Trainee Auditor

Hertfordshire County Council; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Trainee Auditor, where you will embark on an exciting journey in the Shared Internal Audit Service. This role offers the chance to develop your skills in risk management and consulting while working with a diverse range of clients. You will be supported in your professional growth, with opportunities to study for key qualifications. The position is hybrid, allowing for flexibility in your work environment. If you are motivated, curious, and eager to learn, this is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your career in auditing.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Disability Confident Employer

Support for Professional Qualifications

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English is essential.
• Basic understanding of the role and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work on assurance and consulting assignments to identify and analyze risks.
• Provide insights to improve risk management and operations.

Skills

Mathematics

English Communication

IT Literacy

Active Listening

Deadline Management

Education

GCSE in Maths and English

Degree Level Education

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Title: Trainee Auditor

Starting Salary: £26,835 opportunity to progress to £30,060 pay award pending

Hours: 37.0

Location: Stevenage- Hybrid

Contract Type: Permanent

Directorate: Resources

About The Team

We are the Shared Internal Audit Service (SIAS) and are proud to provide a high-quality assurance service to a growing portfolio of clients across Hertfordshire and beyond. Now in our thirteenth year, our service is evolving, and we would like you to join us on this exciting journey.

As a trainee, you do not need to have experience of what we do, we are much more interested in you as an individual. We are therefore seeking motivated, flexible, and enthusiastic people with an enquiring mind, the curiosity to ask the right questions to understand how things work, and the desire to make them work better

About The Role

We deal with issues that are fundamentally important to the security and success of our clients. We look to identify, analyse, and reduce wide ranging risks such as those relating to finance, information security, technology, infrastructure, and people.

You will therefore work on a variety of assurance and consulting assignments. This work typically includes providing an objective view on the effectiveness of risk management, operations, systems, and processes. And providing insight to develop them when opportunities for improvement arise. Work is typically delivered at client sites, from our office, or working from home

Essential

About you

• Has Maths and English GSCE Grade C or above.
• Can demonstrate a basic understanding of the role advertised.
• Can communicate effectively with people, such as when asking questions and giving feedback. Does so with a positive approach and can use a variety of media.
• Has the ability to actively listen and respond to what is said.
• Is IT literate, such as can use MS Office products, or specialist applications.
• Can deliver to deadlines and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Can work accurately and independently, with regular supervision, and manage conflicting demands in their own workload.
• Can travel within Hertfordshire and occasionally further afield when required.
• Can understand the need for confidentiality, and when circumstances require it.
  
  
  

Desirable

• Is educated to degree level or equivalent, although relevant A Level or vocational qualifications would be considered for the right candidate.
• Can show a basic understanding of typical workplace policies and procedures, such as equal opportunities and health & safety.
• Post holders are expected to study towards, and complete, key professional qualifications relevant to the role.
  
  
  

As part of our professional team, you will develop excellent interpersonal skills, be able to manage your time and tasks, be able to learn and study for professional qualifications, all of which will help you progress your career with us.

This job role is within the Corporate Services, level CORP7 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Corporate services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Ayesha Ahmede on 01438 588084 for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 28th & 29th May 2025

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.