Member — Organismo di Vigilanza, Water and Wastewater

A risk-informed contribution

Examine information concerning sensitive processes such as procurement, contractor management, environmental controls and delegated expenditure. Help test whether the model is reflected in actual working practices and whether significant changes in activities are brought to the body’s attention. Follow up inconsistencies between documented procedures and observed conduct.

The supervision plan should use actual process evidence: how a contractor was selected, how a deviation was approved and how a concern reached the responsible function. Sampled activity should be chosen for a reason and its limitations understood. The member should ask whether new services, outsourcing or changes in authority have altered the risk picture. Findings should distinguish a missing record from a control that did not operate, allowing the body to recommend attention to the underlying weakness without overstating what the evidence proves.

Responsibilities within the body

Participate in planning, evidence review and reporting. Maintain careful records and appropriate confidentiality. Coordinate with relevant control functions without allowing overlap to obscure accountability, and raise concerns about inadequate information or resources through the body’s agreed channels.

Candidate suitability and appointment conditions

Candidates should have practical experience in compliance, assurance, investigations, legal risk or utility controls. They must demonstrate independence of judgement, relevant competence and sufficient continuity of attention. Conflicts and the body’s actual composition, mandate and authority require assessment; statutory-auditor credentials alone do not establish suitability for this role.

Evidence sought

Applicants should discuss how they have tested whether a control exists in practice rather than only in a manual. A useful member can connect process evidence to model effectiveness while recognising that management remains responsible for operating the business and implementing corrective measures.