Senior IT Auditor

Job Description

You will join the IAD to carry out assignments from the Inspector General and the NVWA’s senior management. Together with your colleagues, you will contribute to the NVWA’s mission—ensuring the safety of food and consumer products, animal welfare, and the environment—through in-depth and rigorous investigations.

• The IT audits you conduct as a member of the IAD may, for example, involve assessing and advising on:
• Manage aspects of information systems.
• Proficiency in the algorithms used by the NVWA.
• Ensuring that the NVWA’s information management complies with government-wide regulations on cybersecurity and information security.
• Governance of the NVWA's information systems.
• The application of privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Police Data Act.

Your work within the IAD makes a difference. Whether it’s an audit report with relevant conclusions and recommendations or a consulting report with insightful advice, your recommendations and advice provide the client with a clear path forward. In doing so, you help the organization identify and mitigate relevant risks and improve its operations and internal organization. Working at the NVWA offers you the opportunity to grow professionally and make a meaningful contribution to society. 

Who are we looking for?
As a senior IT auditor, you serve as a knowledgeable and critical discussion partner for the clients involved in the audits you assist with. You coach junior auditors to help them develop their skills and achieve the best possible results. 

As an experienced senior auditor, you stay abreast of relevant developments and are capable of serving as an audit leader. In this role, you are responsible for the approach, execution, and results of your audits, and you lead the audit team. You are able to formulate clear audit objectives and questions that result in an audit enabling your client to implement meaningful improvements. You are a strong sparring partner for the client and know how to report your conclusions and recommendations convincingly. You allocate tasks within the audit team, empower team members, and assist them as needed in performing their work and in their professional development. Your colleagues therefore know where to turn to you for sound advice.

Would you like to join the Internal Audit Department as a senior IT auditor?

Job Requirements

You are a critical investigator with a keen sense of risk and an eye for the organization’s best interests. You naturally seek to build connections while maintaining your impartiality and independence. You are curious and self-motivated. In your role, you actively contribute to the quality of IT investigations, driven by a desire to help the organization move forward. You can work methodically and responsibly and are quick to make connections. You are skilled at forming judgments based on a considered interpretation of facts, taking various interests into account. You are able to distinguish between main issues and side issues and can effectively translate investigation results into conclusions and recommendations. You are a true team player and know how to maintain your networks.

You also have the following:

• An academic level of work and thinking.
• Several years of relevant experience in the field of IT auditing.
• An RE certification or a willingness to obtain one.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with or knowledge of the NVWA’s field of activity and relevant laws and regulations is a plus.
• Knowledge of developments in IT, including IAM and zero-trust principles, is a plus.
• Experience with data analysis is a plus.
• A good command of the Dutch language. 

The NVWA is committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of society and places great importance on an inclusive hiring policy. We therefore encourage everyone to apply, regardless of cultural background, age, gender identity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Terms of Employment

• Salary level: Grade 13
• Monthly salary: Min. €5,212 – Max. €7,747 (gross)
• Employment status: Fixed-term employment contract with the possibility of conversion to a permanent contract
• Contract duration: 1 year
• Minimum number of hours per week: 32
• Maximum number of hours per week: 36

Other terms and conditions of employment

In addition to an onboarding program tailored to your role and extensive training and/or coaching opportunities to support your professional growth, we also offer the following employee benefits:

Individual Choice Budget
You will receive an Individual Choice Budget (ICB) equal to 16.50% of your gross annual salary. You can choose to have your ICB paid out, for example, monthly or annually, or you can use it to purchase additional leave hours. In addition, you can use your IKB to purchase a (electric) bicycle for commuting tax-free, set up your home office, or even make your home more sustainable. To encourage this, the federal government also offers an employer contribution on top of the IKB.

Vacation Days If you work 36 hours per week, you are entitled to 144 vacation hours and 64 IKB leave hours per year. Do you work more or less? Then these hours are calculated proportionally. And do you need a little less vacation time? Then you can also choose to have your 64 IKB leave hours paid out or added to your IKB saved leave

Travel Allowance
You will receive a mobility card that allows you to travel by train in second class for your commute. Do you bike to work? If so, you will receive a travel allowance of €0.21 per kilometer cycled.
If you hold a field-based position, you are often also eligible for an electric company car. You may also use this vehicle for personal purposes, subject to the applicable tax implications.

Leave Policies The government offers leave policies for various situations, such as (supplementary) maternity leave (up to 5 weeks with 100% pay), parental leave (up to 9 weeks at 100% pay in the first year and an additional 75% for 4 weeks), care leave, and adoption/foster care leave.

Pension The Dutch government has an attractive pension plan with ABP, the General Civil Service Pension Fund. Read more about the ABP pension plan here.

Allowances and Reimbursements For some positions at the NVWA, it is necessary to work outside regular office hours or to be on call. However, these requirements are offset by additional allowances or reimbursements. For example, we offer an on-call and standby duty allowance and an irregular shift allowance.

Details

• Applications will be considered in accordance with applicable agreements, including the Central Government Collective Labor Agreement and the NVP Application Code.
• A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required to work at the NVWA.
• If the position involves a fixed-term employment contract with the prospect of becoming permanent, the permanent contract is initially preceded by a one-year contract. Provided the employee proves to be suitable, the contract is generally converted into a permanent contract of indefinite duration after one year.
• Is this a job opening for a fixed-term contract with the possibility of becoming permanent, but do you already have a permanent position as a civil servant? If so, you will retain your permanent position.
• If the position is initially a fixed-term role, it will not be reopened if the role can be made permanent within the organization and the (initially) temporary position was filled by an internal employee with a permanent contract.
• Online screening—for example, through search engines or social media—can be part of the selection process.
• A competency test and/or an assessment may be part of the selection process.
• A comprehensive A or B screening by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) may be required for certain positions at the NVWA, including those in the Intelligence and Investigation Service (IOD).
• Recruitment agencies are asked to refrain from contacting us regarding this job opening.

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More about your future department

The IAD serves the entire NVWA and is tasked with helping the organization identify risks in its operations and improve its performance. It is important that the NVWA —as an independent authority—ensures a firmly established, impartial, and independent internal audit function, with the primary goal of safeguarding the integrity of internal operations by conducting assessments of the adequacy of internal controls and identifying vulnerabilities and risks to the achievement of the NVWA’s strategic objectives.

The IAD carries out its work in close collaboration with the organization. It provides both solicited and unsolicited advice to NVWA management on risks and opportunities for improvement regarding control, governance, and management aspects of primary and support processes. 
The IAD is part of the Internal Organization Directorate and reports directly and independently to the NVWA Inspector General regarding the substance of its work. The department has a staff of 18 FTEs.

The quality of the IAD, its working methods, and its products are ensured, among other things, by the application of professional standards as adopted by the professional associations IIA, NOREA, and NBA. The IAD has been certified by the IIA since January 17, 2017. 

The Internal Audit Department offers a challenging work environment characterized by enthusiastic and collaborative teamwork, where employees have ample opportunities for professional development within the IAD and extensive career advancement opportunities within the NVWA.

Core Tasks of the IAD
The IAD conducts audits, prepares reports, and, based on these, advises NVWA management with the aim of: 

• Providing additional assurance (assurance function).
• Helping to improve internal controls (advisory role).
• The proactive, constructive, and critical offering of countervailing power, whether solicited or unsolicited.
• Identifying unacceptable risks for the NVWA and reporting them to management and/or the Inspector General (watchdog function).
• Assisting with accountability (accountability function).
• Compliance with the internal audit requirement under Article 6 of the European Control Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/625).
• Conducting ISO audits on the NVWA units accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Council.
• Issuing statements regarding various programs (such as EU subsidy programs under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)) as well as the use of (European) project funds.

In addition, the IAD is responsible for drafting and managing the audit charter, as well as organizing and supporting the NVWA’s Audit Committee.

Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)

In the Netherlands, we take it for granted that the products we use and everything we eat are safe. We expect animals to be treated well, even if they are destined for slaughter. We want to be able to consume fruits and vegetables without a second thought, and other products are “naturally” fine too. We want to be able to walk in nature without worry and buy toys for our children without suspicion. As consumers, we simply rely on that; for us, it goes without saying.

But we sometimes forget that businesses work hard every day to maintain those high standards. That it isn’t always easy for business owners to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We also forget that the government oversees this. Safety sounds so simple, but it isn’t.

What does the NVWA do?
The staff of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) work hard every day to maintain those standards. Through dialogue with businesses in the hospitality sector, slaughterhouses, plant cultivation, and other producers, the NVWA monitors food and product safety, plant health, and the welfare of animals, nature, and the environment. We do so in accordance with national and international laws and regulations. We operate on a basis of trust, but we take firm action against businesses that do not take these matters seriously. In the interest of society.

We closely monitor where the greatest risks lie and where oversight is most urgently needed, so that we can inform consumers and others in a timely manner. The NVWA also plays an important role in export inspections and the import of products into Europe.

What does the NVWA stand for?
The NVWA is responsible for overseeing animal welfare, animal health, food safety, product safety, tobacco and alcohol prevention, plant health, and nature and the environment.

The Dutch government strives to be an employer that every employee—regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, or disability—wants to work for. Addressing social issues in diverse teams makes us more effective and innovative. That makes the work meaningful and challenging.

The NVWA is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Nature (LVVN) and the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport.

Interested in applying?

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) invites you to apply on their website. Clicking the button below will take you away from this site and directly to the application form. The government values a diverse and inclusive organization. Working in diverse teams makes us more effective, more innovative, and makes the work more enjoyable. Everyone is therefore invited to apply.