Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC623668
Salary Range: GBP 33,178 : GBP 45,077 per annum (depending upon experience)
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37 (part time hours will be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 26 April 2026
Interview Date: w/c 4 May 2026
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills and experience of managing and controlling work to professional standards? If so, and you are also looking for an opportunity to develop your career in IT audit, this could be the role for you
The Southern Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP) provide internal audit and consultancy services to a wide and growing portfolio of public sector partners and clients in the South of England. We pride ourselves on delivering an innovative, customer focused service aligned to the business needs of our clients and to achieving improved outcomes.
This is supported through our External Quality Assessment that confirmed our conformance against the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector.
SIAP offers a range of progression paths. Through continued support and developmental opportunities, you will be able to progress in your Audit career.
The Role:
In joining the team, you will be responsible for the delivery of IT audit assignments using a risk:based audit approach across a portfolio of partners and clients. You will work closely with both internal IT audit and client managers to establish potential risks and their corresponding control mechanisms; evaluate your findings and report the outcomes to the client.
What you'll do:
Auditing
:Direct and lead in the delivery of internal IT audit reviews to a variety of partners and clients across the South of England.
:Using a risk:based approach, review risks facing the client and design a programme of work to review, evaluate and test the internal control framework in place to manage the risks. Analyse findings to assess the impact on the risk environment.
:Form an opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the control framework currently in place to provide assurance to senior managers, Chief Officers and Members.
:Negotiate on required actions to address identified weaknesses and agree timescales and responsibilities.
:Contribute to the development of the IT audit practice by designing audit programmes and implementing new approaches to audit work.
Team working and management
:Plan and co:ordinate workloads to ensure that the audit plan is achieved within the agreed timescales and to high standards.
:Manage your day to day work and that of the team for those assignments on which you lead.
:Coach staff to help them develop in their role and ensure that the team performs to high quality standards.
Scheduling, recording, and reporting
:Ensure that individual audit assignments are scheduled and agreed with clients to ensure that they can be completed within agreed timescales.
:Ensure that audit findings are clearly documented to provide adequate evidence to support the opinion on the control framework.
:Draft audit reports following the completion of site work in line with quality standards.
Communication
:Communicate promptly and appropriately with clients to ensure that they understand the purpose of the audit and that the audit meets their needs.
:Feedback audit findings to clients promptly and clearly so that they understand the impact of the findings on their business objectives and the level of risk involved. Ensure that key risks are highlighted.
Participation
:Contribute to the continued development of the Partnership by attending and actively participating in meetings and section briefings and demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality services consistently.
:Corporate and statutory initiatives.
:Maintain an awareness of corporate and departmental policies and procedures and apply