HSSE Observer

Overview of position

• Our client is an operational arm of the United Nations (UN), supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian & development projects around the world. Their mission is to help people build better lives & countries achieve sustainable development.
• Their areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management & human resources.

Role objectives

The primary responsibility of the HSSE Observer is to assist the HSSE Coordinator in facilitating compliance with applicable World Bank Environmental & Social Standards (ESS) & our clients Health, Safety, Social & Environmental (HSSE) systems, as well as to provide advice on preventive measures required to minimize harm caused by hazards in subprojects implemented under the Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project (YIUSEP) & the Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (YEHCP). On the other hand, s / he will assist the contractors’ personnel in carrying out various HSSE inspections such as mentioned below:

Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with local regulatory HSSE requirements.
• Ensure compliance with our clients HSSE minimum requirements for the contractors procedures.
• Assists in the development & delivery of operational processes safely.
• Enforces our clients policies & procedures.
• Assists teams to deliver an exemplary HSSE performance.

Performance measurement:

• Identifies potential & actual areas of improvement & assists in setting & formulating goals & tools for their achievement.
• Provides input to leading & lagging HSSE performance measures.
• Liaises with all stakeholders in order to be aware & educate the workforce on HSSE related topics.

Lessons learnt:

• Provides input to the collection of lessons learnt for all activities.

Hazard identification & risk assessment:

• Assists teams in identifying hazards, assessing risks & identifying relevant controls to manage & reduce these risks to ALARP.
• Fosters a safe culture by being informed, mindful, learning, fair & respectful.

Behaviour Based Safety (BBS):

• Promotes & coaches the workforce in BBS.

Assurance:

• Perform audits to measure the level of HSSE culture.
• Carries out site HSSE audits & inspections as per audit & inspection plan.
• Carry out regular site visits.
• Provides HSSE input to the HSSE Officer.
• Review contractors HSSE reports & upload them into our clients system.

Incident management:

• Ensures Incidents are recorded & reported.
• Help the HSSE Coordinator in preparing initial incident reports.

Contingency management:

• Coordinate with the HSSE Coordinator to provide immediate response in emergency situations.
• Conduct contingency drills to maintain & increase staff competency.

Contractor management:

• Manages contractor in all aspects of health & safety.

Document control:

• Ensure that all forms & documents utilized in the worksites are consistent, valid & up to date.

Project reporting

• The Health, Safety, Social & Environmental (HSSE) Observer shall report directly to the respective area HSSE Coordinator & indirectly to the YIUSEP & YEHCP HSSE Officers.

Key competencies

• High school diploma is the minimum requirement for this role a bachelor degree in health & safety management, natural science or engineering would be an asset.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Health, Safety, Social & Environmental (HSSE) management is required.
• Experience in working with the G-Suite platform including, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google sheets, docs & slides is an asset.
• Full fluency in English & Arabic is required.

Team management

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.