Social Performance Specialist

2 weeks ago

Musina Limpopo, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- Venetia Mine is an asset in the De Beers Group portfolio with a strategic and commercial imperative to achieve the business objectives. A key imperative for the organisation remains the safe, sustainable and efficient delivery of its major capital investment in transitioning its Venetia Mine from an open pit to a modern, technologically enabled underground operation.

Social Performance is essential for achieving our strategic business objectives while ensuring the De Beers Group avoids harm.

and creates an environment in which communities impacted by our operations can prosper sustainably To this end, Venetia Mine adopted the Anglo American Social Way Management system.

Venetia Mine is in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Currently, we are mining in an open-pit operation and preparations are already under way to convert to underground mining, which is expected to extend the life of the mine to 2046.

**Job Description**:

- The purpose of the role is to act as the interface between Venetia’s Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Impact team and the Supply Chain function in order to:

- Play a critical role in the sourcing and tendering process, representing Social Performance in cross function evaluation teams
- Evaluate scopes of work that will go out to market for social risks and impacts. Contributing these insights in the development of tender documentation
- Identify socially material contracts and social and human rights impacts and risks associated with contractors’ scopes of work.
- Ensure the tender and contracting process gives due consideration to social performance requirements by evaluating scopes of work that will go out to market for social risks and impacts. Contributing these insights in the development of tender documentation
- Evaluate contractors’ social management planning and implementation and provide support and training as required to prevent or minimize social and human rights impacts and risks and contribute to socio-economic development of communities in Venetia’s area of influence.
- Ensure that stakeholder engagement, grievance and incident management, and commitments related to contractor management is conducted in an integrated and holistic manner.
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of social performance by contractors in order to ensure compliance by individual contractors and continuous improvement overall.
- Lead the Contractor Social Performance Steering Committees, engaging internal and contractor stakeholders to ensure that the committee drives the intended outcomes as outlined in the Anglo American Social Way 3

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline

**EXPERIENCE**
- Minimum of 2 - 5 years’ experience in either Social Performance or Supply Chain
- Experience of implementing the Anglo American Social Way management system or similar framework is highly desirable
- Experience in managing projects/large programmes of work
- Experience in managing contractors
- Experience in systems implementation and change management
- Demonstrated success in multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Proven track record of dealing with external stakeholders
- Mining industry experience highly desirable

**TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS**
- Social Impact Assessment
- Contractual Management
- Human Rights Due Diligence
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Strong analytical and data processing skills
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and good negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Ability to engage both internal and external structures.
- Problem solving and innovative thinking to help find new solutions to deep systemic issues.
- Self-motivated and highly organised with ability to multi-task
- Ability to manage complexities at managerial level.

**OTHER REQUIREMENTS**
- Work outside normal hours of work and travel may be required
- Driving License

**Additional Information
- Who We Are**:
Venetia Mine - South Africa

De Beers Group is a company with a rich history and a sparkling future.

Since 1888 our experts have searched the world for nature’s most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant - for our people, our customers, and the world around us.

Venetia Mine is part of De Beers Group Managed Operations Business which integrates mines, operations and support functions in the De Beers Group producer countries of Canada and South Africa to shape a safe, sustainable future for De Beers Group’s people, shareholders, communities and partners.

**Safety**

Safety first is a way of life for us. We are unconditional about the safety, health and well-being of our colleagues, at work and at home, and about that of the communities where we work. We aim to lead the industry by investing in innovation to protect people, who are at the heart of our business. Our high p

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