Southern Region Water Board
VACANCIES ANNOUNCEMENT
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position tenable in the Internal Audit Department of SRWB at Head office in Zomba.
INTERNAL AUDITOR
The candidate should have Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/ Internal Audit or Accounting and studying towards Professional qualification in CIA, ACCA or CIMA; membership to Accounting or Auditing professional body; PLUS at least four (4) years audit/finance experience.
Reporting to the Senior Internal Auditor, the Internal Auditor shall provide an independent, objective assurance and risk management activities designed to add value and improve the Board’s operations.
He / She shall be responsible for:
- Conducting periodic risk assessment and recommend mitigating interventions;
- Participating in the preparation of risk based audit plans based on enterprise risk assessment;
- Examining the means of safeguarding Board’s property and interests as appropriate and continuously verifying existence of such property and interest;
- Assessing the impact of external factors such as economic, social, ethical environmental and customer expectations on the boards operations;
- Conducting periodic internal monitoring and auditing and make value adding recommendations that respond promptly to detected flaws and reporting the findings to relevant authorities;
- Participating in producing budget estimates for the internal audit department;
- Evaluating effectiveness of internal control system towards reducing risk and losses;
- Drafting internal audit reports with suggestive value adding recommendation on areas of improvement; Supervising and mentoring internal audit assistant; and
- Demonstrating outstanding commitment to service delivery programs of the Board by personally identifying and reporting water bursts/leakages to customer care Division of which verifiable repair records shall be tendered to be used as one of the components for assessment during one’s performance appraisal
The successful candidate shall have excellent communication, attention to detail, analytical, time management, and IT skills. He/she will also be of high ethical and professional conduct.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The successful candidates must acknowledge these jobs involve a lot of travelling within SRWB operational area.
The Southern Region Water Board offers an attractive package; a contributory pension scheme; and a contributory medical scheme among other benefits.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Applications with full Curriculum Vitae, contact phones and addresses of three traceable referees must be addressed to:
The Chief Executive Officer
Southern Region Water Board
Private Bag 72
ZOMBA
The closing date for receiving applications is on 25th August, 2025.
Please indicate on top of the envelope, the position you are applying for.