Shira Specialist

Company Description
- The SHIRA Specialist is responsible for the management of risks and commitments.

**Be part of the team. The team that makes it happen.**

Anglo American has a portfolio of world-class mining operations. We mine, process, move and market the essential ingredients that enable a cleaner, more connected world and that meet fast growing consumer-driven demands for products from smartphones to electric cars. Our basic materials build homes, offices, railways and airports, and our diamonds fulfil people's dreams.

**Anglo American Platinum**

**Job Description**:

- As a SHIRA Specialist your responsibilities will include:
**Safety & Health**
- Take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities
- Identify specific risks within working area and adhere to discipline-specific plans/system to avoid these risks

**Performance & Delivery**
- Operational planning
- Develop detailed response plan for priority unwanted events

**Work management**
- Develop detailed response plan for priority unwanted events
- Conduct proactive base line survey with communities to identify cultural heritage sites
- Receive input from cultural heritage register provided by SAHRA
- Draft 'Chance Find Procedure'
- Supervise construction work at cultural heritage sites
- Create Cultural Heritage Management Plan
- Implement control mechanisms as specified in the Cultural Heritage Management Plan
- Get approval from SAHRA if required
- Advise on how to react in case of cultural heritage issues

**Feedback**
- Monitor management measures to social risks
- Advise on risk issues to operational head of the function
- Identify key social and economic impacts and issues

**Sustainability & social**
- Drive delivery the sustainability activities as relevant to discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time
- Put in place sufficient physical and financial resources and coordinate delivery of Sustainable Mining Plan commitments relevant to discipline

**People & Teams**
- Support the development of, and ultimately implement, a purpose-led, high-performing culture within the teams that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity
- Implement management processes for employee & contractor management within work area
- Develop team members

**Compliance**
- Ensure compliance of the discipline with external (legislative, regulatory, permitting) requirements
- Ensure compliance of the discipline with Anglo American compliance requirements
- Manage appeals to social incident procedure
- Develop appropriate commitment policy

**This role is in the Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Impact department at a Band 6 level reporting to the Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Impact Manager**
- Qualifications
- Post graduate qualification in Social Sciences Degree or equivalent qualifications
- Qualification in Integrated Social Impact Assessments
- Training / qualification in Gender and Development studies
- Rural Participatory Facilitation
- Communication and/or public relations
- Business / Project Management qualifications (advantageous)

**Experience and knowledge required**:

- Minimum of 6 years Development Management experience of which at least two should be in a Mining environment
- Project management fundamentals
- Business improvement tools and techniques
- Basic financial metrics, cost and value management & budgeting tools
- Systems maintenance
- Compliance: Safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory, regulatory and permitting requirements

**Additional Information
- What we offer?**

When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.

**Who we are?**

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

**How we are committed to your safety**

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only tha