Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Independent Member

at  Equality and Human Rights Commission

JOB SUMMARY

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to help strengthen the organisation and deliver its strategic aims. Further details about the Commission can be found here: www.equalityhumanrights.com.
To help meet those aims, the Board wishes to appoint one independent member to the Equality and Human Right’s Commission’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Successful applicants will be appointed for a period of up to two years from 16 September 2024, with the possibility of renewable for a further term of two years. The Commission is classified as non-department public body and is currently responsible to the Department for International Development via the Government Equalities Office.
The successful candidate will be expected to participate fully in the Committee’s business and will be expected to attend each meeting of the Committee, usually a minimum of four per annum, which are normally held at the EHRC offices in London, with one per year held in Manchester.

JOB DESCRIPTION

In line with the principles of good governance as laid down by the Treasury, the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) is a sub-committee of the EHRC’s Board of Commissioners. It has an EHRC wide remit and exists to provide assurance to the EHRC Board on the adequacy and effectiveness of the EHRC’s systems of governance, risk management and internal control. The Committee’s Terms of Reference are available to view on the EHRC’s website.
The Committee is a non-executive, advisory, committee and has no executive powers, other than those specifically delegated within its Terms of Reference. It has particular engagement with the work of internal audit (currently provided by TIAA) and the EHRC’s external auditor (National Audit Office) to ensure those relationships are effective.
The Committee formally reports to the Board after each meeting and engages with the EHRC’s Accounting Officer (the Chief Executive), TIAA, the National Audit Office and other key stakeholders from across the EHRC and its wider networks.
The Committee currently comprises of two non-executive members of the EHRC Board, one of whom serves as Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, and two independent members, one of whose term expires on 30 September 2024.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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