Investigations Team Lead, Headquarters / Latin America and Caribbean

About the role

The Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI) of UNDP carries out internal audit and investigations, including misconduct investigations and compliance reviews of social and environmental policies. The Investigations Team Lead (HQ/LAC) functionally reports to the Chief, Investigations, Unit 1, under the Deputy Director (Investigations), and oversees investigations relating to UNDP Headquarters and the Latin America and Caribbean region. The post involves supervising investigators at P3 level and other team members, completing their annual appraisals and recruiting team members.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership of the HQ/LAC investigations team, managing the investigative portfolio, allocating cases, prioritizing workstreams and balancing workload
• Oversee overseas investigations, review and edit investigation reports, and personally lead complex, high-risk or sensitive cases
• Supervise investigators and other personnel, give performance feedback, coach and address underperformance, and hold the team accountable for the quality and timeliness of outputs
• Ensure investigations follow international standards, UNDP legal and policy frameworks and OAI guidelines, with due process, confidentiality and victim-centered approaches
• Oversee evidence collection, handling and safeguarding, including chain of custody for physical, digital and testimonial evidence
• Promote the use of investigative technologies, including case management systems, analytical software, open-source intelligence tools and AI-enabled solutions, and guide ethical use of AI and analytics
• Act as operational liaison with legal services, HR, ethics, procurement, management, regional offices, other international organizations and national anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies
• Plan and distribute the team's work, recruit personnel, appraise performance, and lead by example in building a supportive team culture
• Take part in knowledge management, risk assessment, training and the development of professional practices within OAI

Required profile

• Level 3 core competencies: set and align challenging objectives, think innovatively, learn continuously, adapt with agility, act with determination, engage and partner, and enable diversity and inclusion
• People management: supervise and manage investigation specialists, support staff, non-personnel and interns
• Field work and mission travel are mandatory

Required skills

• Investigation management and investigative techniques, including investigative interviewing
• Collection and analysis of evidence, including seizure of documentary and electronic evidence and forensic analysis
• Knowledge of IT control frameworks and forensic investigation software
• Clear written and verbal communication, internal and external