Directorate Assurance Officer

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care

Directorate Assurance Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £26,919 - £32,123
Hours: 36 per week

An exciting opportunity to work as part of the Governance and Policy team within the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. You will be involved in developing our assurance processes, co-ordinating our Internal Audit management actions, supporting the rollout of our new risk management framework and helping us enhance our governance activities across the Partnership.

You will be involved in a number of workstreams across the Partnership providing recommendations for further improvement and work to enhance service delivery. You will be expected to work across a range of priorities and themes to ensure the effective delivery of outcomes for the Partnership.

You will assist in researching best practice, processes, methodologies and approaches to assurance and governance activities and working with our second line Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Internal Audit teams.

You will use your excellent communications skills to provide detailed and high quality advice on process improvements and liaise with a range of both internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate must hold a SVQ Level 4 or able to demonstrate relevant experience. This role is subject to Basic Disclosure.

Please see attached documentation for further information about the role.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Angela Ritchie, Operations Manager on 0131 529 4050 or angela.ritchie@edinburgh.gov.uk.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

A Basic Disclosure check is required for this role. 

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