Senior Professional Ethics And Investigations

Closing on: September 10, 2026 at 11:59pm (China Standard Time)

Duty Station: Shanghai, China

Target Market: Global recruitment

Position requires relocation to NDB Headquarters in Shanghai, China.

Job Description: Senior Professional, Ethics and Investigations

The Compliance and Investigations Department, with administrative reporting to the President of the Bank, is an independent unit functionally reporting to the Board of Directors, and responsible for the development and implementation of policies and guidelines focused on integrity, regulatory compliance, ethics, and business conduct. The Investigations and Ethics Division leads the execution and resolution of administrative and third-party investigations related to issues of misconduct and other prohibited practices, and complaints in NDB-financed projects. The Division also leads the development and implementation of the accountability mechanism and provides advisory services on ethics and investigation-related matters. These services are critical to ensuring that NDB is able to project itself as a fair and equitable institution while remaining committed to ethical business practices and standards.

The Senior Professional, Ethics and Investigations, reports to the Chief, Ethics and Investigations Division, is responsible for adapting advice, investigation approaches, and ethics-related policies, guidelines, and mechanisms to enable the organization to respond to complex allegations of misconduct and wrongdoing. The ability to demonstrate adaptive capacity in addressing emerging trends and evolving challenges enables the Bank to sustain and uphold its organizational values while ensuring alignment to ethical standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Adapt design and implementation of accountability and grievance mechanisms reflecting best practices in anti-fraud, investigative, whistle-blower, and confidentiality activities to enable the organization to respond to complex issues related to misconduct/wrongdoing.
• Tailor investigation techniques and approaches to effectively examine complex allegations of misconduct and provide targeted recommendations to address unethical behavior and practices in the Bank, including but not limited to fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment.
• Adapt ethics-related advice reflecting a deep understanding of changing operational demands and priorities across the Bank to effectively mitigate ethical risks and sustain organizational integrity.
• Develop awareness-raising initiatives and products that strengthen ethics and accountability mechanisms, reduces the risk of unethical and unlawful practices, and fosters a culture of trust, credibility and integrity across the organization.
• Advise managers and staff on the evolution of ethical standards and policies, including their interpretation and application towards each function to ensure alignment of inputs and outcomes.
• Engage with counterparts in other international institutions, the Conference of International Investigators’ community, Ethics Network of Multilateral Organizations, law enforcement, and other bodies, to share best practices, emerging trends, and solutions to complex ethical challenges.
• Sustain the delivery of adapted outputs resulting from investigations and accountability mechanism initiatives against wider business planning and implementation cycles.
• Devise tools and processes to integrate ethical considerations into Bank policies and initiatives to sustain transparency, integrity, and accountability across all areas of operation.
• Sustain quality and relevance of ethics and accountability mechanism reviews and investigations through changing operational demands to sustain the Bank’s credibility.
• Meet consistently the program delivery standards on timing and the deployment of resources, as well as the quality and relevance thereof.

Position Requirements and Competencies:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in law, criminology, audit, accounting or closely related fields.
• Certified Fraud Examiner is desirable.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Specialized experience in executing and/or adapting investigation techniques and approaches in complex matters including but not limited to fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment, and ethics-related advice, policies, and guidelines in response to changing business conditions/client needs.
• Fluency in English essential to communicate in writing and speaking. Knowledge of a second language (preferably from one of the member countries) desirable.
• Demonstrate capacity gained through education and experience in administrative investigations and ethics reflecting conceptual understanding in an operational setting, in multilateral development organizations, the United Nations etc.
• Understand the program framework and the integration of different programmatic elements into the project/service portfolio.
• Develop and execute program plans across a range of well-defined and established programmatic elements aligned with broader organizational objectives.
• Demonstrate skills gained through exposure/experience in relationship management.
• Demonstrate achievement in the consistent delivery of programs/services through adaptation.

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