Senior Provider Audit Officer
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £54,439 to £56,568 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Generous Civil Service defined benefit pension |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2025 |
| Location: | BS34 8SR |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Office For Students |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R0001266 |
Summary
About the role
The Senior Provider Audit Officer role is based in the Provider Audit Team, which delivers an assurance programme aimed at ensuring risks are anticipated and addressed, including risks relating to provider data and other key operational processes. The OfS’s regulatory approach utilises data obtained from higher education providers, so it is important data is fit for this purpose.
You will work closely with staff at higher education providers to explore how they collect and manage data and to assess the accuracy of that data. Broader audits conducted by the team explore how key processes impacting on students are designed and implemented, contributing to the OfS’s approach to regulating providers’ compliance with our regulatory expectations.
You will be responsible for conducting audits and reviews of data accuracy and the effectiveness of underlying systems and processes at providers. You’ll work closely with staff at providers and will report findings both to the providers and to colleagues at the OfS.
The role involves regular travel to providers across England, including overnight stays.
The Senior Provider Audit Officer role is based in the Provider Audit Team, which delivers an assurance programme aimed at ensuring risks are anticipated and addressed, including risks relating to provider data and other key operational processes. The OfS’s regulatory approach utilises data obtained from higher education providers, so it is important data is fit for this purpose.
You will work closely with staff at higher education providers to explore how they collect and manage data and to assess the accuracy of that data. Broader audits conducted by the team explore how key processes impacting on students are designed and implemented, contributing to the OfS’s approach to regulating providers’ compliance with our regulatory expectations.
You will be responsible for conducting audits and reviews of data accuracy and the effectiveness of underlying systems and processes at providers. You’ll work closely with staff at providers and will report findings both to the providers and to colleagues at the OfS.
The role involves regular travel to providers across England, including overnight stays.
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