Assistant Internal Auditor

Job Description

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: SO2 (£40,182 - £42,060)

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 31/05/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): W/C 8 June 2026
Reference: 2135

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

The post holder will work as part of the Internal Audit Team delivering a high-quality internal audit service and will have the opportunity to perform audits and advisory reviews across a full range of Council services, schools, Tenancy Management Organisations and companies in which the Council has an interest.

Work covering planned and reactive audits will be undertaken in line with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards. This will include risk based, compliance, corporate, cross-cutting and value enhancement audits; implementation reviews; continuous auditing and monitoring and other internal audit related activities.

The post holder will be expected to contribute positively to meetings, be proactive in resolving problems and recommend feasible solutions and show innovation and creativity.

To develop and foster excellent working relationships with the Internal Audit team, Anti-Fraud Team, and colleagues across the Council.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a portfolio of audits in accordance with allocated budgets, and in compliance with procedures set out in the audit manual or as directed by the Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager.
• Undertake grant certification work in accordance with specific grant terms and conditions and direction from the Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager.
• Create and collate documents, reports, correspondence etc. from the information provided, using bespoke and standard formats and software.
• Build strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly or escalated to management as appropriate.
• Provide support to other staff as directed by the Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager and Senior Internal Auditor.
  

Qualifications and Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

Level 4 apprenticeship (including IIA Certificate in Internal Audit and Business Risk and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Part 1 – Essentials of Internal Auditing) or equivalent, which may include certificate of higher education (CertHE), higher national certificate (HNC), level 4 NVQ.

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Kevin Campbell-Scott, Assistant Director of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud, Risk and Insurance at kevin.campbell-scott@walthamforest.gov.uk or 020 8496 6550.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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