Associate Professor in Internal Audit

The full time starting salary is normally £61,419.00 per annum, with potential progression available in post to £66,758.00 per annum.

Interview Date: Week commencing 06 January 2025.

What’s in it for you?

In return for your dedication and hard work, you will benefit from ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development, as well as the following key benefits:

• Opportunity for hybrid working.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods).
• An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members.
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

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The successful candidate will be required to directly manage a team of academic colleagues and be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of our internal audit apprenticeship and contribute to the wider requirements of the college, business school, and faculty.  

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Responsibilities:

• Oversee the continued design and development of a curriculum which is both attractive to students and rigorous in meeting the regulatory requirements.
• Deliver excellence in Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Student Experience
• Lead and coordinate research and enterprise activity within the subject area.
• Act as the provision liaison for OFSTED and EFSA and any other regulatory bodies relevant to the apprenticeship, as required.
• Act as line manager for matters relating to the employment of staff and ensure work is allocated fairly, according to skill and capacity.
• Take overall responsibility for the organising and deployment of resources within the designated area of responsibility.
• Lead and participate in relevant internal and external networks to foster collaboration and promote the work of the University.

Essential Requirements:

• Educated to a higher academic qualification, and holding the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) qualification.
• Experienced Internal Audit practitioner with proven management level experience.
• Strong organisational skills with a proven track record of managing teams and delivering outputs in a fast paced and regulated environment.
• Understand equal opportunity issues as they may impact on academic content and issues relating to student need.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Other relevant qualifications such as:  Chartered Internal Auditor (CMIIA), Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL), MSc Internal Audit Management & Consultancy, Certified Information Systems Auditor/Certified Information Systems Manager. Institute of Risk Management, Accountancy and Management qualifications will also be considered.

While teaching experience in a higher education environment is preferable, other backgrounds will also be considered. For example, applications from candidates with significant experience in the coaching or training of teams, to maintain and provide professional development, in an internal audit department will also be welcomed. Experience of Apprenticeships or working in a highly regulated environment would be an advantage.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Samantha Roberts, our Head of College Accountancy Finance and Economics - Samantha.roberts@bcu.ac.uk

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Job Description - Associate Professor

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Conferment Handbook - Conferment Handbook

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Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

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