Additional Information
Please note that this vacancy is only open to eligible staff members who have been individually notified of their eligibility to apply for positions advertised in the Accelerated Posting Compendium.
Deadline for Applications
June 12, 2026
Hardship Level
H (no hardship)
Family Type
Family
Residential location (if applicable)
Grade
PR3
Staff Member / Affiliate Type
Professional
Reason
Regular > Regular Assignment
Target Start Date
2026-05-26
Standard Job Description
Ethics Officer
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
UNHCR, takes the lead in protecting people forced to flee wars and prosecution around the world, providing life-saving aid including shelter, food and water to ensure their basic safety, rights and dignity. UNHCR operates with a global workforce across multiple countries, working to improve the lives of millions of forcibly displaced people worldwide.
UNHCR is committed to the highest standards of integrity among its staff and other personnel as well as transparency and accountability in its programmes and management. Its core values include diversity, integrity and professionalism. The Ethics Office was established with an overall mandate of cultivating, nurturing and fostering a culture of ethics, respect, integrity, transparency and accountability, and thereby ensuring an environment of openness and fairness in UNHCR and enhancing the trust in, and the credibility of the United Nations, both internally and externally.
The Ethics Office is operationally independent, while complementing the work of other UNHCR entities which deal with addressing and redressing workplace issues. Its mandate includes:
Providing confidential ethics advice and guidance to personnel and management;
Administering the protection against retaliation (PaR) policy;
Undertaking training, outreach and awareness raising, including through overseeing the Code of Conduct Dialogue ( CoCD ) Programme;
Supporting ethics standard-setting and policy advocacy within UNHCR;
Managing the Financial Disclosure Programme (FDP) within UNHCR; and
Supporting United Nations Coherence on ethics policy and standards through participation in the Ethics Panel of the UN (EPUN) and the Ethics Network of Multilateral Organizations (ENMO).
The Ethics Officer is a member of the Ethics Office team, and s/he will report to the Head of Ethics Office.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
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