It Auditor

Hampshire County Council; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working patterns

Work-life balance

Job summary

Hampshire County Council is seeking an IT Auditor to deliver IT audit assignments using a risk-based approach for a portfolio of public sector partners. You will collaborate with internal IT audit and client managers to identify risks and design testing programs.

You will also lead and coach staff, plan workloads to meet deadlines, and report findings to senior stakeholders. The role offers hybrid working and a permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Qualified in IT audit with post-qualification experience.
• Experience in IT environments to identify and evaluate client risk areas.
• Ability to manage and control audits to professional and quality standards and within deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver IT audit assignments using a risk-based approach across public sector partners.
• Lead and coach audit staff; plan workloads to achieve the audit plan on time and to high standards.
• Draft audit reports and communicate findings clearly to clients and senior managers.

Skills

IT audit

communication skills

risk-based auditing

budgeted deadlines

Education

QICA or CISA

Level 4 qualification

Job description

Job Reference: HCC625175
Salary Range: £41,985 - £46,565 per annum, plus Market Supplement of £5,000 per annum
Work Location: Countywide, Hampshire (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37 (part time hours will be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 15 November 2026
Interview Date: w/c 23 November 2026

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills and experience of managing and controlling work to professional standards? If so, and you are also looking for an opportunity to develop your career in IT audit, this could be the role for you!

The Southern Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP) provide internal audit and consultancy services to a wide and growing portfolio of public sector partners and clients in the south of England. We pride ourselves on delivering an innovative, customer focused service aligned to the business needs of our clients and to achieving improved outcomes.

This is supported through our External Quality Assessment that confirmed our conformance against the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector.

SIAP offers a range of progression paths. Through continued support and developmental opportunities, you will be able to progress in your Audit career.

The Role:

In joining the team, you will be responsible for the delivery of IT audit assignments using a risk-based audit approach across a portfolio of partners and clients. You will work closely with both internal IT audit and client managers to establish potential risks and their corresponding control mechanisms; evaluate your findings and report the outcomes to the client.

What you’ll do:

Auditing

• Direct and lead in the delivery of internal IT audit reviews to a variety of partners and clients across the south of England.
• Using a risk-based approach, review risks facing the client and design a programme of work to review, evaluate and test the internal control framework in place to manage the risks. Analyse findings to assess the impact on the risk environment.
• Form an opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the control framework currently in place to provide assurance to senior managers, Chief Officers and Members.
• Negotiate on required actions to address identified weaknesses and agree timescales and responsibilities.
• Contribute to the development of the IT audit practice by designing audit programmes and implementing new approaches to audit work.

Team working and management

• Plan and co-ordinate workloads to ensure that the audit plan is achieved within the agreed timescales and to high standards.
• Manage your day to day work and that of the team for those assignments on which you lead.
• Coach staff to help them develop in their role and ensure that the team performs to high quality standards.

Scheduling, recording, and reporting

• Ensure that individual audit assignments are scheduled and agreed with clients to ensure that they can be completed within agreed timescales.
• Ensure that audit findings are clearly documented to provide adequate evidence to support the opinion on the control framework.
• Draft audit reports following the completion of site work in line with quality standards.

Communication

• Communicate promptly and appropriately with clients to ensure that they understand the purpose of the audit and that the audit meets their needs.
• Feedback audit findings to clients promptly and clearly so that they understand the impact of the findings on their business objectives and the level of risk involved. Ensure that key risks are highlighted.
• Contribute to the continued development of the Partnership by attending and actively participating in meetings and section briefings and demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality services consistently.
• Corporate and statutory initiatives.
• Maintain an awareness of corporate and departmental policies and procedures and apply them in the day to day requirements of the job.

What we’re looking for:

As an IT Auditor, you will be either qualified in QICA or CISA or hold an equivalent relevant qualification (Level 4), with post qualification experience. You will have experience and a good understanding of the role of internal audit in an IT environment to enable you to identify and evaluate client risk areas, particularly in relation to technology and digital. You will also demonstrate success at managing and controlling audits to professional and quality standards and within budgeted deadlines.

You will be eager to learn, determined and adaptable and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills - both oral and written. With the ability to absorb information quickly, you will also be able to identify and analyse problems in a logical and effective way. Above all, you will share our passion to support and add value to our partners and clients in ensuring they have effective risk management, governance and control mechanisms in place.

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment, flexible working opportunities, an excellent work/life balance, a strong emphasis on training and development, professional challenge and variety and a central and well-connected Head Office location in the heart of the city of Winchester.

Our includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi-time scheme, family friendly policies and interest free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. To maintain a healthy work/life balance, you will have the flexibility to work from home or from the office (whilst meeting business needs) in the delivery of your portfolio of work. We support flexible working patterns (whilst meeting business needs) to enable employees to best shape their working week.

Additional Information:

IT Auditor

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates.