Regional Corporate Social responsibility Manager at Epiroc

Main responsibilities:

Champion B-BBEE

• Champion B-BBEE strategy, implementation, and reporting for Epiroc South Africa.
• Ensure understanding and awareness of BBBEE framework and supporting legislation within the organization.
• Mobilize respective committees, internal and external stakeholders to ensure data and supporting documentation is readily available for the annual BBBEE verification.
• Provide quarterly BBBEE scorecard updates to the management committee/ team, ensuring risks are well communicated and actions agreed upon to mitigate such risks.
• Ensure policies, procedures and processes related to B-BBEE are reviewed regularly. They should be documented and approved within the Management System.
• Develop and maintain good relations with all stakeholders, including BBBEE verification agencies, the Tirisano Trust and appointed external providers supporting the process.
• The above responsibilities apply to the relevant legislation in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe (e.g., CEEP and NEEF).

Skills Development

• Coordinate and manage the strategy development and implementation of tertiary education bursaries for non-employees; as well as internships, learnerships; and Yes4Youth.
• Coordinate the strategy for apprenticeships.
• Ensure the skills development strategy includes opportunities for skills development, job creation and employment for the local communities we operate in (and is aligned to our Inclusive Procurement/ Transformation Plans).
• Participate in the Employment Equity and Skills Development Committee, ensuring consultation, and facilitating transparent communication between the committee and management.
• Prepare motivations for non-employee Skills Development initiatives approval.
• Recordkeeping and maintenance of documentary evidence as per legislation.
• Quarterly reporting, including the Skills Development Scorecard, approved spend versus actual spend, learner progress reports and placement feedback.

Enterprise and Supplier Development

• Using the respective Inclusive Procurement/ Transformation Plans as a foundation, identify ESD opportunities to be submitted to the management team or Tirisano Trust.
• Ensure that such opportunities align with the local business requirements, and have RBLM buy-in.
• Assist in preparing the motivations for ESD approval.
• Close collaboration with the Tirisano Trust around Enterprise and Supplier Development initiatives for South Africa. Active participation in the implementation, monitoring, and follow-up of all initiatives.
• Recordkeeping and maintenance of documentary evidence as per legislation.
• Quarterly reporting around identified, approved, and implemented ESD initiatives (this should include CEEP/ NEEF activities where applicable).

Socio-Economic Development

• Define and implement a regional Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, aimed at facilitating the growth and development of the local communities within which we operate.
• Develop and build relationships between partner beneficiaries, partner companies, customer counterparts and other stakeholders.
• Identify potential projects in collaboration with stakeholders and prepare motivations for approval.
• Monitor the progress of each project throughout its life cycle to ensure deadlines are met and objectives are achieved.
• Recordkeeping and maintenance of documentary evidence as per legislation.
• Quarterly reporting around identified, approved, and implemented SED initiatives (this should include CEEP/ NEEF activities where applicable).
• Establish and chair a SED committee to ensure transparent and fair selection of projects.
• Ensure policies, procedures and processes related to SED are reviewed regularly. They should be documented and approved within the Management System.
• Custodian and champion for Water for All in the region.

Global 

• Set a roadmap in place for the Epiroc Global customer community engagement strategy.
• Drive and co-ordinate the Global customer community engagement work
• Establish a framework taking into consideration the local context and develop internal Group guidance and policies.
• Keep track of upcoming requirements
• Engage with Epiroc colleagues in different regions.
• Support Group with related projects and activities

General

• Responsible for quarterly financial report related to corporate social responsibility projects and spend. To be submitted to regional finance before the quarterly deadline.
• Prepare for and participate in the Social and Ethics Committee (a sub-committee of the Epiroc South Africa Board of Directors).