E T Consultant

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E T Consultant

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The WBG is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. It is a unique, global partnership of five institutions—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)—dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 160 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

As part of the World Bank Group (WBG), the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) shares in the WBG’s overall mission in alleviating poverty and achieving a shared and sustainable prosperity in client countries. INT’s fundamental role within the WBG is to help detect, prevent, and deter fraud and corruption in the use of the WBG’s financial resources, so that those resources are used effectively to benefit the poor people that they are intended to reach. In contributing to the WBG’s overall mission, INT works closely with other stakeholders across the WBG to: 1. Help detect, prevent, and deter fraud and corruption in WBG-supported projects and activities by:

• Investigating allegations of fraud, corruption, collusion, coercion, or obstruction (the five Bank-sanctionable practices) in WBG activities; • Seeking Bank sanctions against firms and individuals that have engaged in any sanctionable practice; • Using information available to INT (including from the Voluntary Disclosure Program) to help operational staff design and implement projects in ways that minimize fraud and corruption risks; • Working with the WBG’s operational departments and other oversight and control units to help prevent fraud and corruption in operations by distilling lessons learned from investigative findings; developing effective risk identification and management tools; preparing remedial recommendations at the project and broader level, as appropriate, to address risks and issues identified through investigations; and ensuring timely disclosure to the Board of risks identified through ongoing or recently completed investigations that are of relevance to new operations presented to the Board for approval; • Conducting detailed fiduciary reviews of Bank-supported projects with operations, using forensic methodology to detect indicators of fraud or corruption and help address them as early as possible for better project outcomes; and • Working with sanctioned entities, through its integrity compliance office, in supporting and monitoring their efforts to put in place appropriate integrity compliance programs in order to raise their integrity standards and reduce risks associated with their operations following their release from sanction.

2. Help client countries to fight fraud and corruption by:

• Referring investigative findings to investigative and enforcement authorities in those countries, and working with authorities to follow-up and take action; • Supporting client country counterparts with their preventive and integrity risk mitigation efforts at the project and policy levels; • Helping build client country capacity in preventive and forensic techniques; and • Collaborating in multilateral efforts to mitigate the risks of fraud or corruption in development activities.

3. Enforce the highest standards of professional integrity, and ethical behavior among WBG staff and corporate vendors by:

• Investigating allegations of staff misconduct involving significant fraud and corruption; • Investigating corporate vendors alleged to have engaged in sanctionable practices; and • Mining the lessons learned from those investigations to undertake training and outreach programs, and also strengthen the WBG’s internal controls environment.

INT’s work contributes directly to achieving the shared prosperity/poverty reduction mission of the WBG. Reducing fraud and corruption in WBG projects helps to ensure that WBG funds are used for their intended purposes: to alleviate poverty and to increase prosperity and stability in our borrowing countries. Working with others in international development institutions, INT’s principal goal is to measurably minimize development assistance funds lost to fraud, corruption, and abuse, and increase the quality and results of development efforts. Results are reported in an annual integrity report that contains aggregated data, outcomes, and generic descriptions of significant cases. To ensure its independence, INT’s Vice President (VP) reports directly to the President of the World Bank.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. The Digital Forensic (DF) Specialist will work under the Supervision of the Head of the Forensic Audit and Digital Forensic Services Unit as part of a team charged with the operation of INT’s digital forensic lab, working in coordination with INT and WBG IT personnel, and will support investigations in INT and other WB units, as needed, with digital forensics expertise. The duties include but are not limited to:

• Operate and maintain software (i.e., EnCase, Intella. Axiom, Cellebrite) and hardware tools (e.g., Forensic Recovery of Evidence Devices); • Identify other relevant hardware/software that would be useful for INT to acquire to support its investigative activities; • Implement and maintain a lab inventory system for tools, hardware and software; • Implement and operate a lab-specific network in accordance with WBG policies and procedures; and • Implement and maintain data security controls (data organizing and storage, digital evidence inventory system, chain of custody pertaining to digital evidence).

2. In support of INT investigations, the DF Specialist will

a) Assist INT staff in: • Identify all possible sources of digital evidence relevant to the investigation (e.g., computers, mobile devices, external storage media, network servers, cloud storage, etc.); • Collect electronic evidence in compliance with established policies and procedures; • Acquire data in a forensically sound way; • Analyze data for its relevance to the investigation;

b) Using validated forensic tools and methodologies, conduct forensic examination of all digital evidence within the scope of the investigation: • Examine data relevant to the investigation, identifying both inculpatory and exculpatory evidence; • Recover data from storage devices, including deleted, hidden, lost, damaged or otherwise manipulated information; and • Prepare a report documenting the digital examination process and findings;

c) Maintain digital evidence storage and archives in accordance with the retention policy of the VPU;

d) Ensure the effective use of digitally obtained evidence in investigations and administrative proceedings, including in pursuing sanctions and disciplinary measures against external parties, WBG staff, and corporate vendors participating in WBG-financed activities.

3. The DF Specialist will provide necessary training related to the above.

Selection Criteria

• Advanced university degree, or equivalent, in computer forensics, computer science, or information technology • Relevant academic background and/or demonstrated professional experience in digital forensics. • Relevant educational/technical certifications (i.e., CFCE, GCFA, GCFE, EnCE) are required. • 5 + years of experience in digital forensics. • Familiarity using forensic tools and investigative methods to locate specific electronic data. Proficient in the latest forensic, response, and reverse engineering skills and astute in the latest exploit methodologies. • Experience with researching and fielding new and innovative technology • Strong communications and technical writing skills • Strong team player with the ability to conduct daily duties autonomously.

Confidentiality and Document Security 1. The Digital Forensic Specialist is expected to maintain the highest level of confidentiality on all information to which he or she is exposed and will be required to sign an INT confidentiality agreement. 2. The Digital Forensic Specialist will not provide legal advice or make legal judgments in the course of his or her work. 3. Travel is a requirement for this position; the Digital Forensic Specialist 's travel, if applicable, made on behalf of the WBG will be consistent with WBG travel policies and guidelines, including costs and per diem. 4. The Digital Forensic Specialist will be made aware of and must respect the privileges and immunities of the WBG. The Digital Forensic Specialist will always abide by all relevant WBG rules and respect member government laws. 5. Collected evidence, reports, witness statements, and other documents will be retained exclusively by INT. All such information, reports, witness statements, documents and electronic media referred to in the statement above shall be the exclusive property of INT and shall not be shared by the Digital Forensic with anyone outside of INT. The Digital Forensic will make no statements to the media regarding any matter associated with this engagement. 6. The Digital Forensic Specialist shall manage information, reports, witness statements, documents and electronic media obtained, accessed or reviewed under this TOR in a secure manner and location. The privacy, safe keeping, security and integrity of those documents are matters of the highest importance and are matters for which the Digital Forensic Specialist is responsible while the documents are either within or outside the INT offices.

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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.