UNDP Audit and Evaluation Advisory Committee (pro-bono)

About the role

The Audit and Evaluation Advisory Committee (AEAC) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was established in 2006 to assist the UNDP Administrator with oversight, financial management and reporting, internal audit and investigation, external audit, risk management, evaluation and ethics functions, and systems of internal control and accountability. The Committee is composed of independent members external to UNDP. Meetings are held three times a year at UNDP headquarters in New York, with the option for virtual meetings when needed.

Benefits

Members are not remunerated but receive travel and daily subsistence allowances (per diem) for attending in‑person audit committee meetings.

Schedule

Meetings are convened three times annually at UNDP headquarters in New York, with the possibility of additional virtual meetings as required.

Qualifications

• Relevant advanced professional qualifications.
• Significant senior‑level experience in finance, accounting, internal audit, investigation, external audit, evaluation, ethics, risk management, information technology, internal controls, or governance.
• Strong understanding of the structure and functioning of the United Nations system and/or other intergovernmental organizations (desirable).

Confidentiality

All Committee members must sign a statement of confidentiality upon appointment. Deliberations and meeting minutes are confidential unless otherwise decided. Documents and informational material circulated for Committee consideration are to be used solely for that purpose and treated as confidential.