Consultant Occupational Health

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The purpose of the role is implementation, monitoring and auditing of Environment, Health and Safety policy, standards and controls within the Absa Group.

Job Description

Accountability: Risk management:

- Ensure compliance with OHS standards and legislation.
- Monitor the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards and management information system (MIS) by obtaining quarterly reports from all Absa workplaces. Assist workplaces to become compliant by sending reminders of information that is still outstanding and escalate non-compliance to Regional Managers.
- Liaise with Business Units by providing expert opinions, advice and recommendations pertaining to the OHS Act and COID (Compensation of Injuries and Diseases on duty).
- Engage with various internal Business Units as CRES, Regional Operations, Group Wellness, People Function and Group Learning to ensure participation and elimination of risks e.g. noise levels, facility related hazards etc.
- Provide input for training material and present training courses if necessary. Provide facilitators with information when facilitators are not able to respond to a learner’s question. Assist in-country consultants to engage training vendors for courses required for upskilling purposes.
- Conduct site inspections and investigations (e.g. injury on duty investigations) to identify OHS risk related shortcomings and to ensure procedural compliance by staff and contractors. Submit a report on findings. Analyse investigation reports issued by in-country authorities.
- Conduct OHS audits and proactive inspections and report on findings with appropriate recommendations to enhance OHS compliance, which could include, technology, procedural, training or even disciplinary action. Submit a report to the workplace and other interested parties.
- Attend to business unit specific meetings and ensure OHS requirements are highlighted and addressed. Attend country legislated OHS Committee Meetings and provide feedback on OHS Compliance from a Centre perspective.
- Assist with development and revision of policies, procedures and standards.
- Assist with implementation of annual OHS Plans stating objectives to be strategically met in accordance with country legislation, Absa OHS policies and supporting documents.
- Assist and advise business on area specific OHS solutions which include; research and development which include the services of technical experts as SABS and occupational hygienists.
- Maintain the OHS Sharepoint site to create continual OHS awareness.
- Ensure that all contractors and service providers comply with country legislation by auditing their system to ensure that they take responsibility for staff working for them and that they have valid certification or registration and work procedures in place.
- Monitor OHS implementation at building sites by obtaining and providing information as prescribed by the country (or South African) Construction Regulations which includes the Principal Contractors OHS plan, responsibilities of the Principal contractor, appointments, training, agendas of OHS meeting held, facilities regulations, personal protective equipment etc. Conduct audits of their OHS procedures, do site inspections and attend site safety meetings if required.

Accountability: Process and Procedure Management for OHS
- Manage the Occupational Health & Safety system by sending a notification to Managers and OHS Representatives via the OHS system to submit quarterly reports.
- Monitor, manage and provide guidance to all Absa workplaces pertaining to this process. Send out a final reminder to workplaces that failed to submit quarterly reports. Obtain final statistics, compile a quarterly report and escalate non-compliance to various stakeholders.
- Assist in-country consultants to drive compliance by performing audits, inspections and by providing guidance pertaining to appointment of Managers, OHS Representatives, First Aiders, Fire Wardens and Evacuation Leaders.
- Liaise with Group Learning, Line Managers and Regional or relevant in-country Managers to ensure that OHS teams receive the required training and that all workplaces conduct physical emergency evacuations at minimum once per annum as prescribed by their legislation.
- Monitor changes in country legislation by receiving changes in legislation from in-country OHS consultants and Legal teams. Assist in-country consultants to compile a legal register for their region and facilitate approval from the in-country legal team, as relevant.
- Assist with the annual review of Group OHS policies and supporting documents.
- Manage business unit queries an