Head of Investigations Division

The **EIB**, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Inspectorate General (IG) - Investigations Division (IN), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a **Head of Investigations Division*. **This is a full time position at grade 7.
- _internal benchmark: Division Head_

Assessment Centres for selected applicants would take place by the end of December.

Panel interviews are anticipated for January.

**The term of this contract will be 4 years.**

**Purpose**:
This position directly oversees the Bank’s multifaceted activities to prevent, detect, investigate and deter the occurrence of prohibited conduct, as defined in the Bank's Anti-Fraud Policy, within the EIB Group and in the projects and investments financed by the EIB Group worldwide. The position also oversees the process of assessing and investigating Code of Conduct cases and investigating Dignity at Work cases referred to the Division for investigation.

**Operating Network**:
**Accountabilities**:
1. Investigations
- Coordinate and supervise all investigations involving cases of possible prohibited conduct as defined in the Bank's Anti-Fraud Policy regarding or related to EIB Group loans or other products, or EIB Group staff, in order to ensure an objective judgement of facts. The investigative work must be carried out in close cooperation with The European Public Prosecutor (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
- Through the Inspector General, the Head of Division presents regular updates on the work of the Division to the EIB Audit Committee and the EIF Audit Board as well as the Bank Group's external auditors and confidentially briefs these bodies on specific cases as required.
- Regular reports of active assessment and investigation cases will be prepared under the supervision of the Head of Division and disseminated to these bodies, along with the Bank’s Management Committee and key personnel on a need to know basis.
- Assure that all allegations of fraud are properly dealt with, and manage the timely completion of investigations, if required, in close cooperation with the EPPO, OLAF or integrity services of other IFI's, including fieldwork and managing consultants if necessary.
- Coordinate and supervise all investigations involving alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct and Dignity at Work policy that are referred to IG/IN for investigation.
- Assure availability of external experts when required and prepare terms of reference for specific assignments.
- Follow -up recommendations of the investigation, in coordination with staff of Directorates involved.

2. Policy
- Develop as required relevant new policies and procedures for approval of the Inspector General and the Governing Bodies of the EIB Group. Provide timely input into the Bank’s risk management processes, including by managing the development of fraud risk indicators, through regular fraud risk assessments, in close cooperation with other services.
- Regularly assess relevance of existing procedures, and propose, through the Inspector General, new procedures to the Management Committee and the Board of Directors if required.
- Ensure that the EIB Group Anti-Fraud Policy is fully implemented, including agreement with staff on required follow up and reporting to Management and above-mentioned external parties.

3. Proactive work
- Oversee the Division’s proactive detection work using state-of-the-art analytical tools to review all EIB Group projects and activities to identify projects/activities with a higher risk of fraud, corruption and other serious irregularities.
- Manage, in consultation with other EIB Group services, the process of analyzing external and internal ‘big data’, to identify entities and projects presenting higher risks of fraud, corruption and other serious irregularities, as part of the EIB Group’s fraud risk assessment process.
- Manage the process of conducting detailed desk reviews on EIB Group projects and activities that have been identifies as high risk through the systematic use of Fraud & Integrity Risk Scoring,
- Oversee an effective programme of ‘on the ground’ Proactive Integrity Review of projects and activities identified as higher risk, based on fraud and integrity risk scoring and detailed desk reviews.
- Oversee the implementation and regular updating of fraud awareness training for staff and Governing Bodies across the EIB Group.

4. International cooperation
- Work with the EPPO, OLAF and other IFI's in order to achieve a coordinated or harmonised approach on different policy fields of relevance in the fight against fraud and corruption.
- Maintain and develop relationships with professional associations and peers from other banks and Multilateral Financial Institutions as appropriate, in order to maintain investigation and related practices in tune with those of other organisations.

5. Exclusion Process
- Manage the process of compiling well-evidenced files for the Inspector General’s review and agr