Gippsland Ports was established in July 1996 and is responsible by agreement with the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) to manage and administer five Local Ports and four waterways as part of its statutory functions on behalf of the State Government.

Gippsland Ports is a committee of management established under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 and is governed by a Committee of Management.

Gippsland Ports is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced organisations to perform the role of internal auditor reporting to the Audit & Risk Sub-Committee.

The successful organization will utilize a risk-based systematic approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes by assessing the:

• management of operational and business risks;
• soundness, adequacy and application of the internal control systems;
• compliance with laws, regulations, contracts and established policies, procedures and good practice;
• reliability and integrity of financial and operational information; and
• safeguarding of assets from fraud, irregularity or corruption

It is expected that applicants will have a good understanding of the public sector and an excellent knowledge of internal audit methodologies and better practice tools and techniques to identify financial, operational and statutory risks, and to assist the committee develop short-term and longer-term internal audit strategies.

The term of the appointment will be for three years commencing 1 July 2025. A two-year extension will be considered with reference to audit performance.

Respondents are required to provide a detailed submission in response to the requirements outlined in the Terms of Reference.

Please send submissions to tenders@gippslandports.vic.gov.au by 4.30 pm on Wednesday 09^th April 2025.

Interested parties should access the full brief outlined in the Terms of Reference below.

Please direct queries/questions to Tony Callaghan – EM Corporate Services on 03 51500500