Chief Audit Officer

The role
You will report to the Executive Director Governance, Assurance and Information Management Branch. Your role will be to provide executive-level assurance over the effectiveness of departmental financial and operational systems, reporting processes and activities. You will lead an effective and contemporary internal audit function by managing and directing the activities of the Internal Audit Unit, including development and delivery of a risk-based internal audit plan. You will position the Internal Audit unit by driving a culture of ongoing and continuous improvement.
With a focus on providing consultative business support and advice, you will leverage superior judgement, objectivity and independence to provide departmental and system-level advice to the Director-General, Audit and Risk committee, Department Leadership Team and other Executives on the effectiveness and efficiency of the department's systems and operations. To work effectively on this scale and level of complexity, you will instinctively seek out opportunities to leverage technology enabled auditing tools and techniques to achieve efficiencies in expanding audit coverage and analysing data to draw meaningful insights regarding emerging issues and process and control performance.
The successful person
Engaging and consultative, you can demonstrate related achievement leading the design and implementation of contemporary, best practice internal audit service to improve organisational performance. A motivating and credible leader, you will have a track record leading and developing teams to achieve outstanding results within challenging timeframes and landscapes.
You will have experience working at a similar level within large and complex organisations and demonstrate ability to build collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve key deliverables. Analytical and solutions focused, you are committed to finding innovative solutions to address complex problems and improve results.

**Essential requirements are**:

- Extensive experience in leading and undertaking an internal audit function in a large and complex organisation
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team with colleagues from a wide range of professional backgrounds and drive the development of team culture, continuous improvement, accountability and the achievement of common objectives
- Demonstrated ability to work in partnership and build influential and productive relationships across organisational and sector boundaries
- Adept at tapping diverse sources of information, anticipating challenges, and devising and executing breakthrough strategies to deliver against current and future priorities

About Governance Assurance and Information Management Branch
The Governance, Assurance and Information Management Branch (GAIM) is responsible for delivering strategic, proactive advice in respect of governance, compliance and information management functions for the department including corporate governance (including risk management), Internal Audit, privacy, right to information and records management.

**Benefits of working with the Department of Health**:
By joining the Department of Health you will work within a fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment where every employee plays a critical role in our ongoing success. You will enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

- Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
- Flexible working arrangements
- Diverse work culture
- Career training and development

To reflect the diversity within the communities and people we support and serve, we seek to hire a workforce that is both representative and diverse. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we are committed to supporting you in your career with us.