World Bank Ethics Counsel Internship in Turkiye: Apply Now!

The Ethics & Internal Justice Services VPU seeks to hire a Counsel for the Ethics Counsel Internship in Istanbul, Türkiye. In this role, the Counsel will serve as a reliable advisor in the region, providing ethics training and outreach while addressing ethics-related inquiries. This position will report to the Manager of ATV and work under the guidance of the Senior Counsel, ATV.

Rols and responsibilities

• Assess and analyze business conduct issues as they arise, apply relevant policies, staff rules, guidelines, and follow-up with appropriate advice and instructions.
• Be a resource for the Country Management Units and staff who raise work-place issues, face ethical dilemmas, or need advice on ethics and conflicts of interest inquiries.
• Promote ethics awareness based on the WBG’s core values, conflicts of interest and the Code of Ethics by conducting impactful pro-active outreach and ethics related training.
• Partner closely with colleagues across all EIJ units in providing support to clients and build robust partnerships with relevant institutional functions such as HR, Procurement, and Legal Departments.
• Support the administration of the Declaration of Interests Programs.
• Research and draft policy and rule changes related to ethics issues and conduct gap analyses to identify desirable changes in staff rules or processes and propose amendments where necessary.
• Organize consultation records in accordance with appropriate standards. Maintain appropriate data and record keeping assisting in EIJ’s identification of ethical trends and patterns.
• Partner closely with colleagues across all EIJ units in providing support to clients, and build robust partnerships with relevant institutional functions such as HR, Procurement, LEG, etc.
• Work closely with EIJ and client leadership in developing and implementing a coherent outreach strategy in line with identified substantive and geographic priority areas.
• Travel to regional country offices, for up to 40% of office time.

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Selection Criteria of Ethics Counsel Internship

• It is envisaged that the Counsel, Ethics would have a Master’s degree or equivalent in law, ethics, or other relevant field. The successful candidate will also have:
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in an international or multicultural organization in the following areas: ethics, compliance, personal conflicts of interest, operational conflicts of interest, ethics training, legal or a related field.
• Excellent communications and presentation skills, both oral and written; proven ability to clearly and concisely prepare, present, and discuss ethics and compliance issues.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting analysis and providing advice & instructions around conflicts of interest and/or practical knowledge of the operations, compliance, procurement, audit, or legal areas of an international organization.
• Track record in design and delivery of ethics related content, including experience with latest learning trends.
• Ability to assess risk in a practical and responsible manner and make fair, well-reasoned, independent and transparent decisions.
• Fluency in oral and written English and French. 
• High level of integrity, discretion and sound judgment in working with sensitive issues.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team and/or task force as a participant and with staff at all levels, internally and collaboratively across departments.
• Commitment to innovation: learning and adopting to find better ways of doing things.
• Commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, and sensitivity to the WBG’s distinctive demographic and cross-cultural context and influences.

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