Ghana Integrity Initiative Job Vacancy For Consultant

Job Description

• Project Title: Turning Up the Pressure: Tackling Money Laundering through Multi-Stakeholder Approaches in Ghana
• Organization: Ghana Integrity Initiative
• Duration: 30 days from signing of contract

Background 

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) with funding support from the European Union (EU) through Transparency International, the global, non-governmental, non-profit civil society organization leading the fight against corruption is implementing a project titled, ‘Turning Up the Pressure: Tackling Money Laundering through Multi-Stakeholder Approaches in Ghana’. The project is being implemented over a period of nineteen (19) months (i.e. March 2018 to October 2019). The overall goal of the multi -country project is to generate an environment of joint pressure from civil society, media, private sector and key public anti-corruption institutions around a shared set of priority recommendations to fight against money laundering.

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Objective

As part of the project implementation GII is seeking the services of a Consultant to conduct an assessment of the legislative and regulatory framework governing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) as an aspect of anti-corruption with the aim to identifying gaps and make recommendations for the review of policies and practices to make them consistent with global model AML/CFT framework.

The results of the assessment will guide GII on critical advocacy themes with the intent of influencing policy but also demystify the technicalities around the issues related to ML/CFT as it engages broader citizenry to increase awareness and capacitate them to discuss issues on AML/CFT from an informed position as well as report instances of money laundering in their communities.

The specific objectives of the multi-stakeholder assessment are:

• To identify priority AML/CFT recommendations among the existing AML/CFT and anti-corruption recommendations and commitments;
• To identify and analyse the gaps in Ghana’s anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing legislative and regulatory framework (Anti – Money Laundering Act 749, 2008 as amended and the Anti – Terrorism Act 762, 2008);
• To make recommendations that focused on making the legislation and regulatory framework consistent with global frameworks

Scope of Work/Terms of Reference 

1. A comprehensive risk assessment of the global, regional and national situation on anti –AML/CFT and corruption as a predicate offense.
2. Undertake a review of relevant legislations/frameworks/policies related to AML/CFT as an aspect of corruption, identify gaps and make recommendations on how to address the gaps.
3. Document the overall level of compliance and effectiveness of these legislations, policies and institutional framework as necessary determinants to control and prevent Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.
4. Cite relevant typology exercises (case studies) to support the level of compliance of civil society, media and private sector engagement in the anti – corruption, AML/CFT space.
5. Prepare a detailed report of the assessment with clear and actionable recommendations and entry points for civil society engagement in the space.
6. Prepare and deliver a presentation at a stakeholder validation meeting to be scheduled by GII.

Note: Results from the assessment will be disaggregated by target groups and inputs from private sector, public sector practitioners, elected officials, media (business and financial journalists) and civil society will serve as triangulation for the overall findings. 

Expected Outputs and deliverables

1. A comprehensive risk assessment of the global, regional and national situation on anti –AML/CFT and corruption as a predicate offense. Identified gaps after the review of relevant legislations/frameworks/policies related to AML/CFT as an aspect of corruption. 
2. Documented evidence of e overall level of compliance and effectiveness of these legislations, policies and institutional framework of Ghana’s fight against corruption, AML/CFT. 
3. Relevant typology exercises (case studies) supporting the level of compliance of civil society, media and private sector engagement in the anti – corruption, AML/CFT space compiled.
4. Detailed report of the assessment developed with clear and actionable recommendations and submitted to GII.
5. Presentation prepared and delivered at a stakeholder validation meeting to be scheduled by GII.

Work plan 
The total consulting days for this undertaking is thirty (30) days.