Institution Background
UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a unique mandate to promote, dynamize and accelerate industrial development. The main bodies of the UN are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. The Secretariat carries out the day-to-day work of the UN as mandated by the General Assembly and the Organization's other main bodies. The Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, which has tens of thousands of international UN staff members working at duty stations all over the world. The United Nations is part of the UN system, which, in addition to the UN itself, comprises many programmes, funds and specialized agencies, each of which have their own area of work, leadership and budget. The UN coordinates its work with these separate UN system entities, all of which cooperate with the Organization to help it achieve its goals. Our mandate is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”, but UNIDO’s activities contribute to all the SDGs. UNIDO’s vision is a world without poverty and hunger, where industry drives low-emission economies, improves living standards, and preserves the livable environment for present and future generations, leaving no one behind. UNIDO provides support to its 173 Member States through four mandated functions: technical cooperation; action-oriented research and policy-advisory services; normative standards-related activities; and fostering partnerships for knowledge and technology transfer. Our work is concentrated on three focus areas: ending hunger by helping businesses from farm to fork; stopping climate breakdown by using renewable energy and energy efficiency to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions; and supporting sustainable supply chains so that developing country producers get a fair deal and scarce resources are preserved.
Internal Audit function
The internal audit function has the primary purpose to provide independent and objective assurance and advice on services, systems, processes, procedures and operations from all sources of funds, both at Headquarters and in the field, in order to:
i) Add value to UNIDO‘s operations to improve the effectiveness of governance and risk management, as well as to emphasize transparency
ii) Provide assurance on the adequacy of internal control systems and compliance with UNIDO regulatory framework
iii) Assess efficiency of resources usage
iv) Provide assurance on early implementation of new processes and input for course correction before processes are fully established