Long Term Agreement (LTA) Contract Auditors for Country Office Audit

UNDP Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI) is responsible for provision of internal audit and investigations services to UNDP and its affiliated entities. The core mandate of OAI is to provide independent, objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management and the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls and advisory services designed to add value and improve the operations of UNDP and its affiliated entities.

UNDP Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI) provides the internal audit functions for United Nations Entity for Gender Equality (UN Women) under a two-year service level agreement executed in December 2015. The internal audit role is carried out by a dedicated OAI unit, UN Women Audit Unit (UNWAU), which is based in UN Women Headquarters is New York, NY.  

UNWAU has responsibility for the audit of UN Women headquarters and field offices, functions, programmes and operations. Audits are intended to support UN Women in accomplishing its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. UNWAU conducts comprehensive risk assessments which include analysis of a number of qualitative and quantitative risk factors, for use in developing its audit plans. Audits are carried out in accordance with annual work plans, and in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Code of Ethics established by the Institute of Internal Auditors. The audit process generally includes three phases – planning, field execution, and reporting.

UN Women Audit Unit (UNWAU) of OAI needs to engage experienced audit tor on contract from time to time when the number of audit assignments are above staff capacity. For this purpose, UNWAU seeks to  establish the Long Term Agreement (LTA) with maximum 4 consultants, who are suitably skilled and experienced auditors to call upon as required.

How to apply:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Cover Page/Letter - Explaining why you are applying for the position and highlighting any factors that are particularly relevant to your application;
2. Completed P11 form - including past working experience and contact details of 3 referees. Using P11 provided in Annex D.
3. Financial proposal - indicating the proposed daily fee rate in US$ and using the Financial Proposal form provided in Annex C.

Interested applicants must submit the required documents to UNDP job-site:

https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=69842

Note: Please combine all above required documents into one PDF file to upload into UNDP job-site above, as the system will accept only one upload.