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Do you feel you have the time and the skills to make a positive contribution to North East Lincolnshire Council’s Audit and Governance Committee?

Do you think you could bring an independent perspective to analyse the Council’s arrangements for;-

• managing risk;
• maintaining an effective control environment; and reporting on financial and other governance matters?

The Audit and Governance Committee provides a key source of assurance on the Council’s audit and corporate governance arrangements. Specifically, the Committee is responsible for the council’s internal and external audit activity, risk management, maintaining an effective control environment, treasury management, financial accounts and wider corporate governance matters.

We are looking to appoint an independent  Chair  to the Audit and Governance Committee, ideally someone with a finance, accountancy, corporate governance, risk management or audit background. You must be able to analyse and discuss complex information and act impartially at all times. You would be expected to chair  meetings of the Audit and Governance Committee (approximately four to six a year) in a non-voting capacity, and bring an informed and independent perspective to the Committee.

As the Independent Chair, you you will be expected to use your  specific skills, specialist knowledge, and experience to help the Committee to undertake its role and you will also bring an element of external challenge and support.  You will have knowledge or experience of local government and the ability to establish good working relationships with Councillors and managers. You will need to be objective, impartial, have high standards of integrity, be politically neutral with an ability to analyse and understand information.

You will need to attend formal meetings of the Audit and Governance Committee in person, ensuring that meetings are properly conducted and that all views are heard, and issues considered. For each meeting you will need to scrutinising Committee papers in advance to be familiar with issues to be discussed.

As well as an Independent Chair, the Audit and Governance Committee has nine elected members of the Council and a second independent member.  Subject to ratification by North East Lincolnshire Council, an indicative annual allowance of £4500 has been suggested for this role.

In order to be eligible to apply for the position, applicants must not:

• Be a councillor or officer of the Council or have been so in the preceding five years prior to appointment
• Be related to, or a close friend of, any councillor or officer of North East Lincolnshire Council.
• have, within five years before the day of his/her appointment, been convicted of any offence and had passed upon him/her a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine.
• Be an undischarged bankrupt
• Have significant business dealings with the Council
• Have a formal connection with any political group

Your Application

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification. If you require an informal discussion about the role, please contact Paul Windley via Paul.Windley@nelincs.gov.uk

Key Dates
Interview date: 8th May

Audit Commitee Chair Role Profile.docx

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.