Paper 1 - Internal Audit Report Recruitment Cover

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee Paper 1 Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh 20 June 2025 Page 1 of 2

For decision

Title: Intern­al Audit Plan ²⁰²⁴⁄₂₅: Recruit­ment Pre­pared by: Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance and Cor­por­ate Oper­a­tions Report by: Eliza­beth Young, Part­ner, Azets

Pur­pose This paper presents the intern­al audit review car­ried out by Azets of the Park Authority’s recruit­ment and onboard­ing pro­cess. The review con­sidered the recruit­ment pro­cesses in place, includ­ing the approv­al pro­cess for posts pri­or to advert­ise­ment through to the onboard­ing pro­cess for staff.

Recom­mend­a­tions The Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee Is asked to a) Con­sider the intern­al aud­it­ors report and find­ings. b) Endorse the man­age­ment responses to recom­mend­a­tions for future action and improvements.

Exec­ut­ive Summary

1. Azets have com­pleted their intern­al audit review of the Park Authority’s approach to recruitment.

2. Over­all, the report notes that the Park Author­ity has robust policies and pro­cesses in place that cov­er the end-to-end recruit­ment process.

3. Three recom­mend­a­tions have been made one at grade 1 (lim­ited risk expos­ure) and two at grade 2 (mod­er­ate risk exposure).

4. Recom­mend­a­tions include: a) A more sys­tem­at­ic, stand­ard­ised pro­cess for doc­u­ment­ing the pro­pos­al, review and approv­al of recruit­ment to a role. b) Devel­op­ment of a time­frame for review of the Recruit­ment and Selec­tion Policy and evid­en­cing of this review.

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c) Action to ensure com­plete­ness of HR doc­u­ment­a­tion retained and avail­able to each employee.

1. All recom­mend­a­tions have been accep­ted by management.

Louise Allen louiseallen@​cairngorms.​co.​uk 11 June 2025