Head of Internal Audit

Join us as the Head of Internal Audit and lead our team in ensuring robust internal controls and risk management processes. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services & Accounts and with direct access to the CEO, you'll play a crucial role in providing assurance to our Executive Team, Audit Committee, and Board.

You'll lead a dynamic internal audit function, developing best practice auditing frameworks and nurturing your team's capabilities, driving value for our organisation through insightful recommendations.

About us

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) was set up in 1987 to manage legal aid in Scotland. We are a non-departmental public body responsible to the Scottish Government. Our main purpose is to manage and continuously improve publicly funded legal assistance and to advise Scottish Ministers on its strategic development for the benefit of society.

If you wish to learn more about us and our other direct services, please visit www.slab.org.uk.

Why work for us

We are an ethical organisation, carrying out rewarding work that can have a considerable impact on clients’ lives.

We seek high calibre people and in return, we set out to provide good training and development with rewarding working conditions. We aim to be an ‘employer of choice’. Should you come to work with us, you’ll discover that no matter what your job or level of responsibilities, you are treated as an individual, with fairness, dignity and respect.

Our stable and secure reward package includes:

• a competitive salary with potential for pay progression

• flexible working arrangements and a great holiday entitlement of 34 days per year (inclusive of public and privilege holidays) increasing after five years of continuous service

• a defined benefit pension scheme with a 6% employee contribution

• job security in a stable environment for long term career progression

• support from colleagues within a rewarding, positive work culture

• opportunities for learning and development while making a difference with challenging tasks for ultimate job satisfaction.

To find out more about working with SLAB and our benefits, please visit www.slab.org.uk/recruitment/working-for-us.

About the role

As the Head of Internal Audit, you'll lead our internal audit function, focusing on risk management and governance processes, ensuring our internal controls are robust. You'll develop our audit framework, guide the team in adding value to the business, and collaborate with External Auditors. Your communication with our Executive Team and senior management will be crucial in addressing areas of concern and driving our organisation forward to meet its objectives.

This post is permanent on a full time basis.

If you are applying for a full time position on a part time basis (less than 35 hours per week), please give details of the number of hours and pattern of part time work you would be interested in. Further details are supplied in the ‘General Information for Applicants’ document.

We are an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to being fair, inclusive and a place where all belong.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ people.

We will ensure that disclosure of disability status will not negatively impact anyone’s application. We are committed to guaranteeing an interview to every applicant who indicates they have a disability, in terms of the Equality Act 2010, that meets the minimum criteria for the role.

For more details and a full list of the essential criteria and required competencies for this role, please see the ‘Additional Information’ section on the vacancy page of our recruitment portal.

For assistance, please email recruitment@slab.org.uk.

Completed applications should be returned by Monday, 27 May 2024 (midnight) via our recruitment portal. Early applications are strongly encouraged as we may close the vacancy earlier. Interviews will likely be organised on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at Thistle House.