Consultant Occupational Health

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**Job Description**:
Accountability 1

OHS system
- Create new user accounts
- Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements
- Troubleshoot issues and outages
- Upgrade systems with new releases and models
- Develop expertise to train staff on new technologies
- Build an internal process with technical documentation, manuals and user scripts
- Identifying areas where technical solutions would improve business performance.
- Consulting across business operations, providing mentorship, and contributing specialized knowledge.
- Recommending technical solutions and determining software development requirements.
- Overseeing the development, testing, and implementation of technical solutions.
- Determining whether technical solutions meet defined requirements.
- Verifying technical reference information, including user guides, training manuals, and system requirements.
- Ensuring accurate representation of expertise prior to the distribution of technical solutions to end-users.
- Documenting processes and disseminating information to all relevant stakeholders.

Accountability 2

Risk management - Ensure OHS compliance
- Monitor the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards and management information system (MIS) by obtaining monthly reports from all Absa workplaces. Assist workplaces to become compliant by sending reminders of information that is still outstanding and escalate non-compliance to the OHS Manager and 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 and Learning & Development to ensure participation and elimination of occupational health and safety risks.
- Provide input and recommendations pertaining to revision of training material.
- Conduct site inspections and investigations (e.g., injuries on duty) to identify OHS risk related non-compliances and to ensure procedural compliance by staff and contractors. Submit reports on findings. Attend inspection/inquiries held by the Department of Labour.
- 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 relevant parties.
- Attend to Business specific meetings and ensure OHS requirements are highlighted and addressed.
- Assist with development and revision of policies, procedures and standards.
- Assist and advise Business on area specific OHS solutions which include research and development which include the services of technical experts as SABS and OHS hygienists.
- Maintain the OHS SharePoint to create continual OHS awareness.
- Ensure that all contractors and service providers comply with the OHS Act by auditing their system to ensure that they take responsibility for staff working for them and that they have a valid certificate of good standing with the Compensation Commissioner.
- Monitor OHS implementation at building sites by obtaining and providing information as prescribed by the 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 system, do site inspections and attend site safety meetings.

Accountability 3

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 start submitting monthly and 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 monthly and quarterly reports. Obtain final statistics, compile a quarterly report and escalate non-compliance to various stakeholders.
- Assist non-compliant workplaces to become compliant by performing audits, inspections and by providing guidance pertaining to appointment of Managers, OHS Representatives, First Aider's, Fire Wardens and Evacuation Leaders.
- Liaise with Learning & Development, Managers, Group Operations and Regional Managers to ensure that OHS teams receive the required training and that workplaces conduct emergency evacuations twice per annum as prescribed by National Building Regulations.
- Monitor and manage changes in legislation by receiving changes in legis