United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Head of Internal Audit

Organization: Sightsavers
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 05 Oct 2014

Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers is growing rapidly and offers a great place to work within easy reach of London and Brighton.

Sightsavers works with partners in more than 30 developing countries to combat blindness, and restore sight through specialist treatment and eye care. Sightsavers also supports people who are irreversibly blind by providing education, counselling and training.

Head of Internal Audit
Haywards Heath
£43,000

The Head of Internal Audit provides an independent and objective assurance and consultancy service to positively assist Sightsavers to achieve its strategy, objectives and activities. This is delivered by evaluating risk management, governance and control activities across the organisation, both within the UK and overseas. The work is wide-ranging and far-reaching, and the Head of Internal Audit is expected to add real value to Sightsavers' business by evaluating projects and, where needed, challenging how things are done. The postholder will ensure that any risks which threaten the achievement of our strategy, objectives and activities are managed efficiently and effectively.

Knowledge, skills and experience

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to:

• be a lead Audit Practitioner, with a recognised professional qualification (CMIIA, ACA, or ACCA).
• have substantial internal audit experience including operating directly with executive management and audit committees.
• demonstrate leadership skills, have the capability to influence change and an ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organisation – UK and overseas.
• have a good knowledge of governance, risk, process and control frameworks.
• have an up-to-date awareness of internal audit practices, trends and international standards.
• provide evidence of proactively addressing areas of concern and weakness, and finding workable solutions.

Previous experience of auditing the risk and control environment required to support major projects and programmes will be an advantage.

Please see the job description for more information.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, please download our application form and return the completed application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to jobs@sightsavers.org.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply.

We will be contacting shortlisted candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. I am sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.