Head of Occupational Health and Safety

Job Title Head - Occupational Health and Safety

Reporting to Director

Position Summary

The incumbent is to lead and manage all aspects of the OHS business unit of the company with a particular emphasis on business growth, sustainability and profitability.

**The purpose of the role is to**:
1. Business Management: Assume control of all operational aspects of the Business Unit, including business growth, marketing, sales, project management and delivery, consulting services, staffing and people management (direct and indirect reports)

2. Financial Management: Manage the overall financial viability of the Business Unit nationally ensuring revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, expenses and net profit targets are met

3. Client Management: Ensure strategic client retention solutions and integrate these with the sales, business development, service excellence and people management processes. Furthermore, ensure a pervading culture is established that focuses on business development, relationship building, sales, client retention and service excellence.

Key Accountabilities/ Principal Responsibilities

The incumbent is accountable and required to:

- Lead the business unit nationally and ensure the setting of the unit's strategy, budget, sales and financial targets, resourcing requirements
- Ensure the overall successful delivery of its services and projects, the retention of clients, client relationships and the management of the unit's operations
- Ensure viable pipe-line work through securing new business/project appointments, seek out new business opportunities in the market and develop proposals and tenders in response to market needs, present solutions to clients, conclude appointments (and the required service agreements)
- Participate in marketing and sales activities, including attendance of industry events and being involved in industry associations
- Ensure monthly P&L reporting is in place, overseeing the resourcing of projects and ensuring 90%+ utilisation of its resources and multipliers of 2.0 are achieved
- Identify and mitigate business risks within the unit as well as ensuring compliance with regard to the Group's quality management system, ISO standards and the Group's policies and procedures
- Participate as member of company executive team in furthering the growth and sustainability of the overall business
- Work in tandem with and in support of the other business units within company
- Provide direct input to and support of the Group's OHS committee and related activities
- Develop and oversee the management of all OHS risk and legal liability to the Director/s by implementing relevant risk reduction interventions and assessments
- Work with and engage frequently with Directors, Executives and Managers in the Group and its subsidiaries as required in order to provide OHS services and maintain the compliance of the Group in respect of OHSA.

New Business/Contracts

Leadership

Service Delivery, Contract/Programme/Project Management

Financial Management

Implement and maintain Quality Standards and Policies and Procedures

Staff Management

Implementation of the quality management system and continually improving its effectiveness by:
Project Management

Reporting

**Key Skills and Experience**

Performance Management
- Conduct Bi-annual performance management appraisals
- Ensure problems affecting achievement of operation outcomes are immediately resolved
- Ensure learning and development plans directly target the learning needs
- Ensure flow of communication between top management and operational level personnel
- Ensure compliance to OHS standards and company policies
- Grade 12
- Relevant tertiary qualification - a 3 year degree or diploma is the minimum
- Current SACPCMP registration - CHSM (Occupational/Const ruction Health and Safety Manager)
- Current SAIOSH registration - Graduate Member

**-Must have**
- SAMTRAC or NEBOSH Certificate
- Risk Assessment Certificate
- Incident Investigation Certification
- Fall Protections Planner certificate
- 5 years proven experience in a similar management role, having successfully grown and

managed a OHS consultancy/unit and done so profitably
- Must have 12+ years blended working experience in Facilities Management and/or

Construction sectors in a health, safety and environmental role with at least 5-years'

experience at Senior Management level in leading large teams of professionals and staff
- Soft and technical skills in the built environment
- Report-writing, proposal-writing, pricing development and presentation skills
- Good understanding of legislation and legal requirements of corporate operations.
- General business acumen, and good understanding of corporate governance requirements
- Profit driven, results and goal orientated.
- Sound knowledge of generating, maintaining, and managing contracts and SLA's.
- Drafting business and marketing strategies, plans and budgets, financial experience in generating budgets and managing fina