JOB DESCRIPTION

Associate Integrity Officer

 

Reference Number: 250730

Position Level: TL4

Department: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Division: Prevention and Compliance Division

Location: Asian Development Bank Headquarters

Date Posted: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Closing Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT)

Join Our Mission to Foster Prosperity in Asia

Are you ready to make a difference on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change? We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to become an important part of the prestigious Asian Development Bank (ADB). At ADB, our mission is simple yet powerful: to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship

The position of Associate Integrity Officer is assigned to the Prevention and Compliance Division (AIPD) within the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI). You will be based at our Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.

You will report to the designated Technical International Staff.

Your Role

As an Associate Integrity Officer, you will be part of ADB’s second line of defense in managing integrity risks. This role is crucial in providing oversight, guidance, and independent challenge to the first line of defense—ADB’s operational departments and project teams—ensuring that integrity risks are comprehensively addressed across the project lifecycle.

You will:

• Conduct integrity due diligence (IDD) to identify and manage integrity, AML/CFT and tax integrity risks and conduct enhanced due diligence (EED), where applicable, on sovereign and non-sovereign projects and institutional activities.

• Provide inputs to help develop policies, procedures and guidelines, to help deliver OAI’s mandate and enhance integrity risk management and align with international best practices.

• Under guidance, provide advice to project teams and offices responsible for institutional activities on how to undertake measures to identify and manage integrity risks.

• Draft and advise on appropriate disclosure language for project documents.

• Help develop policies and procedures to enhance proactive integrity monitoring of entities and guide project teams on how to conduct such monitoring for profiling/data collection, analysis and advisory action.

• Contribute to the development and delivery of training to ADB staff on integrity risk management and related policies and procedures.

• Help research new integrity risk themes.

• Conduct reviews for ADB procurement and consultant recruitment activities, including institutional suppliers and contractors.

• Help in providing advice to other departments/offices in ADB, concerning integrity risks, including potential exposures to fraud, corruption, money laundering, financing of terrorism, tax evasion, tax transparency, and other risks and prohibited practices.

• Be a resource person for seminars and workshops, support meetings to foster an understanding of ADB’s policies on integrity risks, including anticorruption and AML/CFT.

• Collaborate with other offices, including MDBs and IFIs, on OAI’s approach to integrity risk management as one of OAI’s non-sovereign IDD focal point.

• Contribute to the implementation of technical assistance to developing member countries on AML/CFT.

• Perform any other IDD-related matter, including the preparation of reports, analyses and advisories.

• Help recruit OAI staff and consultants.

• Undertake other work that may be assigned by the Director, AIPD.

Qualifications

You will need:

• Bachelor’s degree from a duly accredited educational institution in an area relevant to the role, with additional advanced training.

• At least 5 years professional experience in the area of second line of defense integrity due diligence, demonstrating progression of responsibilities, including in a financial crime compliance-related field.

• Understanding of international standards, principles and practices on financial crime compliance due diligence and tax integrity.

• Preferably with professional qualifications such as financial crime prevention, anti-money laundering or fraud or similar professional certification from a duly accredited educational institution.

• Established reputation for integrity, fairness, and discretion.

• Able to perform under pressure and work with others in a diplomatic and professional manner.

• Demonstrated teamwork (ability to working with others to achieve better results), conceptualization (developing viable solutions based on an understanding of institutional perspective and needs), and management skills.

• Written and verbal proficiency in English and local language.

• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Technical Local Staff grade TL4.

Benefits

ADB offers a rewarding salary and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB’s standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience.

• Retirement plan
• Medical and health benefits
• Paid leave (including parental)
• Life and other insurance plans
• Staff development

Additional Information

This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.

This is a fixed-term appointment for an initial fixed period of 3 years. At the end of the initial period, this appointment may, at the option of ADB, be extended once for up to 2 years, converted to a regular appointment, or ended on its expiration date. This decision will be made in the overall interest of ADB that: (a) it will require Staff’s particular blend of skills and experience in the foreseeable future; and (b) Staff’s performance is satisfactory and they are suitable for further employment.

About Us

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 69 members, 50 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. ADB combines finance, knowledge, and partnerships to fulfill its expanded vision under our Strategy 2030.

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements