Estates Auditor

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

- 249976**Salary**:

- £25,052 - £29,228- Salary is dependent on experience and skills. Dstl Level 4: £25,052 - £29,228**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Dstl Level 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Operations Division - This role sits within Estates and Corporate Health Safety & Environmental Protection Group (Estates). Estates provide the platform and capability to enable the delivery of high impact Science & Technology, maintaining the legacy, delivering the now and p**Type of role**:

- Audit
- Estates
- Governance
- Internal Audit
- Risk Management**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

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

**Job summary**:
The Estates Auditor is responsible for coordinating and contributing to the undertaking of audits and inspections to ascertain levels of compliance and assurance that the Dstl Estate is Statutorily & Legally compliant, enabling Dstl to deliver high impact S&T. This role requires a close and collaborative working relationship with the Dstl Estates community and the Dstl FM Strategic Supplier (EMCOR UK).

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**:

- Set up audits in accordance with the assurance plan;
- Work collaboratively with the Lead Auditor and Subject Matter Experts to define the audit scope;
- Work collaboratively with other auditors and auditees to gather information in the fieldwork phase of the audit;
- Using Dstl’s defined audit process, report the findings in both written and verbal format;
- Attend Management Action Planning meetings ensuring SMART actions are recorded to drive improvement;
- Support the Assurance Manager in the follow up and tracking of actions to ensure they are completed satisfactorily;
- Engage with the Estates Risk Manager to ensure emerging risks are captured appropriately

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

- An understanding of organisational quality standards (e.g. ISO 140001), quality frameworks and of different assurance tools and techniques g. auditing and investigations
- An understanding of an industry standard and / or framework to which Estates manages its fixed infrastructure g. SFG20
- An understanding of HSWA1974 and activity-related relevant H&S
- Experience of planning and conducting audits
- A proven track record of communicating and owning difficult messages
- The ability to prioritise their workload in the face of conflicting demands and flexible in the response to changing situations

**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.

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- 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 shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
- ** Learning and Development**: Encouragement and support on charterships, accreditations and access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Paid memberships with 2 relevant bodies/institutions. Employees have access to Civil Service Learning.
- ** Facilities**: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

The information pack can be found attached