Senior Advisor Occupational Health and Safety at Eskom Communications

Apply by: 4 November 2026

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess and advise on Occupational Health and Safety policies, standards, procedures, systems and processes
• Render an occupational health and safety (OHS) advisory service to the organisation
• Identify, diagnose and advise on strategies to reduce and/or control existing occupational health and safety risk.

Skills and Competencies Required

 Behavioural: 

• Be results and delivery focused
• Strong drive to learn
• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Be able to work as part of team
• Safety consciousness 

Leadership:

• Live the Eskom NTCSA vision and values
• Grow people
• Ignite passion
• Promote teamwork
• Encourage the right behaviour
• Provide open and transparent communication
• Ability to build effective relationships and deliver on expectations
• Coaching and mentoring

Knowledge:

• Strategy formulation understanding
• Human Safety Performance / Defence - in – depth/ Human Error Understanding
• Risk Analysis Principles
• Project Management Principles
• Superior knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and occupational Health and Safety.
• Understanding of organisational behaviour
• Business process management
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• Sound knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and occupational health and safety.

Skills: 

• Negotiation
• Risk analysis principles
• Project management principles
• Financial management
• Communication and presentation

Leadership

• Legal knowledge of the OHS Act

Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):

• B Degree/ B Tech/ National Higher Diploma in Safety Management/Environmental Health at NQF7 with 360 credits.

Minimum Related Experience:

• 5 years related experience in Occupational Health and Safety.