Local Consultant (Anti-Corruption)

Result of Service

Methodology, schedule and governance of the consultancy is provided. Institutional diagnosis, analysis of gaps, risks, controls and integrity baseline is established. Institutional model for managing corruption risks is developed. Institutional Anti-Corruption Strategy is updated and articulated with the Anti-Bribery Management System. Anti-Corruption Program, Action Plan, implementation, denunciation, monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement mechanisms is provided.

Work Location

Home-based

Expected duration

15 Aug-15 Dec 2026

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Background of the task: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has established a leading global position in supporting countries to prevent and combat corruption, acting as a guardian of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Within UNODC, the substantive and implementation responsibilities and functions related to the UNCAC are vested in the Corruption and Financial Crimes Branch (CFB). To bring its anti-corruption services closer to beneficiary countries, the CFB has established a Regional Hub against Corruption and Financial Crime for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, with the technical support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), formulated the Strategy for the Prevention of Corruption of the Judicial Branch, as an instrument aimed at strengthening transparency, integrity, accountability and institutional mechanisms to prevent, investigate and punish acts contrary to public ethics. Its elaboration was based on a broad participatory process that involved magistrates, judges, judicial and administrative personnel, representatives of civil society and other relevant actors, taking as a reference the standards established in the UNCAC, the Bangalore Principles on Judicial Conduct and the applicable national regulatory framework. The implementation of this strategy made it possible to establish an institutional vision aimed at strengthening a culture of integrity and the adoption of risk-based management mechanisms. However, the institutional, regulatory and technological changes experienced in recent years, as well as the evolution of risks that may affect judicial integrity, make it necessary to review, update and strengthen the existing strategic approach. In this context, the Supreme Court of Justice is promoting the formulation of a new Institutional Strategy for the Prevention of Corruption, which will consolidate the progress made, incorporate international best practices, strengthen prevention systems and promote integral, transparent and results-oriented judicial management. In this context, UNODC seeks to recruit a national consultant to design and implement the Institutional Strategy for the Prevention of Corruption for the Judicial Branch of El Salvador, working with the Supreme Court of Justice.
2. Purpose of assignment: The purpose of this assignment is to support the Judicial Branch of El Salvador in the design and formulation of a new Institutional Strategy for the Prevention of Corruption of the Judicial Branch of El Salvador, based on an updated diagnosis of risks, institutional capacities and current regulatory framework in order to strengthen institutional integrity. consolidate a preventive approach based on risk management and articulate the different institutional instruments in the field of integrity.
3. Specific results to be performed by the consultant: Under the supervision of the Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor of the Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in close coordination with designated colleagues of the Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean based in El Salvador, the consultant will perform the following substantive functions and responsibilities: A. Work plan and methodology, the document defines the methodology, the technical approach, the execution phases, the work schedule and the coordination mechanisms between the areas and institutions involved for the development of the consultancy. | B. Institutional diagnosis and roadmap on integrity and corruption prevention, will include regulatory analysis, identification of gaps, mapping of processes and actors, and a baseline that supports the design of the Institutional Strategy. C. Corruption Risk Management Model, design of an institutional model to identify, evaluate, prioritize, treat and monitor corruption risks, through a methodology, risk matrices and guidelines for its implementation and articulation with the institutional strategy. D. Institutional Anti-Corruption Strategy and validation workshops, will include the participatory preparation and validation of the Institutional Anti-Corruption Strategy, defining strategic axes, lines of action, proposals for regulatory improvement, articulation with the Anti-Bribery Management System and holding at least three consultative workshops. E. Anti-Corruption Program, establishing governance, activities, responsible parties, indicators, implementation mechanisms, communication, training, strengthening of reporting channels and methodology for monitoring and continuous improvement. |

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences, criminology, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant professional experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and/or analysis of public policies related to the prevention and fight against corruption in the judicial branch is required. Demonstrated experience in research and in the preparation of technical, analytical and/or legal documents on the prevention and fight against corruption in the justice sector in Central America and El Salvador is required. Experience in the design or support in the development of institutional strategies, risk management models and/or anti-corruption regulatory frameworks in the justice sector is required. Experience in the analysis of the regulatory framework and the institutional and operational architecture of the justice sector, with an emphasis on integrity and anti-corruption is required. Experience in coordinating with high-level officials and facilitating institutional articulation processes aimed at decision-making is required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills is required. To know the anti-corruption mandate and follow-up mechanisms for the implementation of the UNODC and the international and regional conventions on preventing and combating corruption to which the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are parties, such as the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (CICC), is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in Spanish and working knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an advantage.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.