Audit Delivery Support Team Leader

Audit Delivery Support Team Leader

Business Support Services

Number of roles: 1

Type of role: Permanent

Location: Hybrid

Salary: (Band 1C) from £37,595 to £42,250 per annum, plus competitive benefits

Hours: 36.25 hours per week

We are Audit Scotland. We’re Scotland’s public sector auditor, independent of government. We employ around 340 talented professionals who know that their work helps ensure the efficient delivery of public services in Scotland. We believe that public money (around £57 billion a year) should be spent wisely.

There’s plenty of change ahead, and the need for robust public audit that provides assurance about public spending and helps public services improve is more important than ever. We want to make sure Scotland makes the very best of the opportunities and that change is delivered well – transparent financial reporting and delivering value for money are key to this.

There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer a rewarding place to work, a supportive and open culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities. Benefits include 42 days of annual leave including public holidays, personal development allowances and flexible working hours. We’ve also been named one of the top 25 workplaces in Scotland and the UK’s tenth best accountancy workplace in the 2023 Best Companies awards.

Overall purpose of the role

To deliver comprehensive support services for our Audit Delivery teams.

To be an integral part of the BSS Management Team and manage a small team of Audit Delivery Support staff to ensure a high standard of support service is provided across the organisation.

What you will be doing

As one of our valued team members, you’ll be doing the following to help make Audit Scotland a world-class public sector audit organisation:

· Line manage a team of Audit Delivery Support Assistants to ensure the support needs of Audit Scotland’s Audit Delivery Teams are met.

· Ensure the team receive all the necessary learning and development to reach their potential.

· Work closely with Business Units to understand their specific requirements and manage Audit Delivery team resources to balance priorities across the teams.

· Establish a meeting schedule with business units to ensure effective communication and planning.

· Work with and support the Business Support Manager to ensure that all Business Support team objectives are met

· Prepare and authorise POs, sharing with BSM for authorisation as required.

· Manage the work of the Audit Delivery Support Assistants (ADSAs), ensuring all deadlines are met and holiday cover arrangements are in place when required.

· Manage respective areas of the BSS Sharepoint site, ensuring information that relates to Audit Delivery is kept up to date at all times, providing the latest information in relevant BSS related areas.

· Identify and implement process improvements within your team to ensure efficiency, using your initiative to establish new and innovative ways of doing things.

· Be an integral part of the Business Support Services Management Team as we work together to deliver a high standard of business support service to our stakeholders.

· Generate a positive, hard working and collaborative team ethos and atmosphere by effective communication, organising team events, team meetings and celebrating hard work.

· Collaborate with internal teams to develop effective working relationships and ensure a streamlined approach to work.

· Find solutions to problems and situations by drawing on your excellent knowledge of the business.

· Prepare Risk Assessments for your area of work, as required

· Deal with a range of confidential information in compliance with Data Protection regulations.

· Deal with difficult and complex situations escalating to more senior colleagues when needed.

· Take responsibility for managing respective short-term projects through to delivery, as well as liaising with others to check progress on other projects managed by them.

· Participate in a range of working groups to deliver outcomes for the organisation.

· Work with the BSS Manager and other Team Leaders to monitor and maintain the BSS Risk Register.

· Take a proactive approach to self-development and performance improvement

· Contribute to management of corporate budget areas, including regular monitoring and reporting to the relevant groups and committees.

· Work flexibly to ensure the support requirements of the organisation are met. This may require some work out with normal office hours on occasion.

· Write or contribute to writing reports for Executive Team, Board etc as required.

What we are looking for

Essential requirements for this role:

· Previous line management experience

· Knowledge of statutory maintenance and health and safety requirements

· Excellent organisation and planning skills to manage multiple and competing demands as well as prioritising your own workload.

· Excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels.

· The ability to communicate effectively with others to ensure deadlines are met.

· The ability to use your own initiative and make connections across the various Audit Scotland offices, as well as externally.

· The ability to think strategically to enable planning and co-ordination.

· A high level of attention to detail.

· Problem solving skills.

· The ability to manage confidential and sensitive information.

· An ability to work individually and as part of a team.

· You have significant experience of using O365 Microsoft packages at advanced levels.

Desirable Requirements

· Qualification at any level in business management, health and safety or facilities management

· Project management skills

Interested? Next steps

Click the apply button to complete an application form. If you wish, you can also share your CV. We offer a range of benefits, please visit our careers page for more information at http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/careers.

Our application deadline is Sunday 25 February 2024, with interviews taking place in the week commencing 4 March 2024.

Diversity and Inclusion

We value the unique perspective a diverse workforce brings to what we do. Therefore, we are keen to increase representation in our workforce and support progression of minority ethnic groups. We are also a proud disability confident employer.

Reasonable Adjustments

Audit Scotland’s recruitment process may include various stages and activities including application forms, online assessments, and interviews, to assess whether you meet the requirements of the role.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to providing inclusive and accessible recruitment where everyone is supported to perform at their best.

When applying for a job with Audit Scotland, you will be asked in the application form if you need an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process. Please include the reason you require an adjustment and details of what adjustment/s might help.

Some examples of adjustments that have been given to candidates include changing the time, location or format of interviews and providing additional time in any assessments and interviews. This is not an exhaustive list, and we will consider any adjustments that you might need.

As part of our commitment to equality and diversity, our equality network groups would be delighted to offer an insight into Audit Scotland’s culture of inclusivity. If you consider yourself to have a visible or hidden disability and wish to hear more about life at Audit Scotland or wish to speak with someone about the possibility of any adjustments, please contact Careers@audit-scotland.gov.uk or call 0131 625 1500 for further information and a member of the HR team will be in touch.

How we work

We employ staff in a wide variety of roles. They work flexibly at home and in the office as well as from audit sites across Scotland. This isn’t your typical work from home or work from office type job. We’re flexible about working patterns and we’ve transformed how we deliver high-quality public audit. We support you to work in the ways that achieve the best results for you, your team and the business, including your physical location and how you manage your hours. Put simply, we trust you to do your job, and want you to have the ability to have a rewarding work-life balance and best support your individual circumstances, be that childcare, adult carer responsibilities or managing disabilities.