Head of Internal Audit
Trócaire, Ireland

Location: Ireland/Northern Ireland (Hybrid working available), with travel across all Trócaire offices as required.

Trócaire is an International NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create. Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world.

Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. With the support of the people of Ireland, we work towards five goals:

Trócaire’s Internal Audit Function supports the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives in an accountable, transparent and cost-efficient manner by providing independent assurance regarding the effective operation of the governance, risk and internal control environments.

Internal Audit has a scope across the whole organisation in Ireland and internationally and a scope across all risks, not just financial considerations.

The Head of Internal Audit is responsible for the delivery of an effective and efficient audit function under the terms of the Internal Audit Charter and the Risk Based Audit Plan as agreed by the Audit and Risk Committee (ARC).

For the candidate with the required experience and passion for the role, Trócaire offers a competitive package of salary and benefits as well as flexible working policies.

Reporting to the Chair of the Audit Committee and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), this is a contract of indefinite duration based in Maynooth or Belfast with some travel to field offices. An application can be made for a hybrid working arrangement under the hybrid working policy. The incumbent will manage a full time Internal Auditor and a small team of volunteer professionals.

Safeguarding Programme Participants-Children amp; Adults Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives.

Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. All offers of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and appropriate screening (e.g. police/garda vetting, counter terrorism and anti-trafficking). Trócaire also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and all employees will be subject to this as part of their contract of employment.

Key Duties amp; Responsibilities

Internal Audit

• Develop, agree, implement and report on a Risk Based Internal Audit Plan
• Recruit and manage internal audit staff, volunteer professionals and any staff seconded to support the resourcing of the plan
• Track and report on management’s implementation of Audit Recommendations
• Maintain the organisation’s Fraud Register
• Support and advise management in their duty to prevent, detect and respond to fraud and comply with whistleblowing legislation
• Carry out Special Investigations as required

Risk management

• Evaluate improvements and changes to the organisation’s risk management, governance and internal control processes
• Make cost effective and value added recommendations in response to the diverse risks in a challenging and complex environment.
• Facilitate risk workshops for the Executive Leadership Team

Governance and Assurance

• Produce an Annual Assurance Report providing an opinion on Trócaire’s control and risk environment to the Audit and Risk Committee
• Provide input to Donor Due Diligence reviews and liaise with the organisation’s external auditors
• Report on a regular basis to Trócaire’s Audit amp; Risk Committee and Executive Leadership Team and full Board, as required.

Standards:

• Apply the standards and ethics of the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practice Framework
• Support and promote the organisation’s value of Accountability internally and externally, in line with organisational commitments to global standards such as t

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