T22-077CRO Internal Audit of Community Groups

Tender description

Derry City and Strabane District Council seeks to appoint a consultant to undertake an internal audits. The purpose of the audits is to establish whether governance, policies and practice in the community sector are transparent, accountable, ethical and able to manage the conflicts of interest which inevitably arise in organisations often overseen by volunteer management committees. Therefore, the requirement is as follows: o Identify, document and evaluate the arrangements in place to manage the risks associated with poor governance and recruitment procedures using a random sample of community groups that are in receipt of council funding over the past five years; o The scope of the audits of governance and recruitment in the sample of community groups chosen should include compliance with the terms and conditions of the Letters of Offer issued by Council and where appropriate include pay rates, terms and conditions of the workers in those organisations including differentials in pay and terms and conditions for different grades within the organisation. The sample chosen should be limited to organisations in receipt of funding of over £20K in any individual year. Please refer to CfT documents for further details.