Business Assurance Auditor

About the Role:

Are you passionate about improving services that genuinely change lives?

At Advance, your work will directly help people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities to live with greater independence and dignity. If you’re motivated by purpose, continuous improvement, and high-quality care, this could be your next big step.

We’re looking for a skilled and insightful Business Assurance Auditor to join our growing Business Assurance team as we expand our supported housing and support services across the country. This is an exciting moment to join us—our commitment to quality, safety, and regulatory excellence has never been stronger.

In this role, you won’t just audit—you’ll influence, coach, and help shape a culture of accountability and improvement across multiple regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing and delivering audit programmes aligned with regulations and our organisational strategy.
• Leading audits across regions, focusing on RSH, CQC, and wider compliance and quality measures.
• Assessing risk, performance, and service delivery to drive improvements.
• Producing clear, constructive audit reports and action plans.
• Tracking progress and following up on actions to ensure meaningful change.
• Supporting colleagues to understand compliance requirements and achieve stronger outcomes.
• Staying ahead of regulatory changes and sharing best practice.
• Leading elements of the Annual Assurance Plan including investigations and thematic reviews.
• Delivering training on audit readiness, compliance, and assurance processes.
• Advising colleagues and leaders on RSH regulatory alignment.

About the candidate:

We’re looking for someone with:

• A professional audit/assurance qualification (e.g., CQI, ACCA, CIA) or working towards one.
• Experience in internal/external audits, compliance, or assurance.
• Ideally, a background in supported living, social care, or housing, with good knowledge of RSH and CQC.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Strong time-management and the ability to work independently.
• Confidence with Excel, MS Office, and audit systems.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across regions.
• Knowledge of GDPR, information governance, and health & safety.
• Experience or training in risk management or quality improvement (e.g., ISO 9001).
• Understanding of supported living operations, tenancy sustainment, or housing schemes.

More details can be found in the Job Description attached

For more information about the role please contact, Jervell Creary on Email:Jervell.Creary@advanceuk.org

About the organisation:

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

Benefits of working for Advance:

We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
• Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

Safeguarding:

At Advance, Safeguarding is embedded in our organisational culture — it’s reflected in our values, our behaviours, and the way we work together. We believe that creating a safe environment is not just about compliance, but about cultivating trust, openness, and accountability at every level.

As the organisation’s Safeguarding Lead, Ryan Brummitt, Executive Director of Support, oversees our safeguarding arrangements and ensures that concerns are acted upon quickly, sensitively and in line with national legislation and local safeguarding procedures.

We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Whether you are a customer, family member, colleague or partner organisation, if you have any concerns about the welfare or safety of someone we support — or of any member of our team — please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

📧 Ryan.Brummitt@Advanceuk.org

Together, we can ensure that Advance remains a safe, supportive and inclusive organisation for all.

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.