Org. Setting and ReportingUNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA's services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you. The incumbent of this post reports directly to the Ethics Office in HQ, and collaborates with DUA in the field. Responsibilities*Provides timely and confidential ethics advice and guidance to management and individual staff on ethical issues, including but not limited to staff misconduct/prohibited conduct, conflicts-of-interest, gifts, honors and remunerations; humanitarian principles, monitors trends and conducts analysis into the root causes of ethical dilemmas for staff. *Supports implementation and monitoring of the new Policy on Outside and Political Activities; provides support in the spot-checks / management checks on conflict of interest and outside activities. *Conducts complex organizational, managerial and/or legal research; consults and liaises with a number of Departments/Divisions/Sections/Offices and/or other parties, with regards to advice and requests, including Divisions within the Field Investigation Office, Legal Office Staff Assistance (LOSA), Field Human Resources Office, Field Legal Officer, Protection Department; Humanitarian Principles Office, and the Ombudsman Office; makes and analyses case management system statistics and turns numbers to descriptive analysis. *Advises staff on the Agency's policy for the protection of staff against retaliation (PaR) for reporting misconduct and for cooperating with duly authorized audits or investigations; advises staff on internal grievance mechanisms; *Supports in conducting preliminary reviews of staff PaR requests and drafts prima facie case findings; develops management recommendations, where appropriate; engages with UNRWA internal justice system bodies on retaliation cases; remediates situations when retaliation has occurred and effectuates consultation/resolution processes; employs creative solutions to prevent retaliation and reduce instances of formal complaints. *In direct coordination with the Ethics Office and with the relevant Departments and Fields, designs, develops and delivers training and outreach to increase awareness on ethical issues; supports in drafting and creating outreach materials such as brochures, posters and regular messages for publication; updates the Ethics Office Intranet Page and the external web page to reflect new developments in Ethics policies, training programmes and activities; supports the Ethics Office and the management of the field in formulating, implementing, and evaluating training and outreach strategies; *Supports the Ethics Office in activating and promoting the Ethics Focal Points Network by providing advice, guidance, training, support and participating in monthly meetings, and organizing regular meetings with them at the field level. *Provides support in Area Staff Declaration of Interest Programme (ASDIP), liaise with the ASDIP focal point or can be assigned as the ASDIP focal point at the field level. *Provides support to the Ethics Office for coordination of sexual misconduct as required. *Perform other duties as required. CompetenciesUN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. in addition to the following: *Delivering results (managerial) *Innovating and taking risks (managerial) *Analyzing and critical thinking *Relating and Networking *Applying Technical Expertise Education*Advanced university degree from an accredited educational institution in law, public administration, human resources management or a related field. Job - Specific QualificationNot available. Work Experience*A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in legal practices/ law, corporate compliance, oversight services, organizational ethics, staff misconduct and investigations, employee relations or other related field is required. Candidates are required to make a declaration as to whether they have any current or past affiliations with non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, political organizations, military, or have/are engaged in activities or have made any public statements, that could be seen to impact their neutrality, objectivity or independence in the performance of their duties for the UN / UNRWA. Any declaration will not necessarily disqualify candidates from consideration for this post. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English and Arabic are required. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).