Senior Auditor (Career Returners)

Salary: £44,900 - £49,480 pa
Contract Type: Fixed Term appointment of 6 months
Posts: x10 positions available
Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
Location: We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices: Bootle, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Reading, Swansea or Swindon. 
About the Government Internal Audit Agency

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) provides an invaluable Internal audit service, delivering a large programme of annual risk-based assurance reviews across a wide range of government departments, including 14 main departments and most of their related arm’s length bodies. Supporting our customers to meet their objectives, roles at this level present a fascinating and stimulating challenge.

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is once again partnering with Career Returners (previously Women Returners) to launch its second ‘Welcome Back!’ Career Returners Programme. Through this programme, GIAA aims to support people with internal audit and/or accountancy experience, who have been on a career break for 18 months or more, to flexibly re-start their careers and to develop their skills and experience in a supportive and go-ahead environment. The

Welcome Back! Programme will open for applications the day before the Event.
About the Roles

What you can expect from the Welcome Back! Programme?

• A 6-month paid employment opportunity
• Specialised Career Returners Coaching from Career Returners to support your return to the workplace.
• A GIAA mentor and a coaching buddy to support you to learn the ropes.
• A programme of networking and learning opportunities with leaders from GIAA.
• Access to a curated suite of training and learning opportunities.
• An opportunity to revamp your skills, update your CV with new experience and grow your network both in GIAA and the wider Civil Service.
• At the end of the Welcome Back! programme there may be the possibility of a permanent role.

These roles involve undertaking audits on a range of topics, either working individually or with a team of auditors. Experienced auditors are allocated a portfolio of work around a core cluster of customers, while also having the opportunity to broaden their experience by working on new topics or with new customers. With access to high profile work, auditors operate alongside key decision makers, audit specialists and private sector contractors within the Agency, challenging and developing their skills as well as ensuring we meet our customers’ expectations.
About You

• You will be an experienced professional who has had a career break of 18 months or more (as of Jan 2024).You may have been working small-scale around your other commitments or you may not have done any paid work at all during this period.
• You are interested in joining a values-led, public-sector organisation and kick-starting the next chapter of your career.
• GIAA is open to candidates with a broad range of background skills and qualifications. You will:
  • have internal audit experience and hold the CMIIA qualification or
  • have accountancy experience and be a qualified member of one of five CCAB bodies (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAS, Chartered Accountants Ireland or CIMA)
• In addition, GIAA’s specialist internal audit teams are seeking candidates with appropriate experience and qualifications, including CIPS (for commercial audit), APM (for project and programme management) and ISACA qualifications (for digital, data and technology). These qualifications are indicative rather than exhaustive, and we welcome conversations with candidates with interest and experience in any of these areas.
• You will have good IT skills, particularly in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Word & Excel)

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share.

Hybrid Working is available to GIAA colleagues. This means a combination of office working and working from home. This includes time spent in our GIAA office locations and can also include any time spent attending our customers' sites.

GIAA colleagues are expected to work in an office location for three days a week on average (60%). Naturally, this expectation will be applied on a pro-rata basis for people who have a part-time or compressed hours working pattern.
Benefits of working for the Government Internal Audit Agency

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 26.6%
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years’ service.

For more information about the GIAA, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.    

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team.