Job Description

Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 22301 (Freelance, Serbia)

Mode: Freelance on call activity | Location: Serbia (remote/on-site depending on project)

Engagement: Freelance, on-call | Location: Serbia (remote or on-site, depending on the assignment)

SCOPE OF POSITION

Purpose of the position: on-call lead auditor for certification, surveillance and special audits of Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) against ISO 22301, providing rapid availability for urgent audit requests and ensuring methodological rigour and independence.

Main responsibilities:

• Plan and conduct initial certification, surveillance and recertification audits in accordance with ISO 22301:2019 and ISO 19011
• Respond to on-call requests: short-notice audits, follow-up audits after significant incidents or nonconformities, and scope extensions
• Lead the audit team and define audit plans, scope and sampling
• Assess business impact analysis (BIA), risk assessment, business continuity strategies and plans, exercising and testing programmes
• Verify the effectiveness of incident response, crisis management and recovery arrangements
• Write audit reports, classify nonconformities and support the certification committee in its decisions
• Verify the closure of corrective actions
• Interface with client top management, operational and IT continuity teams, and accreditation bodies

Engagement typology: On-call