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Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 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.  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:

• professionally 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 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 the investigative and enforcement authorities in those countries and working with authorities, as requested, to follow-up and take action;
• supporting client country counterparts with their preventive and integrity risk mitigation efforts at a 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 to 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 Group.
INT is seeking a candidate for the Digital Forensic team who has a track record of being meticulously thorough and objective and can adapt easily to performing in a diverse and multi-cultural work environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. In coordination with INT and WBG IT personnel, the Digital Forensic (DF) Specialist will be tasked to further develop and to operate INT’s digital forensic lab. The duties include, but are not limited to:
• Operating and maintaining software (i.e., EnCase, Intella. Axiom, Cellebrite) and hardware tools (e.g., Forensic Recovery of Evidence Devices).
• Identifying other relevant hardware/software that would be useful for INT to acquire to support its investigative activities.
• Implementing and maintaining a lab inventory system for tools, hardware and software;
• Implementing and operating a lab-specific network in accordance with WBG policies and procedures; and
• Implementing and maintaining data security controls (data organizing and storage, digital evidence inventory system, chain of custody pertaining to digital evidence).
• Maintaining a case-tracking database and ensuring that requests are being handled on a timely basis.
• Liaising with the INT Data Lab and with WBG ITS with respect to software accreditation, testing and other network matters, as needed.

2. Under the supervision of the Head of the Forensic Audit and Digital Forensic Services Unit the DF Specialist will also develop and deliver training to INT investigative staff to help familiarize them with the uses and benefits of digital forensics as well as any changes in policies and procedures.

3. In support of INT’s investigations, the DF Specialist will assist INT staff in:

i. identifying all possible sources of digital evidence relevant to the investigation (e.g., computers, mobile devices, external storage media, network servers, cloud storage, etc.).
ii. collecting electronic evidence in compliance with established policies and procedures.
iii. acquiring data in a forensically sound way for intelligence or evidence gathering purposes.
iv. analyzing data for its relevance to the investigation.

• using validated forensic tools and methodologies, conduct forensic examination of all digital evidence within the scope of the investigation:
i. examine data relevant to the investigation, identifying both inculpatory and exculpatory evidence.
ii. recover data from storage devices, including deleted, hidden, lost, damaged or otherwise manipulated information; and
iii. prepare a report documenting the digital examination process and findings.

• As relevant, liaise with the Bank’s Office of Information Security to identify and obtain digital evidence.

• maintain digital evidence storage and archives in accordance with the retention policy of the VPU; and

• 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.

• The DF Specialist will provide digital forensics support to other units of the Bank (such as EBC), as required.

• The DF Specialist will ensure that their knowledge base is kept current in consultation with management, through the identification of required training courses for themselves and other DFL staff and consultants and attend courses that are necessary to ensure the smooth running of the digital forensic lab and all its tools.

• The DF Specialist will participate in various AI pilot programs for the use of AI in FSU and provide support to the INT Data Lab to help enhance prompt engineering techniques for digital forensics, provide feedback on the status of the pilot, and support the development of a risk management framework for the responsible use of AI in the digital forensics space.

Selection Criteria

• Relevant academic background and/or demonstrated professional experience in digital forensics.
• Relevant educational/technical certifications (i.e., CFCE, GCFA, GCFE, EnCE) are required.
• At least 5 + years of experience in digital forensics within an investigative context.
• 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.
• Familiarity with AI systems such as Chat GPT and other Generative AI tools.
• Creative and critical thinker and highly adaptable to changing technologies in the AI space.
• Experience with researching and fielding new and innovative technology
• Prior experience developing protocols and procedures for digital forensic support to investigations
• Prior experience developing and delivering training to expert and non-expert audiences; strong communications and technical writing skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to conduct daily duties autonomously.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and innovate.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team/task force as a participant or team leader and with senior officials internally and externally.
• Sensitivity to WBG’s diverse demographics and cross-cultural context and influences, and ability to build effective work relations with clients and colleagues.
• Established reputation for unimpeachable integrity, sound judgment, fairness, and discretion in dealing internally and externally while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality.
• 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.

Short listed candidates will be asked to supply references and be required to authorize background checks.

Core Competencies:

• Deliver Results for Clients: Proactively addresses clients’ stated and unstated needs.
• Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries: Collaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective, and willingly receives diverse perspectives.
• Lead and Innovate: Develops innovative solutions.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge:  Applies knowledge across WBG to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients.
• Make Smart Decisions: Interprets a wide range of information and pushes to move forward.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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