Director, Ethics and Compliance

Position Title: Director, Ethics and Compliance

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Department: Global Human Resources

Location: Washington, DC or Nairobi, Kenya - Hybrid

Contact: Corus International, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

United States Salary Range: $102,000 - $132,500 - $163,000

Kenya Salary Range: Based on local country scale for position's level

Corus International provides a competitive, growth‑oriented, yet fiscally responsible compensation program. The overall approach is to target the minimum to midpoint for starting salaries, based on experience, education, skills, internal equity, and budget.

Corus also provides a comprehensive and competitive employee benefit package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, PTO, life/AD&D insurance, wellness incentives, and work/life balance and assistance programs.

Position Summary:

The Director, Ethics and Compliance reports directly to the Managing Director, People & Culture and will be a subject matter expert responsible for leading and driving an effective global ethics and compliance program across all Corus entities. The Director understands the complexity of crisis in fragile country contexts and ensures the organization operates in adherence to legal standards, regulatory requirements and internal policies while fostering a culture of ethical behavior and accountability.

The Director will collaborate extensively with Internal Audit, Finance, Global Human Resources, program and country office leaders, and other organizational leaders and engages with the Board’s Audit and Risk and Finance Committees.

• Design, implement and manage an effective ethics and compliance framework; develop policies, processes and tools to ensure business activities comply with Corus’ policies, donor rules, applicable government regulations and legislative requirements of the countries we operate in; support the creation of a culture and working environment where everyone is aware of and feels responsible for maintaining an ethical organization.
• Oversee the Convercent Helpline and Case Manager system; design the system so that cases are appropriately triaged and assigned to relevant staff for follow‑up; regularly monitor open cases and ensure all parties use the system as designed for effective case management; and analyze data and provide metrics to leadership as requested.
• When required, conduct thorough, timely and objective investigations and partner with other areas such as Internal Audit, Finance, Global Human Resources, Program and Risk Management; develop corrective action plans to address identified issues and prevent recurrence.
• Build a network of in‑country internal liaisons responsible for supporting ethics and compliance adherence across Corus entities, and provide coaching, technical subject matter expertise and staff training.
• Establish and manage relationships with external legal advisors in support of ethics and compliance investigation needs.
• Lead and conduct annual and ongoing ethics and compliance training, education and communication for staff, partners and suppliers (including appropriate use of Convercent, code of ethics policy, conflicts of interest and PSEAH); work with GHR to ensure relevant trainings are incorporated into the new hire onboarding program.
• Serve as a subject matter expert across the organization by providing oversight, direction and support on the interpretation of rules and regulations.
• Oversee and enforce the Conflict of Interest and Gifts & Entertainment policies to ensure appropriate identification, evaluation, resolution and documentation of potential conflicts.
• In partnership with the Office of the COO and Finance, support risk management and internal audit initiatives by providing reports and data for the risk management register, presentations to leadership and/or the Board, and designing trainings in response to internal audit team findings.
• Stay abreast of standards and requirements, including all relevant laws, rules and industry standards and company practices and provide timely communications to those impacted.
• Undertake special projects and support other initiatives as directed.

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