Location: Leicestershire, LE18 4TN
Salary: £32,000 - £35,000
Employment Type: Permanent (Full-Time, 40 Hrs)
As the Auditor, you will be responsible for planning and delivering an effective annual audit timetable that supports all functions within HMP Fosse Way. Your role is critical in ensuring compliance with statutory and contractual obligations, treating prisoners humanely, and creating a safe, secure, and rehabilitative environment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining the Self-Audit Programme based on a local risk assessment of standards
- Coordinating the work required to fulfill the audit program
- Providing quality assurance on all aspects of the self-audit process
- Managing the administration of rectification of non-compliance alongside the Governance, Audit and Compliance Coordinator
- Undertaking agreed internal audit activities and providing written reports and associated action plans
- Contributing to successful external visits within the remit of responsibility, for example, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP)
- Building and maintaining professional working relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to HMPPS, Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL), and Independent Monitoring Board (IMB)
- Completing management checks of all areas across the establishment and providing written reports to the SMT
- Maintaining and updating the Performance Improvement Plan, ensuring that it is kept up to date at all times
- Contributing to the delivery and achievement of all performance measures, contract outcomes, and locally agreed targets, including KPIs/CDI
- Ensuring operational and administrative duties, including the collection and maintenance of data, are completed by Prison policies and procedures
- Complying with all policies, procedures, and legislation applicable
- Reporting all workplace grievances to your line Manager and resolving them by the applicable Dispute Resolution Procedures
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Excellent IT, written and oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibility within a busy team
- Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to relate to a wide range of people
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
- Commitment to quality of service
- An enthusiastic approach within a target-orientated environment
In addition, you will be required to:
- Identify health, safety, and environmental hazards within your working environment and report them immediately to the appropriate delegate or manager
- Understand and comply with any legally binding health and safety regulations relevant to your working environment
- Take an active interest in your development, understanding, and implementation of relevant, necessary, or desired practices established by Serco or any legal party relevant to Serco
- Identify areas where improvements can be made and prevent further problems
Equal Employment Opportunities:
All employees are required to be aware of and demonstrate a commitment to Equal Employment Opportunities and cultural sensitivities in the workplace.
Professionalism:
At all times, maintain professional boundaries and adhere to the Serco Code of Conduct and local policies and procedures. Demonstrate alignment to Serco Governing Principles, acting as a role model to colleagues, managers, visitors, and stakeholders.
Why Serco?
- Meaningful and vital work: We look after around 5,000 prisoners in our prisons and have been in the business for 25 years, employing 2,000 colleagues in our 6 custodial contracts, so you can guarantee you’ll be delivering an essential service that touches people’s lives.
- A world of opportunity: Our diverse UK-wide operations offer unrivaled opportunities to learn and develop. You’ll be able to broaden your experience and apply your skills in new ways.
- Great people: We are a motivated team who will encourage you and help you to succeed. You’ll have the resources you need to do your job in a diverse and supportive environment.
What we offer:
- A competitive salary
- A fantastic culture and supportive team; volunteer leave; continuous training & development opportunities
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family
- Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals
- The chance to make a positive difference in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
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We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates. We’re a proud holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard and we actively encourage applications from females, those with disabilities or from an ethnic minority background.
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