Estates Auditor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 282633**Salary**:

- £32,626 - £38,066- Salary is dependant on experience and skills. Dstl level 5 £32,626 - £38,066. Dstl pay review TBC**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- Dstl Level 5**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Operations Division**Type of role**:

- Estates**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury - SP4 0JQ, Dstl Portsdown West, Fareham - PO17 6ADAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This role is within the Operations Division and specifically the Estates Safety Health Environment and Assurance Team (SHEA).

The Estates Auditor leads and manages line 2 internal audits to ensure Dstl is maintaining its fixed infrastructure estate and is in compliance with HSE Regulations, MOD Policy and the recognised industry standard SFG20. This role will also involve conducting follow-up assurance activities as identified within the Estates assurance plan.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

**We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.**

**Job description**:
**In this role you will**:
Work in the SHEA Team, collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders from across the business.
- Need to be a people person who enjoys building and/or maintaining both new and existing trusting working relationships with people at all levels of the business.
- Be expected to advocate audit as a business improvement tool and break audit myths through your engagement with the business. This is an important role and we expect you to identify compliant and non-compliant aspects of fixed infrastructure raising potential risks and propose areas of improvement and/or opportunities.- Fulfil the responsibilities of every member of Dstl Staff;
- Lead, manage, monitor and conduct audits to ensure the successful delivery of the Estates internal audit (line 2) plan;
- Conduct any follow-up assurance activities as a result of line 3 and/or investigation outcomes (as identified and/or prioritised over line 2 activity);
- Report on the status of line 2 audits together with audit findings and take appropriate corrective action where any threat to successful delivery is identified;
- Share expertise and experience with the business (as required) to develop, expand and embed audit knowledge and skills base across the assurance and audit community;
- Maintain SQEP professional skills and competencies.

**Important Information***

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for someone who has**:

- The ability to use their own initiative and motivation to lead and successfully deliver the internal audits, whilst being able to report status and take corrective action where any threat to the successful delivery is identified.
- The ability to create effective networks and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders from both inside and outside (where appropriate) Dstl.
- The ability to follow process, plan, organise, communicate effectively and retain documentation for assurance and governance purposes.
- A good understanding of Internal Audit including ISO 19011:2018 (Guidelines for auditing management systems).
- The desire to identify and implement improvements for the benefit of the business.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:
**Benefits**

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

- ** Financial**: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
- ** Flexible working**: Working options include alternative working patterns, compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours
- ** Flexible working hours**: Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
- ** Annual leave**: A generous annual leave allowance starting at 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
- ** Family**:Maternity, adoption or shar