E T Consultant

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Promoting good governance and tackling corruption are critical to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction. Diversion of funds from development projects through corruption impairs the ability of governments, donors, and the World Bank (the Bank) to achieve the goals of reducing poverty, attracting investment, and encouraging good governance. One way that the Bank combats corruption is through the use of administrative sanctions against firms or individuals that have engaged in fraud, corruption, coercion, collusion, or obstruction (Sanctionable Misconduct) in connection with Bank-financed projects. The Bank’s administrative sanctions regime is designed to protect the funds entrusted to the Bank while offering the firms and individuals involved an opportunity to respond to the allegations against them. As the first tier of the Bank’s two-tier sanctions process, the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD) plays a critical role in ensuring the efficient, effective, and fair disposition of the Bank’s sanctions cases. Allegations that a firm or individual has engaged in Sanctionable Misconduct in connection with a Bank-financed project are investigated by the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT). If INT believes there is sufficient evidence to substantiate the allegations, the case is referred to OSD for review by the Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer (SDO). The SDO reviews the evidence submitted by INT and determines if the evidence supports a finding that the alleged Sanctionable Misconduct has occurred. If so, the SDO issues a Notice of Sanctions Proceedings to the firm or individual alleged to have engaged in the Sanctionable Misconduct. This Notice includes the allegations, the evidence, and a recommended sanction, usually involving a period of debarment. The SDO also determines whether the firm or individual will be temporarily suspended from eligibility for new Bank-financed contracts pending the final outcome of the sanctions process. The firm or individual can choose not to contest the allegations or the recommended sanction, in which case the recommended sanction is imposed. If the firm or individual does contest the allegations or the recommended sanction, the case is referred to the Sanctions Board – the second tier of the Bank’s two-tier sanctions process. The Sanctions Board considers the allegations in the Notice, along with any response from the firm or individual, before making a final decision. Since 2001, the Bank has publicly sanctioned more than 900 firms and individuals. DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES: Working under the direction of the SDO and other OSD attorneys, the Legal Consultant will be accountable for performing legal analysis, research, and other activities aimed at strengthening the capacity and functions of OSD, including:

• Working for OSD full-time, five days per week;
• Assisting the OSD attorneys with the review of sanctions cases; Terms and Reference for OSD ETC (Legal Consultant)
• Researching and analyzing U.S. and foreign law related to issues including, but not limited to, administrative sanctions and international and national anti-corruption laws in relation to cases and OSD outreach activities;
• Drafting/editing protocols, briefing notes, presentations, and other documents related to general anti-corruption themes and/or administrative sanctions;
• Providing research support for article(s) for publication; and
• Performing any other tasks necessary for the successful operation of OSD, as per the direction of the SDO and other OSD attorneys.