Senior Specialist: Health Safety & Wellbeing at Vodacom

Role purpose:

• The purpose is to drive the strategy implementation and execution of the Health, Safety, Environment & Wellness (HSE&W) objectives within the Vodacom group of Companies. To develop and facilitate HSE&W plans within across the Vodacom Group. To ensure that the Vodacom Group of Companies are compliant with Vodafone & Vodacom Group Policies, standards as well as their respective legislative and system requirements. To provide HSEW strategic guidance and direction setting around critical future HSEW risks\

Your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible and accountable for Health, Safety, environment, and Wellness Strategy design across Vodacom group of Companies (including partner Markets & subsidiaries). 
• Develop HSE&W annual functional Plans based upon minimum compliance and maturity aimed at improving HSE&W culture
• Responsible for facilitation to all stakeholders regarding design, construction, build, rollout, progress and performance on HSE&W initiatives and projects. 
• Conduct required functional deep dives, reviews, inspections and audits to improve HSE performance on Markets  against Vodacom Group Standards
• Developing and managing constructive and interactive collaborative relationships with all relevant Stakeholders and Suppliers
• To research and introduce new Safety, Health, Environmental and Wellness  innovations based on dynamic risk across Vodacom Group
• Compile HSE&W success indicators, real time dashboards, reports and advise on trends to Business Leaders and Group Exco
• Manage and provide input into budgetary requirements

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric/Grade 12 or equivalent – essential
• 3 year relevant Degree/National Diploma in HSE/Safety Management and or Wellbeing – essential
• 5-7 years related and relevant experience in a muli-national environment essential

Special requirements

• 2–3-year experience in developing Wellbeing programs and systems across multiple-Countries- (Africa Preferable)
• Experience in interacting stakeholders across  in Africa would be  advantageous
• Willingness to travel to all Operating Companies and their subsidiaries in Africa and Vodafone as required.
• A valid driver’s licence and be willing to travel as and when required – essential

Job Knowledge: 

• Management information systems  
• Corporate communications  
• Agility & Resilience
• Change management  
• Wellness Programmes 
• Relationship building  
• Supplier management  
• High level of numeracy, statistics and developing dashboards

Job-Related Skill:

• Assertive, but also a good team player – essential
• Willingness to work after hours and weekends – essential
• Ability to apply knowledge in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Communication in cross cultural environment 
• Facilitation/training  
• Research and initiative design 
• Stakeholder Management Networking  
• Conflict resolution skills  
• Presentation skills  
• Dashboard and indicator design
• Problem solving  
• People management
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook)
• Must be a team player and able to collate information from various stakeholders in business and technology, and from highly technical and specialised teams.
• Must be able to contextualize information in a form that is understandable and presentable to various stakeholders in Vodafone, Vodacom, and Industry in varying levels of detail.