[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":134},["ShallowReactive",2],{"job-geneva-unhcr-ethics-officer-french-or-spanish-speaking-2025-12":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"employer":6,"created_at":7,"organisationid":8,"expiry":9,"languagesrequired":10,"salarymonthlymin":8,"salarymonthlymax":8,"link":13,"description":14,"employmentType":15,"job_area":17,"employer_domain":22,"featured":23,"paid":23,"open":23,"organisation":24,"featuredJobs":25,"normalPosts":26,"organisationsPosts":101,"openAlternatives":102},"geneva-unhcr-ethics-officer-french-or-spanish-speaking-2025-12","Ethics Officer (French- or Spanish-speaking)","UNHCR",["Date","2025-12-11T12:03:01.876Z"],"","2025-12-22 12:00",[11,12],"French","Spanish","https:\u002F\u002Funhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com\u002Ffr-FR\u002FExternal\u002Fjob\u002FEthics-Officer_JR2562229-2?locations=113ac21cb9f41012344f9a54af4e0000","**Organizational Setting and Work Relationships**\n\nUNHCR takes the lead in protecting people forced to flee wars and persecution around the world, providing life-saving aid including shelter, food and water to ensure their basic safety, rights and dignity. UNHCR operates with a global workforce across multiple countries, working to improve the lives of millions of forcibly displaced people worldwide.\n\nUNHCR is committed to the highest standards of integrity among its staff and other personnel as well as transparency and accountability in its programmes and management. Its core values include diversity, integrity and professionalism. The Ethics Office was established with an overall mandate of cultivating, nurturing and fostering a culture of ethics, respect, integrity, transparency and accountability, and thereby ensuring an environment of openness and fairness in UNHCR and enhancing the trust in, and the credibility of the United Nations, both internally and externally.\n\nThe Ethics Office is operationally independent, while complementing the work of other UNHCR entities which deal with addressing and redressing workplace issues. Its mandate includes:\n\n- Providing confidential ethics advice and guidance to personnel and management;\n- Administering the protection against retaliation (PaR) policy;\n- Undertaking training, outreach and awareness raising, including through overseeing the Code of Conduct Dialogue (CoCD) Programme;\n- Supporting ethics standard-setting and policy advocacy within UNHCR;\n- Managing the Financial Disclosure Programme (FDP) within UNHCR; and\n- Supporting United Nations Coherence on ethics policy and standards through participation in the Ethics Panel of the UN (EPUN) and the Ethics Network of Multilateral Organizations (ENMO).\n\nThe Ethics Officer is a member of the Ethics Office team, and s\u002Fhe will report to the Head of Ethics Office.\n\nAll UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.\n\n## Duties\n\n- Support the development and implementation of the Ethics Office Strategy and Work Plan, including identifying emerging priorities and integrating ethics into UNHCR’s operational strategies and policy processes. Support the identification and communication of ethics-related risks and opportunities to strengthen ethical decision-making and organizational accountability.\n- Provide timely, confidential advice and guidance to UNHCR employees and management on ethical issues and standards of conduct. Ensure robust tracking and documentation of all queries and cases to support effective case management, timely follow-up, and evidence-based reporting. This includes contributing relevant data and insights to the Ethics Office’s internal monitoring systems, key performance indicators, and official reporting such as the annual report.\n- Review potential conflicts of interest disclosed through the annual disclosure programme, provide advice as needed, and support the effective rollout of the programme across UNHCR.\n- Contribute to the design, development, and delivering of training programmes, including e-learning, train-the-trainer, and field-based sessions on ethics, values, principles, and standards of conduct.\n- Participate in drafting, designing, and disseminating ethics-related policies, guidelines, training materials, and communication products, ensuring content is accurate, clear, accessible, and aligned with organizational standards. Support capacity building of ethics networks such as Code of Conduct Facilitators and Peer Advisers.\n- Provide technical review and advice on UNHCR policy documents, circulars, and regulations involving ethical considerations or when requested by other departments.\n- Support the review and assessment of requests for protection against retaliation, including the drafting of memos and formal responses to complainants, in line with applicable policies.\n- Promote a ‘speak-up’ culture across the organization, by contributing to the design and dissemination of communication materials through internal campaigns, digital channels, and outreach initiatives.\n- Contribute to the planning and implementation of Code of Conduct Dialogues, with a focus on field offices, including promotion, coordination, and support for roll-out plans.\n- Enhance the visibility and engagement of the Ethics Office on UNHCR’s internal and external websites, publications, and other communication platforms.\n- Provide analysis and drafting support for reports, including the Ethics Office’s annual report, operational plans, and other strategic documents highlighting the Office’s achievements and impact.\n- Build and maintain effective relationships and collaboration within UNHCR and with external partners, including other UN agencies and Geneva-based organizations, to ensure alignment and knowledge exchange on ethics initiatives.\n- Lead risk assessments and discussions with team(s) to proactively manage risks and seize opportunities impacting objectives. Ensure that risk management principles are integrated in decision-making both at strategic and operational levels. Allocate resources for planned treatments with resource requirements in Strategic Plans. Ensure that risks are managed to acceptable levels and escalate, as needed. If a Risk Owner, designate the Risk Focal Point and certify that the annual risk review is completed and ensure that the risk register is updated during the year, as needed.\n- Perform any other duties as required.\n\n## Minimum Qualifications\n\n- **Years of Experience \u002F Degree Level:** For P3\u002FNOC - 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree\n- **Field(s) of Education:** Administrative law, Philosophy and ethics, Public Administration, Human Resources Management, Social Sciences, or other related fields.\n- **Certificates and\u002For Licenses:** International Administrative Law; Human Resources Management\n\n### Relevant Job Experience\n\n- **Essential:** Progressively responsible professional experience in the areas of ethics, compliance, administrative law, or related fields, preferably within an international or multilateral organization. Demonstrated experience in the implementation or management of conflict-of-interest frameworks, including the review and resolution of disclosed interests and provision of advisory services to staff and management. Proven experience in the design, administration, or oversight of financial disclosure programmes or similar compliance tools. Strong understanding of organizational accountability frameworks, ethical risk identification, and the principles governing ethical conduct in institutional settings. Experience managing sensitive staff issues based on ethical standards and ensuring case tracking, documentation, and reporting for accountability and performance monitoring. Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to apply ethical principles in high-pressure or complex situations.\n- **Desirable:** Professional experience in the development or revision of compliance policies, including standards of conduct, codes of ethics, and procedures related to disclosures or recusal. Experience delivering ethics or compliance training and guidance to diverse staff populations. Familiarity with the UN internal justice system, staff rules and regulations, and ethics-related policies. Strong analytical and drafting skills, including experience writing case assessments, policy inputs, and formal responses to staff queries. Ability to listen attentively and engage empathetically with individuals seeking advice or protection under ethics frameworks.\n\n### Functional Skills\n\n- Administrative Law\n- HR-Managing ethical dilemmas\n- MG-Experience in corporate ethics design, standards, policies, and compliance programmes\n- CO-Cross-cultural communication\n\n### Language Requirements\n\nFor International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.  \nFor National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.  \nFor General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and\u002For UN working language of the duty station if not English.\n\n### Competency Requirements\n\n- Accountability\n- Communication\n- Organizational Awareness\n- Teamwork & Collaboration\n- Commitment to Continuous Learning\n- Client & Result Orientation\n- Empowering and Building Trust\n- Managing Performance\n- Judgement and Decision Making\n- Analytical Thinking\n- Policy Development and Research\n- Political Awareness\n\n## Desired Candidate Profile\n\n- Sound judgment, interpersonal maturity, strong advisory skills, and the ability to handle multiple lines of work simultaneously.\n- Flexibility to shift between analytical, advisory, training, outreach and policy-support tasks as operational needs evolve.\n- Excellent legal drafting and administrative law analysis, and ability to translate complex legal and policy concepts into clear, accessible communications and training materials.\n- Strong analytical capacity, political and cultural sensitivity, ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines in a dynamic HQ environment.\n- Proven experience providing confidential ethics or administrative-law advice on complex matters, including conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, outside activities, post-employment restrictions, whistleblower protection\u002FPaR issues, or the ethical dimensions of workplace concerns.\n- Experience developing or contributing to ethics-related policies, guidance, training materials, or awareness initiatives, ideally across multicultural and geographically dispersed environments.\n- Capacity to manage sensitive information with discretion, apply sound judgment in ambiguous or high-risk contexts, and maintain impartiality and confidentiality at all times.\n- Flexibility and resilience to operate across multiple workstreams within a fast-paced HQ environment.\n- Strong drafting skills, ability to prepare clear, accessible written products such as advisory notes, training content, outreach materials, briefings and reports for senior management and governing bodies.\n- Ability to remain current with evolving UN system ethics standards, administrative jurisprudence and good practices, and to represent the Ethics Office effectively in inter-agency fora when required.\n- High level of discretion, tact and emotional intelligence, with proven ability to manage sensitive information and interact with personnel at all levels with impartiality and respect.\n- Strong communication and drafting skills, with the ability to present ethical concepts clearly and translate policy requirements into practical guidance for managers and workforce members.\n- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal stakeholders while safeguarding the independence and confidentiality of the Ethics Office.\n- Proven ability to build and maintain trust, encourage open dialogue, and contribute to a respectful and accountable workplace environment, especially when personnel face uncertainty or vulnerability.\n- Practical experience in applying, interpreting or administering protection-against-retaliation policies, whistleblower protection frameworks, or comparable staff relations \u002F employee relations mechanisms.\n- Ability to analyse requests for PaR in accordance with established criteria or to assess staff-management disputes and grievance patterns using administrative law principles.\n- Familiarity with good practices across the UN system regarding “speak-up” culture, reporting of misconduct, safeguarding of personnel cooperating with oversight bodies, and broader practices related to conflict resolution, staff welfare, and safe reporting channels.\n- Prior UNHCR or UN system experience in contexts involving high operational complexity or workforce welfare concerns is an asset.\n- Experience facilitating training, Code of Conduct Dialogues or sessions on integrity, ethics or workplace conduct in multicultural environments.\n- **Languages:** Excellent command of English is required. French or Spanish is highly desirable given the Ethics Office’s engagement with francophone and Spanish-speaking operations and global outreach. Knowledge of additional UN languages is an asset.\n\n## Living and Working Conditions\n\nGeneva is a family duty station with excellent living conditions and well-developed services. Housing is generally of a high standard, but rental costs are comparatively high. Health services are of very high quality, with well-equipped hospitals and a large network of private medical practices; most health professionals speak both French and English, and many speak additional languages. Educational facilities include public, private and international schools, though places can be competitive and early registration is advised. Switzerland consistently ranks among the safest countries in the world. Public transport is efficient and extensive, and banking and other essential services are easily accessible.\n\n## Additional Information\n\n- Please note that applications are only accepted via the UNHCR online recruitment platform. CVs and\u002For application requests sent via email will not be answered, reviewed nor considered.\n- UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing or training).\n- For technical difficulties when applying, external applicants (not current UNHCR workforce members) can write to recruitmentcase@unhcr.org.\n- Former UNHCR employees who are on mandatory break-in service or have separated from UNHCR after 1 October 2022 should create an account through the platform.\n- Diversity: The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.\n- If you are a person with a disability and you expect you may face challenges during the recruitment process, you can indicate it in your application form. Adjustments for candidates with disabilities will be provided as best as possible and as needed upon request. 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