Become a Quality Services Volunteer with the UAE IAA:
The UAE IAA depends on volunteers and internal audit professionals to complement its team for performing external quality assessments.
Benefits of being a volunteer:
What we seek from you is only your time. We will compensate travel, meals, and other incidental expenses; as applicable. There are several benefits if you choose to become a volunteer.
Requirements to become a QA volunteer:
To be able to be considered as a member of the QA team you should:
- Have a minimum 3 years internal auditing experience.
- Be professionally certified (e.g. CIA, CISA, etc.). Certification will be preferred, but not mandatory. However, certain engagements may require you to be certified.
- Have knowledge of the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards).
- Have attended the IIA’s training course: QAR – Based on the IIA Standards.
- Preferably be a member of the UAE IAA.
Expectations from a volunteer:
We do not have many expectations from you, just a few.
- Time – the most important expectation. Typically an engagement lasts for about a 5 working days (Sunday-Thursday).
- You will be required to do some advance reading on client supplied material which will form part of your preparation for the engagement.
- Typically the team meets at the hotel on Saturday afternoon with the team leader to discuss and plan the engagement and distribute the responsibilities.
How to become a volunteer:
Email us at quality@uaeiaa.org and we will guide you through the process.