Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee

⁠⁠⁠Council is inviting for Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified individuals for appointment as an external independent member to the Wagga Wagga City Council Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee (ARIC). This is a remunerated position with at least three positions available.

Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee members are expected to meet the following criteria:

• Independent and objective
• Significant recent and relevant professional management/audit experience with a comprehensive understanding of accounting and auditing standards in a public sector environment
• Relevant professional qualifications, such as accounting, legal, work health and safety, risk management, auditing, business or planning
• Understanding of / experience in Local Government, including understandingcontemporarygovernance,riskmanagementandcompliancechallengesfacing Local Government.
• Current or prior experience on similar committees
• Contact details for at least two referees
• Appointed to, or have the qualifications to be appointed to, the NSW Prequalification Scheme - Audit and Risk Committee Independent Chairs and Members

What you will need to succeed:

• Integrity and a commitment to the independence of the role
• A capacity to dedicate sufficient time and energy, including preparation and attendance at committee meetings
• Financial literacy, including an ability to read or understand basic financial statements, ask pertinent questions about them, and interpret and evaluate answers
• An ability to give direct and honest opinions and offer different perspectives and constructive suggestions
• Inquisitiveness and independent judgment.

Commitment:

Council will be expecting new members to commence duties at the ARIC meeting to be held on 19 May 2022. The Committee currently meets at least five (5) times in each calendar year- in February, May, August, October and November.

Remuneration:

The current meeting fee is $1,074.77 (independent committee member) and $1,289.73 (independent committee chairperson), inclusive of travel, accommodation, preparation and on-costs and exclusive of GST.

What is next?

Applications close Monday, 28 March 2022 at 11.59pm AEDST.

A short interview will be conducted with shortlisted candidates (either via videoconferencing or in person). It is anticipated interviews will be held early during the week of 11 April 2022.

If you would like more information on this role, please contact Ingrid Hensley on 02 6926 9573 (Monday – Thursday) or hensley.ingrid@wagga.nsw.gov.au.

Assessment of applications will be conducted in accordance with Council’s Appointment of organisation community and individual citizen members to Council Committees Policy (POL 117) and reported to Council for consideration and appointment of Committee members on 2 May 2022.

Council is an inclusive employer. We strive to reflect the community in which we work, as a result we welcome and encourage applications from skilled people from all walks of life. This includes women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with a disability, sexually and gender diverse people, people with lived experience and people of all age