Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Associate

Key responsibilities:

1. Technical Support Services

2. Office Administration

3. Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing

Technical Support Services

• Administrative support the Project Team on various health and safety and environmental related matters in the ongoing projects.

• Help the Project Manager and quality Engineers in developing the HSSE plan.

• Assist in monitoring and reporting on site-specific ESMPs for activities conducted by the UNOPS field Offices.

• Support field level review of health, safety, social and environmental management plans on a regular basis and ensure these are up to date at all times.

• Administrative coordination of the implementation, monitoring and reporting of Environmental and Social Management Tools including Labor Management Procedures (LMP), Gender Based Violence Action Plan, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Prevention Action Plan and Child Protection Action Plan.

• With the guidance of the Project Manager, perform field inspections and monitoring visits to the project’s sites to highlight possible areas/issues of non-conformity (e.g. unsafe work at heights and in excavations), draft project’s health and safety related reports on occurrences, and provide statistical information.

• Ensure that relevant safety risk assessments are compiled and support the enforcement of preventative measures on HSSE for all project activities.

• Support in the development and review of HSSE guidelines and operating procedures.

Office Administration

• Carry out a series of spot checks to ensure mitigation measures are properly implemented in line with the guideline.

• Provides general administrative services for the work area, managing the information flow, following up on the timeliness of responses for initiatives, correspondence, and queries, with internal and external stakeholders.

• Provides recommendations on administrative measures and actions required for ensuring the compliance with HSSE requirements.

• Participate in regular site meetings to report on relevant HSSE matters and to provide necessary advice.

• Record relevant project HSSE reports in line with UNOPS policies and procedures.

Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing

• Liaise with the Project Team to ensure their respective contractors meet their statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training, reporting, permit to work system, equipment utilized on site etc.

• In coordination with the HSSE guideline, implement the procedures for reporting all health and safety and environmental incidents.

• Carry out training and capacity building on HSSE and learning initiatives for UNOPS personnel, contractors and partners.

Impact and Results: 

The effective and successful achievement of results by the HSSE Associate directly impacts on the development and performance of the project. 

Monitoring and progress controls will be in accordance with work plans that the Supervisor and incumbent will prepare at the beginning of the assignment.

1. Education

• High School Diploma is required;

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Health and Safety Management, Environmental Management, Civil Engineering, Natural Resource Management or any other relevant discipline will be considered as an asset and may substitute some of the required years of experience.

1. Work Experience

Required:

• With high school diploma, a minimum of 6 years of work experience in Occupational Health and Safety; 

• Experience in H&S risk assessments OR on site inspections OR permit to work system OR incident investigation OR H&S reporting is required

Desired:

• A proven track record experience managing health and safety in construction, manufacturing, mining or similar production environments is an asset.

• Training facilitation in HSSE matters;

• Experience with third party certification audits for Health & Safety and Environment Management; Experience of working at UN agencies or other international Humanitarian/ Development organizations is highly desired;

• Experience in working with the G-Suite platform including, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides is an asset.

1. Languages

• Fluency in English and Dari/Pashto are required.