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Job description

The NICS Internal Audit Services (NICS IAS) is a professional internal audit and investigation service which is part of the Department of Finance (DoF). It provides a service to all NICS Departments and a range of agencies and other arms length bodies. Internal Audit within central government primarily provides Accounting Officers (heads of departments and agencies) with an independent, objective evaluation of and opinion on, the overall adequacy and effectiveness of the organisation’s framework of governance, risk management and control to inform governance reporting. The NICS IAS has both professional and administrative staff. Staff are allocated into teams that provide assurance, consulting and investigative services to particular departments, agencies and arms length bodies. Successful candidates will be allocated to a specific team. However, they may be required to work across different locations and within any of the bodies to which the NICS IAS provides a service. All departmental Internal Audit units are required to comply with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).

Responsibilities

• Assisting in the identification and recording of system objectives, risks and controls.
• Assessing the link between system objectives and higher-level corporate objectives.
• Evaluating management’s risk analysis, taking account of their acceptance of specific risks.
• Please see the Candidate Information Booklet for further information.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Applicants by the closing date for applications must: Possess an Honours Degree (minimum 2.2 or equivalent in any discipline),
• Or Possess five years’ experience in internal audit, risk or compliance,
• Or Hold an active Internal Audit Practitioner award with three years’ internal audit experience,
• Or Be an active qualified accountant with a recognised accounting body,
• Or Be an active holder of the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation.

Further Information

NICS Application form only, Vacancy closing date Friday 13th February 2026 at 12 noon. Applicants from young people (people under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are particularly welcomed for this post. The Northern Ireland Civil Service is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.

Application Information

Visit the recruitment service website www.nicsrecruitment.org.uk (Please quote reference number: IRC321611)