Anti-Corruption Analyst, Short-Term (multiple post)

Anti-Corruption Analyst, Short-Term (multiple post)

Background

Preventing and combating corruption is a priority for the Government of the Republic of Moldova and central to its European Union accession agenda. The authorities have adopted the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Programme 2024–2028 and are strengthening the institutions that deliver it. Moldova is also a State Party to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), and these reforms support its implementation. The focus is now on putting these frameworks into practice, with sustained technical support.

UNDP implements one component of the EU-funded project ‘Support in combating and preventing corruption and organized crime in the Republic of Moldova’, together with Expertise France and Civipol. The consortium project seeks to reduce corruption and financial crime, including money laundering, by strengthening effective, efficient, independent, and accountable justice, prosecution, and investigation systems. The project will support the application of EU standards and relevant OECD and GRECO recommendations, strengthen institutional ownership, and promote preventive, risk-based, and evidence-driven approaches to integrity management.

The UNDP component is delivered as part of the REDACT project. REDACT (Resilient Democracy through Anti-Corruption) strengthens the capacities of anti-corruption, law enforcement and justice institutions, improves coordination among them, and supports oversight by civil society and the media. More information is available on the REDACT project page.

Under the UNDP-led project component, the intended outcome is to enhance institutional capacities across government to mainstream anti-corruption and integrity frameworks. A central intervention is focused on supporting the establishment and mentoring of a cross-institutional network of integrity, ethics, and corruption-prevention practitioners. Additionally technical assistance to enhance corruption risk identification and mitigation through a combination of strategic analysis, legislative review, sectoral analysis, and digital analytical enablement will be provided.

The Anti-Corruption Analyst will provide substantive and analytical leadership on the activities of the UNDP-led component that relate to the monitoring of the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Programme, support to the existing cross-institutional network of integrity and ethics tutors, the reinforcement and adaptation of national integrity and anti-corruption instruments, and the strengthening of institutional analytical capacities to identify and address integrity risks.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Anti-Corruption Analyst will have responsibility to deliver substantive technical outputs and effective engagement with partners. The incumbent will act as a technical lead and trusted adviser to national partners, and is expected to spend a large part of the working time with the partner institutions, at their premises, in their working groups and in consultations, delivering analysis, providing hands-on technical assistance and helping institutions align their work. Building relationships of trust and credibility with national actors is central to the role.

I. Lead Technical and Substantive Support on NIAP Monitoring, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Instruments, and Institutional Risk Analysis:

• Lead the technical implementation of the assigned activities (NIAP monitoring, support to the network of integrity and ethics tutors, integrity and anti-corruption instruments, and institutional analytical capacity), providing hands-on analysis and advice to the partner institutions and the Project Team.
• Lead the substantive support to the National Anti-Corruption Centre (NAC) in coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Programme (NIAP) 2024–2028, including indicator frameworks, data collection and reporting protocols, and quarterly monitoring cycles with implementing institutions.
• Provide the substantive content for the digital monitoring dashboards (indicators, visualisation logic, reporting formats and analytical outputs) in close cooperation with the ICT Analyst, who leads their technical implementation, and, for the monitoring of integrity and work ethics guidelines, with the tutors and reporting institutions.
• Support the preparation of periodic, data-driven NIAP progress reports and of the quarterly progress-reporting meetings with responsible institutions, and facilitate peer exchange among the members of the NIAP Monitoring Group, reporting institutions and civil society.
• Provide advisory support to the midterm review and final evaluation of the NIAP, including the methodology, terms of reference and quality assurance of evaluation outputs, and coordinate the engagement of civil society organisations in independent shadow reporting.
• Guide the review of the legislative and regulatory framework for integrity and anti-corruption mainstreaming, including its alignment with EU standards and OECD and GRECO recommendations, and contribute to the preparation of regulatory proposals.
• Support the adaptation of existing national integrity and anti-corruption instruments, including integrity plans and early-warning and data-sharing mechanisms, in close cooperation with NAC, the National Integrity Authority (NIA) and other relevant institutions.
• Contribute to the review and update of integrity and ethics learning materials, including a training track for newly elected local officials, and to awareness-raising on integrity obligations and tools, in cooperation with NAC, NIA and the National Institute of Public Administration and Management (INAMP).
• Support the engagement of civil society organisations and the private sector in detecting, analysing and reporting integrity risks, including through the reLAWed platform and the interoperability of the e-Expertise system with Particip.gov.md.
• Lead the substantive work on strengthening NAC’s capacity to analyse integrity plans and to identify trends, recurring risks and sectoral vulnerabilities, including analytical training and mentoring of NAC officials.
• Guide targeted corruption risk assessments in the sectors identified as highest risk and the development of risk remediation plans, ensuring methodological soundness and the use of the evidence generated.
• Facilitate the co-creation of legislative and regulatory proposals between NAC and other institutions on the basis of the risk assessment findings.
• Support the National Integrity Authority in strengthening its analytical and oversight capacities on asset and personal interest declarations, including risk typologies, verification methods and the referral of cases to law enforcement.
• Conduct research, analytical reviews, assessments, mapping exercises, and other evidence-based analyses to inform project interventions, policy dialogue, and decision-making processes.
• Develop and contribute to technical papers, concept notes, guidance materials, analytical reports, recommendations, briefs, and other substantive knowledge products relevant to the project objectives.
• Support the identification of institutional needs, opportunities, risks, and challenges related to governance, integrity, accountability, and anti-corruption mainstreaming and reforms, and propose practical solutions and recommendations.
• Review and provide technical feedback on deliverables prepared by consultants, service providers, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to ensure quality and alignment with project objectives.
• Monitor developments, trends, good practices, and emerging issues relevant to the assigned thematic areas and provide technical advice to support adaptive project implementation.
• Document technical lessons learned and good practices from the assigned activities and feed them into the policy dialogue with partners.

II. Contribute to the network