Specialist: Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Vodacom
Posting Country: Tanzania, United Republic of
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
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Description
Role purpose
Responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating the safety
and occupational health component of personnel, materials, equipment,
and environments to achieve safety effectiveness for the company
Core Responsibilities
• EHS Management System: implement and maintain OHSAS 18001 and
ISO 14001 system and Maintain records both hard and soft copies.
• Health and safety plan: Support the planning and
implementation of Organisational health & safety plans and
management processes, and monitor performance against same
• H&S Policies and Procedures: ensure H&S procedures and standards are implemented by employees and contractors.
• OHS and Environmental Legal Compliance: administer both OSHA
and EMA act legislation with primarily focusing on Legal appointments,
first aid materials, HSE committee meetings, EIA, and Compliance
License.
• Risk Assessment: Ensure there is risk assessments for all
projects and operational activities and appropriate H&S plans are
available to control identified risks.Conduct and review risk assessment
occasionally.
• Inspection and Audit: Conduct inspection and site audits to
all assigned Vodacom facilities, BTS sites , high risk projects and
Contractors activities with the primarily focusing on i) electrical
safety ii) electromagnetic fields iii) elevated and overhead work iv)
fall protection v) confined space entry vi) optical fibre safety vi)
motor vehicle safety
• Contractors Management: Conduct HSE vetting to all VTL
contractors and sub contractors and provide progress report on
contractors’ performance to ensure HSE compliances.
• Independently audit the health and safety performance and monitor Suppliers’ H&S Management Systems
• Coordinate the administrative and governance activities of
local H&S team and ensure compliance with Group H&S policy
standards, processes and procedures
• Independently audit the health and safety performance and monitor Suppliers’ H&S Management Systems
• Investigation of Incidents: Conduct all related HSE incident
investigation in Vodacom and contractors to determine root causes and
develop corrective action plans for all incidents and report them on the
monthly basis.
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• EHS Awareness Program: Develop training materials and
Facilitate all HSE trainings, induction to all employees and contractors
in your assigned Regions and develop monthly safety topics and
communicate to all staff.
• Reporting: prepare and submit timely and accurate month end
and quarter reports related to HSE. This includes dash board,
departmental month end reports and envoy reports.
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or Environmental
Management or Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Certificate
from recognized Institution.
• A degree in occupational Health& Safety or Engineering, Sciences, Building Technology and related fields
• Minimum requirement in NEBOSH IGC,
• Added advantage is NEBOSH diploma
• Knowledge in ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001:2007
WORKING EXPERIENCE
3-5 years working experience in the field of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment
Skills
Working Environment – Safety Assessment
Employee Experience
Safety Culture
Leading Organisation Culture and Change
Strategic Mindset
Governance and Policy Compliance
Data Analytics and Insights
User Experience
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
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Commitment from Vodacom
Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences – we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.
