Notes for applicants

The information you provide on your application form will be collected and held by the Controller and Auditor-General’s Human Resources team, and will be used to assist in considering your suitability for the position you have applied for. If your application is successful, this application form will be placed on your personal file. Your file will be held by the Human Resources team. You are entitled to access your information upon request, and to seek any correction you think is necessary to ensure accuracy.
All positions within Audit New Zealand and the Office of the Auditor-General require the employee to have a satisfactory security clearance. Therefore, any offer of employment is conditional upon a satisfactory security clearance being obtained.
Should we proceed with your application, we will request the details we need for your security clearance and details of any criminal convictions.
Please note that if you have given incorrect or misleading information, or have omitted any important information or fail to obtain a security clearance, you may be disqualified from appointment. If you have already been appointed, your employment may be immediately terminated.
If your application is successful we will need to see:

certificates of your educational qualifications;
if applicable, evidence of your New Zealand Citizenship, residence or work permit.

All employees of the Controller and Auditor-General must be independent of the agencies we audit. Accordingly, as an employee you will be required to complete an independence declaration. This declaration includes the disclosure of a financial interest of you (or a family member) in an audited entity, or a personal relationship with a member of that entity’s executive or staff.
If your disclosure reveals an existing or potential problem you will not be assigned to any project where your independence as an employee could be compromised, or where a conflict of interest situation might arise. At the extreme end of the spectrum, you might be asked to divest yourself of any investments in an entity under audit.