’s Villages International  and its member associations by providing advice and guidance on legal and legal governance matters at all levels of the Federation, and (b) as an advocate for safeguarding SOS Children’s Villages International assets by managing whistleblower reports on suspected corrupt conduct and designing and supporting the implementation of corruption prevention measures. Integrity, Compliance & Legal plays a key role in promoting integrity and safeguarding in the Federation and in helping SOS Children’s Villages International and its member associations to achieve the mission and objectives of SOS Children’s Villages International in accordance with the SOS Children’s Villages International values and legal and policy framework.

The purpose of the position**:**

• Coordinate the optimisation of SOS Children’s Villages International legal and policy framework relating to asset safeguarding and the closing of any potential gaps, based on the outcome of the external review of SOS Children's Villages International's asset safeguarding area and in coordination with the relevant SOS Children’s Villages International International Competence Centres (ICCs);

• Design and provide asset-safeguarding awareness and prevention trainings to SOS Children’s Villages International staff and stakeholders, including communication material (presentations, webinars, guidance materials etc.);

• Support the ICL asset-safeguarding incident manager in handling reported asset-safeguarding complaints and draw learnings from such incidents for asset-safeguarding

• Support the International Offices Region (IORs) in the establishment of regional asset-safeguarding strategies

Tasks & Responsibilites

• SOS Children’s Villages International Asset-Safeguarding Legal Framework: Coordinate and support the implementation by the relevant SOS Children’s Villages International functional areas of the agreed recommendations relating to the external review of the SOS Children’s Villages International asset-safeguarding area into the relevant SOS Children’s Villages International legally binding foundations, policies and procedures
• Asset-Safeguarding awareness and prevention trainings: Based on the agreed recommendations by the external review, design asset-safeguarding trainings for different types of SOS Children’s Villages International staff and relevant SOS Children’s Villages International stakeholders and deliver such trainings
• Asset-Safeguarding incident management: Support the ICL asset-safeguarding incident manager in undertaking pre-assessments of reported incidents and serve as the required second pair of eyes in reviewing Corruption Incident Papers (CIPs) as established by International Offices Region focal points or other SOS Children’s Villages International staff and in reporting such incidents in the Annual Corruption Case Report, including learnings for asset-safeguarding.
• Asset-Safeguarding strategies: Support the International Directors Region (IDRs) and their asset-safeguarding functional focal points in the establishment of regional asset-safeguarding strategies, including implementing effective asset-safeguarding measures

Requirements

Essential

• Advanced university degree (Master) in economics, law, business administration, or administrative sciences, preferably with a specialisation or additional diploma or certificate in asset-safeguarding or anti-corruption and fraud.

• A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience in anti-corruption/fraud or asset safeguarding.

• Strong knowledge of asset-safeguarding and specifically of corruption and money-laundering in an international context

• Excellent analytical skills in working with legal/policy documents and in drafting documents in English

• Advanced skills in designing and providing awareness trainings to different audiences virtually and face-to-face

• Excellent English skills are a requirement (oral and written)

• Excellent communication skills to work in a diverse and intercultural environment

• Solution-oriented and structured way of working

• *Openness to work from Vienna or Innsbruck (Austria) or one of our following work locations: Faridabad (India), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal), Lomé (Togo), Casablanca (Morocco), Amman (Jordan), Skopje (North Macedonia), Tallinn (Estonia)

• Eligibility to work (citizenship or work permit) in the preferred location

Desirable

• Experience in establishing and implementing asset-safeguarding strategies in different cultural environments
• French, Spanish, Russian or Arabic language skills are an asset.

We offer

• A diverse range of interesting tasks in a leading INGO multicultural working environment
• As a responsible employer we provide a range of training schemes and encourage educational enhancement
• A salary that will be commensurate with experience and qualifications

If you are interested in this position, please submit your detailed application in English until 7th November 2022 at https://careers-sos-kd.icims.com.