Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
Purpose: Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. This post is part of the Counter Fraud Unit (CFU) and will support the Head of Counter Fraud in establishing frameworks to reduce the risk of loss of funds and resources from fraud, corruption, mismanagement and criminal activity. In doing so reputational risk will be reduced so sponsors and donors regard Plan as a well managed, ethical and accountable organisation.
Dimensions of Role:
Although based in the Plan International MEESA Region the role is global in nature and the postholder can expect to be deployed on assignments to any of the countries in which Plan operates. The role reports to the Head of Counter Fraud based in Plan International Global Hub, Woking, UK.
The post has no direct reports but will manage staff when assigned for specific activities.
Works with Plan National Organisations, Plan Country and Regional Offices
Networks with counter fraud professionals in other INGOs
Key end results and typical responsibilities
Supports the counter fraud framework through promoting best practice
- Provides training on fraud awareness, prevention and investigation to all staff.
- Under the tutelage of the Head of CFU leads and guides members of the fraud faculty (a network of staff in other roles who have an additional focus on counter fraud)
Provides investigatory services to Plan globally
- Undertakes, supervises, supports and reviews fraud investigations when assigned
- Assists in loss recovery actions
- Ensures that key services are delivered efficiently and meet business needs
Supports the counter fraud framework through systems improvement and analysis
- Reviews systems for the management of fraud and makes recommendations for change and improvement
- Conducts analysis on fraud risk exposure and reviews procedures to mitigate the risk
- Supports fraud reporting and monitoring mechanisms across Plan
- Produces reports as required by the Head of CFU and makes recommendation for change
Dealing with problems
- Collaborates with other governance, risk and compliance resources to contribute to building a culture of zero tolerance to fraud and corruption.
- Works with internal teams to ensure early indications of potential issues are identified
- Owns resolutions to problems working within agreed timeframes
Communications and Working Relationships
Internal External
- Liaises closely with other risk and control related staff across Plan
- Communicates at all levels within Plan from Director to Programme Unit
- Ability to communicate within a multicultural organisation, recognising legal, cultural and ethnic variations and practices
- Communicate with other professional bodies, e.g. law enforcement agencies · Other NGO Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours required
Requirements
Knowledge
- Excellent demonstrable knowledge in the field of counter fraud
- Aware of current best practices in investigation techniques
- Awareness of global standards and legislation around fraud and corruption
- Understanding of the role and approaches of the international development sector
Skills
- Excellent investigative ability with proven track record
- Experience of crime/loss prevention
- Analytical skills
- Good oral and written communication skills including report writing
- Can manage indirect staff
- Able to offer practical solutions to management to help resolve incidents including in crisis situations
- Perseverance, resilience and tenacity
- A high standard of both written and spoken English. French language an additional advantage.
- A recognised qualification in fraud investigation (e.g. ACFE) would be an advantage although not essential if the post holder has relevant experience
Behaviours
- Ability to work in partnership with others both internally and externally
- Flexibility of approach, ensuring application of skills is relevant to situation and context
- Adapts well to different environments and situations
- Cross-culturally agile and gender sensitive
- Aware of impact on others and uses impact to create a positive working environment
- Commitment to development and humanitarian values and standards, and child safeguarding
- Physical Environmental and Demands: Global role requiring significant international tra
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