Senior IT Auditor(P4)

Organizational Setting

The Director General's Office (DGO) provides leadership and coordination for all IAEA activities at the executive level for meeting Member States' needs, and achieving a one-house approach and a results-based management.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) comprises four main functional areas\: internal audit, investigation, management services and programme evaluation. In accordance with its Charter, OIOS provides the Director General and IAEA managers with objective, independent and systematic assessments for the purposes of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of programme delivery, and ensuring accountability, sound governance, risk management and internal control, and good management practice.

Main Purpose

As a member of the Internal Audit and Management Services Group, under the general direction of the Director of OIOS, the Senior IT Auditor plans and conducts information technology (IT) audits and regular audit assignments in accordance with the Internal Audit Manual and in compliance with the OIOS Charter.

Role

The Senior IT Auditor is 1) an examiner, responsible for planning and conducting IT/regular audit assignments of mid and high level of complexity; 2) a risk assessor, helping to bring a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes; and 3) an advisor, carrying out independent, objective assurance and consulting activities designed to add value and improve an organization's operations.

Functions / Key Results Expected

Prepare and implement risk-based audit assignments with the following objectives\:

• To assess risks that could threaten the achievement of the Agency objectives and to determine whether adequate and appropriate controls have been established to mitigate the identified risk;
• To assess the degree of compliance with the Agency regulations, rules and policies;
• To determine the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls;
• To determine whether the Agency's assets and resources are sufficiently protected from misuse, theft and losses and that information resources are protected from unauthorized access, risk of loss and damage.;
• To assess management practices and to verify that the resources are used for efficient and effective implementation of its programme and activities; and
• To recommend appropriate remedial actions to address risks, ensure compliance, and improve the efficient and effective management of Agency resources. These recommendations should focus on adoption of management best practices.

Conduct any other tasks, as required.

Competencies and Expertise

Core Competencies

Functional Competencies

Required Expertise

Qualifications, Experience and Language skills

Advanced university degree (Master's, equivalent or higher) in accounting, public administration, finance, IT or other related fields.

A university degree (Bachelor's or equivalent) in the above-mentioned fields with three additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a Advanced degree.

Certificated in one or more of the following areas\: CIA, CISSP or CISA

Minimum seven years of IT auditing experience at the national and international levels in the private and/or public sector.

Familiarity with cyber and physical security, business continuity and disaster recovery, DevOps, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), data analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Prince2.

Familiarity with TeamMate, PowerBI and SQL is desirable.

Excellent partnering and stakeholder management.

Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral, including interview and presentation techniques, with the ability to effectively convey complex ideas in an engaging manner with clarity, diplomacy and precision.

Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

The IAEA offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting at US $75602 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance), a variable post adjustment which currently amounts to US $ 28351, dependency benefits, rental subsidy, education grant, relocation and repatriation expenses; 6 weeks' annual vacation, home leave, pension plan and health insurance

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Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are encouraged

Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. The IAEA is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. As part of the United Nations common system, the IAEA subscribes to the following core ethical standards (or values)\: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for diversity. Staff members may be assigned to any location. The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or with a different contract type, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for shorter duration than indicated above. Testing may be part of the recruitment process
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