JEDIS & Integrity Officer

Job Title: JEDIS & Integrity Officer

Organization: Greenpeace MENA

Department: Organization

Reports to Executive Director

Location: The job is based in the MENA region (Remotely)

OVERALL PURPOSE

The JEDIS and Integrity Officer is a crucial role at Greenpeace MENA to build a just, equitable, and safe organization, workplace, and world to protect the integrity of the organization, and to ensure that Greenpeace MENA is acting in alignment with our organizational values, strategic plan, and commitment to JEDIS work on a local, regional, and global level.  

At Greenpeace MENA, we are approaching our Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety (JEDIS) work as an opportunity to be better and do better. The JEDIS and Integrity officer leads action strategies, covering topics such as anti-racism, environmental and climate justice, disability rights, gender justice, class discrimination, equitable employment practices, and staff wellness to dismantle barriers to justice, build up a respectful and inclusive workplace culture, and develop campaigns to change power dynamics that continue to exploit and oppress people and the planet. 

The JEDIS & Integrity Officer will help identify and mitigate operational risks and help ensure compliance with financial and operational transparency and other relevant laws and regulations. The Integrity Officer will play a key role in embedding the integrity system (code of conduct, integrity policies, and protocol for handling violations), coordinating, collecting, and transmitting best practices, responsible for case management of the protocol for handling violations, monitoring, reporting, and connecting with the global integrity learning community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

JEDIS (JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & SAFETY) 

• WORK closely with senior leadership on setting JEDIS goals and high-level strategy for Greenpeace MENA. 
• PROPOSE JEDIS action plan(s) based on auditing and monitoring its implementation. 
• TRAIN GP MENA board, staff, and primary stakeholders about JEDIS. 
• RESEARCH, outreach, and collaboration with external consultants who advise on Greenpeace MENA's strategy and implementation plans as well as identifying and organizing training opportunities 
• REPRESENT Greenpeace MENA's JEDIS initiatives within the global Greenpeace network and externally 
• MONITOR and coordinate JEDIS annual budgets, including drafting funding proposals for JEDIS work. 
• STAY on top of industry best/better practices on JEDIS topics and solutions for change. 
• ENGAGE and be an active member of the (global) JEDIS community

INTEGRITY

• TRAIN and ensure that integrity-related training is developed and delivered to GP MENA staff and the Supervisory Board. 
• DEVELOP GP MENA integrity system and regularly review and update the code of conduct, policies, protocol, and other parts of the integrity system. 
• ACT as a point of contact for reports of suspected breaches of integrity (along with managers and persons of trust). 
• ENSURE that the reporting procedure and all investigations are followed as outlined in the protocol for handling (suspected) violations of integrity. 
• CONDUCT preparatory research to determine whether or not an investigation is mandated; Potentially conduct investigations for minor cases where it is appropriate
• COORDINATE between various actors in the governing component of the compliance practice
• DOCUMENT securely all notifications and reports of (suspected) violations, including subsequent investigations and outcomes
• ANALYZE documents and archive cases and report on the underlying repeating problems, principles, dilemmas, and moral hazards
• INSTITUTIONALIZE a practice of regular moral deliberations by ensuring the provision of training in moral judgment and introducing practical arrangements to monitor the process
• PROVIDE solicited and unsolicited advice to directors, managers, and departments on various topics, including recognizing and countering moral dilemmas and hazards
• PLAN and implement the ongoing development of the integrity system and produce an annual report on both the preventative and governing components of the compliance practice and on moral dilemmas and the moral learning process
• IMPLEMENT and manage the anonymous overview of reports of (suspected) integrity and violations for accountability and organizational learning purposes. 
• MONITOR and coordinate Integrity annual budgets, including drafting funding proposals for Integrity work. 
• ENGAGE and be an active member of the (global) integrity learning community

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sociology, international relations, political science, anthropology, HR, or any relevant degree 

Experience & Skills

• Approximately 5 years or more of relevant experience in the field of diversity and inclusion or/and integrity; this could include (but is not limited to) work in change management, political science, law, and activism. 
• Fluency in Arabic and working proficiency in English 
• General understanding of and experience with JEDIS & Integrity topics and action strategies as they relate to activism and the non-profit sector, such as decolonization, anti-racism, environmental and climate justice, disability rights, gender justice, class discrimination, equitable employment practices, and staff wellness 
• Ability to research and analyze JEDIS best practices and formulate recommendations for implementation, including anti-oppressive hiring and retention strategies, healing justice initiatives, training, and more.
• General understanding of and experience with integrity-related topics 
• Ability to act with discretion and be respectful of confidentiality 

Bonus Points for 

• Experience in process improvement and design, and the ability to contextualize JEDIS processes for the MENA region 

Excellent organizational, change management, development, and administrative skills

• A role that offers a breadth of learning opportunities
• Opportunity within a company with a solid track record of performance
• Flexible working options