Investigations Senior Analyst

The Internal Audit and Investigations Group (IAIG) provides independent assurance and oversight to strengthen UNOPS’ governance, risk management, and internal controls, while ensuring accountability through impartial investigations of misconduct. Our internal audit function delivers assurance engagements across field offices and HQ units, advisory reviews of functions, processes, and cross-cutting themes, and targeted project audits - both financial and operational. We also offer ad hoc advisory services to management on strategic matters. Our investigation mandate covers credible allegations involving UNOPS personnel, including fraud, corruption, mismanagement, abuse of authority, sexual or workplace harassment, retaliation against whistleblowers, and violations of UNOPS regulations, rules, or administrative instructions. Through these core functions, IAIG helps safeguard organizational integrity, promote ethical conduct, and enhance operational effectiveness—ensuring that UNOPS delivers its mandate with transparency, fairness, and accountability.

The Investigation Senior Analyst directly supports IAIG’s mission of providing independent assurance and improving UNOPS operations by serving as the primary gatekeeper for accountability. By rigorously screening allegations, the role ensures that IAIG focuses its resources on high-risk violations that threaten the organization’s integrity. The Senior Analyst helps safeguard UNOPS' reputation and resources, ensuring the group can effectively deter misconduct and strengthen internal controls.

1. Intake and Assessment of Allegations

• Review the information received, and when necessary, obtain additional information from the complainant to determine whether the matter falls under IAIG’s mandate or would be more appropriately handled by another unit.

2. Investigation Support

• Help plan, organize and conduct investigations of alleged wrongdoing such as procurement fraud, corruption, embezzlement, collusion, bribery schemes, sexual exploitation and abuse as well as sexual harassment, harassment/abuse of authority. This includes interviewing UNOPS personnel and third parties, reviewing documentary and electronic information, and analyzing the evidence.

3. Reporting and Analysis

• Prepare a detailed report which sets forth the findings, supporting evidence, analysis and evaluation of the evidence, as well as recommendations for next steps.

4. Liaison and Coordination

• Maintain effective liaison with relevant UNOPS departments and offices in the context of the intake and assessment process, regarding specific cases and with external and UN investigators on cases/issues of mutual concern.

5. Recommendations and Internal Controls

• Develop recommendations to support management decisions, and improve internal controls to prevent and timely detect such activity.

6. Other Duties

• Performs other relevant duties as required

7. Travel

• International travel to UNOPS' offices, including field missions, may be required depending on the case. Such travel could include missions to hardship duty stations.

***To facilitate close collaboration with HQ team, the successful candidate is required to be available for at least 3 hours per day during working hours (Copenhagen time)***

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, accounting or a related area

• A first-level university degree in combination with two years’ experience in conducting criminal and/or administrative investigations as an investigator (in addition to the two years of investigation experience required below) may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

Required

• At least two years of progressively responsible experience in professional investigatory work, law enforcement/criminal investigations, or related fields is required with a Master’s degree. An additional two years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree

Desired

• Experience with UN policies, procedures and operations.

• Experience working with an intake team is an asset.

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes. 
• Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
• Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. 
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments. 
• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 
• UNOPS evaluates all applications based on the skills, qualifications and experience requirements outlined in the vacancy announcement. We are committed to considering all candidates in a fair and transparent manner, and we value diverse perspectives and experiences, including those of women, indigenous and racialized communities, individuals with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.
• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process. If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few mandatory courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here. 
• For more details about the contract types, please click here.
• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda. 
• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.