Counter Fraud Specialist – WACA

The Organisation

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 80 countries.

The Opportunity

This post is part of the Counter Fraud Unit (CFU). It will support the Head of Counter Fraud in establishing frameworks to reduce the risk of losing funds and resources from fraud, corruption, mismanagement and criminal activity. The Counter Fraud unit is an important tool in mitigating reputational risk and ensuring the confidence of sponsors and donors in Plan International as a well-managed, ethical and accountable organisation.

You will support the counter-fraud framework by promoting best practices, providing investigatory services to Plan International globally and supporting the counter-fraud framework through systems improvement and analysis.

About You

You will have excellent demonstrable knowledge and experience in the field of counter fraud including awareness of current best practices in investigation techniques and global standards and legislation around fraud and corruption. You have excellent analytical skills, perseverance, resilience and tenacity and the ability to offer practical solutions to management to help resolve situations.

An understanding of the role and approaches of the international development sector is important.

You will have a high standard of written and spoken English and French. 

Please follow this link for a full role profile: Counter Fraud Specialist WACA Role Profile.docx

Location: The location of this role is based in any of the countries Plan International Inc operates in the region;  (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo). Although based in the Plan International WACA 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.

Reports to: Head of Counter Fraud

Closing Date: Thursday 19th October 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.