Head of Internal Audit

Job description

About usUCL has over 51,000 students and 18,000 staff, a total income of over £2bn and is one of the world's top 10 universities. The Office of General Counsel provides strategic legal and governance advice to the institution and ensures appropriate risk and compliance frameworks and assurance processes are in place to support UCL's mission, strategy and values. UCL's Internal Audit Service is outsourced to an external IA partner. UCL's Risk and Internal Audit Office is responsible for developing and implementing effective risk and assurance activities across the institution and acting as the main point of liaison with the external partner.

About the roleAre you ready to make an impact at one of the world's leading universities? As our Head of Internal Audit, you will be a senior member of the recently established Risk and Internal Audit team, helping to design, promote and foster effective assurance processes across the university and ensuring robust internal audit oversight with our external IA partner. You will work with a wide range of staff across UCL, up to the highest level, including the Provost, Vice‐Provosts, members of the UCL Council, the General Counsel, Deans of Faculty and Heads of Department. You will also be the second‐in‐command for the Internal Audit function, deputising for the Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer as required.

About youThings you will need for the job include:

Extensive internal audit knowledge and experience gained at a managerial level

An internal audit qualification, such as CIA, IIA, ACCA or CIMA

Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the tools and techniques of internal audit

Demonstrable experience of building and managing key stakeholder relationships

What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below.

41 days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)

Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle‐to‐work scheme and season ticket loan

Immigration loan

Relocation scheme for certain posts

On‐site nursery

On‐site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London's global university, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-05-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English