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About Network Rail…

🌟 Join Our Team at Network Rail! 🌟

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country.

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

Brief Description

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Lead Internal Auditor located in Milton Keynes who can make a difference to the railway by challenging our business to manage its risks more effectively and offer senior executives actionable recommendations. Additionally, you will mentor, train, and offer comprehensive guidance to your colleagues. Ideal candidates will possess expertise in identifying major risks to business objectives and have current experience evaluating the design, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal controls over significant organisational risks.

About the role (External)

What does the average day look like?

The primary duty of this role is to lead and carry out scheduled internal audit assignments, emphasising a variety of subjects such as safety, health, asset management, environment, and significant change programmes.

The key day to day duties are;

Audit Delivery & Documentation: Deliver audits according to the scope and time estimates outlined in the agreed Terms of Reference (ToR) alongside preparing draft ToRs, Audit Programmes, and Audit Reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with organisational standards.

Leadership, Training & Development and Stakeholder Management: You’ll lead the Audit Team, providing direction and guidance to ensure the successful execution of audit programs as well as maintaining constructive working relationships with Auditees to facilitate effective communication and collaboration.

Quality Assurance: Review audit work conducted by the Audit Team to ensure proper conclusions are drawn from the performed work.

Person Specification / Essential Criteria

The ideal candidate should possess a professional qualification such as ACA, CIMA, ACCA, or IIA. Strong communication and interpersonal abilities, demonstrated through proficient written and verbal communication, including report drafting, are essential.

Being a collaborative team member is crucial, along with the capability to assume leadership roles. Previous experience in leading teams within a global management consultancy, professional services firm, or a large matrix organisation with expertise in internal audit or consulting is highly advantageous.

Moreover, you should be able to demonstrate proficiency in utilising core risk and control skills across various projects, encompassing traditional internal audits and advisory assignments aimed at enhancing controls and operational enhancements. Familiarity with leveraging data analytics to yield audit insights is considered beneficial.

How to apply (External)

Duration: Permanent

Location: This role is based in Milton Keynes; you must live within 75 minutes or willing to self-relocate.  

Band & Salary: Band 3C - £55,596 - £62,546

Closing date: 1^st April 2024. On occasions, we may need to close the advert early based upon application volumes. Late applications may not be accepted.

Next Steps: Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. 

About our people and the recruitment process… 

We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! 

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance. 

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision

Visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply or should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact RecruitmentSupport@networkrail.co.uk and have your IRC number ready as this will be required.

A message from our Chief Executive, Andrew Haines:

‘Our passengers and freight customers are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter.  Watch our video to find out more!

We're continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.

What can we offer you in return?

We have a range of benefits including:

🌞 Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.

 Defined benefit pension scheme

🚂 75% subsidy on train tickets.

🎟️ Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.

🎁 Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.

🌍 Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

🕊️ Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.

Plus more….

BPSS

As an arm’s length department of the UK Government, Network Rail is required to comply with a well-established pre-employment vetting process for all prospective employees. Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks require prospective employees of Network Rail to meet the following requirements.

• Provide eligibility to work in the UK and identity documentation

• Complete a satisfactory 3-year employment history check

• Complete a satisfactory unspent criminal conviction disclosure check for more information regarding BPSS pre-employment related checks, please visit the UK Government website for further information - UK Government - BPSS Checks

Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or another factor.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.