Principal Specialist: Health, Safety

3 months ago

Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

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**Role Purpose/Business Unit**:

- The purpose is to drive the technology strategy, implementation and execution of Safety, Health Wellness and Environmental (SHW&E) objectives within the Vodacom group of Companies including subsidiaries.
- To develop and facilitate SHW&E technical plans across the Vodacom Technology Group & relevant subsidiaries.
- Plan, and manage the annual H&S plans within the technology area including the relative budget allocation, resource management, vendors SHW&E plan reviews, and audit/inspection programs.
- To ensure that the Vodacom Group of Companies are compliant with Vodafone & Vodacom Group Policies, standards as well as their respective legislative and system requirements.
- To provide SHW&E strategic and operational technical guidance and direction setting around critical and future SHW&E risk and plans
- To report, identify trends and forecast areas of SHW&E risk controls, within business to own and manage at relevant levels within the organization

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Responsible and accountable for Safety, Health, wellness technology strategy implementation and facilitation across Vodacom group of Companies (including partner Markets & subsidiaries).
- Develop HSE&W annual functional Plans based upon minimum compliance and maturity aimed at improving HSE&W culture.
- Responsible for facilitation to all stakeholders regarding design, construction, build, rollout, progress and performance on HSE&W initiatives and projects.
- Conduct required functional deep dives, reviews, inspections, and audits to improve SHW&E performance on Markets against Vodacom Group Standards
- Developing and managing constructive and interactive collaborative relationships with all relevant Stakeholders and Suppliers
- To research and introduce new Safety, Health, Wellness and Environmental innovations solutions based on dynamic risk across Vodacom Group
- Compile HSE&W success indicators, real time dashboards, reports and advise on trends to Business Leaders and Group Exco
- Manage and provide input into budgetary requirements

**Core competencies, knowledge, and experience**:

- Matric/Grade 12 or equivalent - essential
- 3-year relevant Degree/National Diploma in SHE/Safety Management
- essential
- Engineering degree or equivalent training and qualifications within a Telco environment. - preferable
- 8 years of related and relevant technical experience in a multi-national environment & high-risk organisations
- essential
- Post Graduate certificates in H&S, e.g. Nebosh & OSHA, SAMTRAC certificates -essential
- Excellent experience in Technology risk areas functions and maintenance works.
- Experience and excellent stakeholder management in Africa - essential
- Excellent knowledge in safety and occupational health requirements, policies and procedures.
- Budgeting and Financial Management skills.
- Project planning and Supplier Management skills.

**Special requirements**
- 3-5-year experience in developing SH&E programs and systems across multiple-Countries
- (Africa -essential)
- Experience in interacting relevant technology stakeholders across in Africa. - essential
- Ensuring Environmental Compliance and system conformance (ISO14001)
- preference
- Willingness to travel to all Operating Companies and their subsidiaries in Africa and Vodafone as required.
- A valid driver’s licence and be willing to travel as and when required - essential.

**Job Knowledge**:

- Knowledge on emerging technical growth areas (Fibre Co, TowerCo, Data co )
- Relationship building - High EQ, Cross Cultural
- Management information systems
- Excellent communication, policy and standard development
- Agility & Resilience in co-creating solutions.
- Change management - identify & address dynamic risk areas.
- Wellness Programmes - Supplier & Employee
- Supplier management, monitoring, reward and control, creating a safe space
- High level of numeracy, statistics and developing dashboards

**Job Related Skill**:

- Assertive, but also a good team player - essential
- Willingness to work after hours and weekends - essential
- Communication in cross-cultural environment
- Facilitation/training
- Research and initiative design
- Stakeholder Management Networking
- Conflict resolution skills
- Presentation skills
- Dashboard and indicator design
- Problem solving
- People management
- Computer literacy (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook)
- Must be a team player and able to collate information from various stakeholders in business and technology, and from highly technical and specialised teams.
- Must be able to contextualize information in a form that is understandable and presentable to various stakeholders in Vodafone, Vodacom, and Industry in varying levels of detail.

**We make an impact by offering**:

- Enticing incentive pro

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