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Service: Chief Executive’s Office
Job Title: Chief Officer (Audit and Risk)
Responsible to: Chief Executive
Grade: JNC 34-36, £99,064 - £103,354 p/a.
Hours: 35
ROLE SUMMARY
The Chief Officer Audit and Risk plays a vital strategic role, delivering a regular programme of audit work; holding services to account; identifying areas of weakness in terms of risk management, internal control, governance, or service failure and providing professional advice and guidance to the Chief Executive and Chief Officers to ensure the Council maintains the highest possible standards.
This includes designing and delivering best practice operational audit and risk practices across the organisation, as well as horizon scanning and assessing all strategic and operational risks and putting in place robust plans to ensure these are mitigated and managed accordingly.
JOB PURPOSE
Being accountable as a Chief Officer and member of the Corporate Management Team for the overall strategic leadership and management of the functional service areas delegated to the role within the wider Chief Executive’s Services Directorate.
Contributing to the wider management of the Council as part of the Corporate Management Team and the Business Management Team, with specific lead responsibility for areas of corporate priority as allocated by the Chief Executive.
Please see attached Recruitment Pack for further details. This advert closes on Sunday 18th August 2024 and interviews will be held week beginning 9 September 2024.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL.
We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.
Click here to see our Recruitment Charter.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151.
The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL
***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***
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