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Quality Auditor

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Quality Assurance

United Kingdom

Posted 6+ months ago

Location

Taunton, Somerset, South West

About the job

Job summary

The Business Assurance team are looking for Quality Auditor role to support the successful delivery of the UKHOs corporate plan and maintain its current business as usual responsibilities. The Business Assurance Team currently consists of six people and the team is part of the wider Finance and Corporate Services Division.

The Business Assurance team is responsible for providing stakeholders with confidence that UKHO are in control of the business. This means UKHO can continue to meet both its obligations as a trading fund and customer expectations.

We provide proactive support and guidance to the business areas to ensure we meet a wide range of requirements, in relation to our governance (how we make decisions), risk management (threats, uncertainties, and opportunities to achieving our objectives) and compliance (processes and supporting behaviours).

You will support the Business Assurance team in fulfilling its objectives and ensure we meet all central government responsibilities, and both UKHO and MoD policy. We provide proactive support and guidance to the business to ensure the organisation meets its wide range of requirements, balanced against achieving appropriate customer outcomes.

You will conduct internal quality reviews (as a qualified internal auditor) to provide assurance in the 2nd line of defence and evidence of compliance with UKHO Quality Management System and ISO 9001:2015. You may be called upon to conduct reviews against Project & Programme governance, Safety Management System and other areas as deemed necessary by the business. You will provide constructive challenge to, and work with, managers to improve quality management within UKHO

Further Location Information

The role will be contractually based at our Head Office in Taunton. There will be a minimum of 4 weeks training in the office, after which more development opportunities and training may be required in office and as required. We are working a hybrid working model post pandemic whereby you will be able to balance your work location (remotely and/or in the office) in agreement with your line manager, however you must be able to travel to the office as and when required

Job description

You will be helping the Business Assurance team in fulfilling its objectives, by understanding, reviewing, and providing advice in relation to our governance (how we make decisions), risk management (threats, uncertainties, and opportunities to achieving our objectives) and compliance (processes and supporting behaviours). As part of the role, you will:

Conduct internal quality reviews (as a qualified internal auditor) to provide assurance in the 2nd line of defence and evidence of compliance with
- UKHO Quality Management System and ISO 9001:2015.
- Project & Programme governance
- Safety Management System
- other areas as deemed necessary
Support and deputise for the Quality & Audit Manager in a wide range of functions.
Assist with reporting requirements
Provide constructive challenge to, and work with, managers to improve quality management within UKHO.
Engage with many areas of the business and build strong working relationships
Manage a varied and demanding workload in a fast-paced environment
Adapt to changing priorities and offer effective solutions

Person specification

Essential:

We are seeking a motivated individual to join the Business Assurance team with the following characteristics:

Qualified & experienced Internal Auditor with an enthusiasm/interest in Business Assurance
Sound understanding of ISO9001 and Quality Management
Confidence/Ability to work with staff at all levels & build strong working relationships
Ability to analyse and focus on the issues that matter
Good organisational skills & previous experience of working as part of a team
Previous experience of working autonomously, showing initiative, and managing own workload.
Excellent numeracy and literacy skills in order to undertake a range of tasks including the ability to produce concise, clear, and coherent reports (assessed by the application tests)

Additional Information:

Whilst we welcome applications from those seeking part time work, please note, that there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to work full-time hours

Qualifications

Internal Quality Auditor qualification

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Qualified & experienced Internal Quality Auditor with a sound understanding of ISO9001:2015 and Quality Management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,369, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £9,279 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.

We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.

See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply:

Please complete the Numeracy and Verbal tests then (if you successfully pass those) write a personal statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements in the person specification section (except the last bullet point) by clicking "Apply Now" at the bottom of this page. You will also be asked to upload an anonymised version of your CV. This will be for information purposes only and will not be scored.

Timeline:

Advert Closes for applications: 23rd July
Shortlisting: week commencing 24th July
Interviews: week commencing 31st July

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

Sift/Shortlist Criteria:

All applications are processed anonymously. You will be short-listed against the following criteria:

Pre-Sift:

Internal Quality Auditor qualification

Online Tests (complete by 11.55pm Wednesday 19th July):

Civil Service Numeracy Test
Civil Service Verbal Test

Experience (assessed by personal statement, complete by Sunday 23rd July):

Qualified & experienced Internal Auditor with an enthusiasm/interest in Business Assurance
Sound understanding of ISO9001 and Quality Management
Confidence/Ability to work with staff at all levels & build strong working relationships
Ability to analyse and focus on the issues that matter
Good organisational skills & previous experience of working as part of a team
Previous experience of working autonomously, showing initiative, and managing own workload

Interview Criteria:

You will be interviewed against the following criteria:

Civil Service Behaviours (level 3):

Managing a Quality Service
Communicating and Influencing (assessed by presentation)
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions

Experience:

Qualified & experienced Internal Quality Auditor with a sound understanding of ISO9001:2015 and Quality Management (assessed by presentation)

See here for further information: Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Process:

Complete Civil Service tests by 11.55pm Wednesday 19th July
Complete the rest of your application by 11.55pm Sunday 23rd July
Single Stage Interview via TEAMS including a presentation. You will be contacted to book a suitable slot if you are shortlisted (see our Candidate Pack for further information)
Interview will be with a panel of no more than 3 people and will last approx. 45 mins

Onboarding Checks:

In the event you are offered a role with us, you will be required to go through Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which will include Employment and Right to Work Checks. Please see our attached Candidate Pack for further details and Terms.

Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

BPSS – non reserved
This is a Ministry of Defence non-reserved post and is open to UK, British Commonwealth, and European Economic Area nationals. Successful applicants will be required to pass the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and will therefore need to provide evidence if they have resided outside of the UK for a period of 6 months or longer within the last 3 years. This is not a bar to employment, but a successful applicant will be required to provide sufficient evidence to allow the UKHO to conduct meaningful background checks. Please contact the recruitment team on the email address below if you have any concerns regarding this

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk
Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk

Further information

The Department’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment based on merit, open and fair competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact recruitment.queries@ukho.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can further contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk or view more details at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk

Attachments

20210309additional pay info Opens in new window (pdf, 163kB)

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