SENIOR SPECIALIST, OCC HEALTH AND HYGIENE
DETAILS
Closing Date
2023/11/03
Reference Number
EXX231027-1
Exxaro Reference NumberP40236809Job TitleSenior Specialist, Occ Health and HygieneBusiness Unit / DivisionExxaro Corporate Centre (The ConneXXion)Job Type ClassificationPermanentLocation – Town / CityPretoriaLocation – ProvinceGautengLocation – CountrySouth AfricaJob Advert Summary
PURPOSE:
• To identify and control the impact of health hazards across the group and within the communities in which we operate to as low as reasonably practicable
• To co-ordinate the occupational health and hygiene function by providing strategic specialist support, guidance and oversight to the group’s operations and occupational health and hygienist functions at various operations.
• To provide direct health and hygiene specialist operational support for mines in rehabilitation and closure in line with the Group’s occupational health strategy.
• To create and track a preventative link between occupational health and hygiene through the development of strategies, frameworks and standards.
• To appoint and manage external occupational health and hygiene service providers in line with Exxaro’s minimum standards.
MAJOR CHALLENGES:
• Impact of non-compliance with occupational health and hygiene frameworks on employee health and ultimately, business operations which may lead to operations being issued with section 54 notices to cease operations.
• Volume and quality of risk assessments that need to be conducted simultaneously.
• Staff being exposed to health hazards that may result in them incurring permanent health problems.
• Potential compensation financial liability, brand and reputational risks for the Group.
• Awareness of the importance of the occupation health and hygiene role by operations.
• Talent scarcity and cost of skilled resources to perform the required tasks.
Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor of Nursing (Essential/Minimum or)
• B Tech Nursing Science (Essential/Minimum or)
• B Tech Occupational Health Nursing (Essential/Minimum or)
• BCur: Nursing Science (Essential/Minimum or)
• Bachelor of Nursing (H) (Essential/Minimum)
• Master of Arts in Nursing Science (Recommended/Desirable)
• Management Development Programme (Recommended/Desirable)
DETAILS
Closing Date
2023/11/03
Reference Number
EXX231027-1
Exxaro Reference NumberP40236809Job TitleSenior Specialist, Occ Health and HygieneBusiness Unit / DivisionExxaro Corporate Centre (The ConneXXion)Job Type ClassificationPermanentLocation – Town / CityPretoriaLocation – ProvinceGautengLocation – CountrySouth AfricaJob Advert Summary
PURPOSE:
• To identify and control the impact of health hazards across the group and within the communities in which we operate to as low as reasonably practicable
• To co-ordinate the occupational health and hygiene function by providing strategic specialist support, guidance and oversight to the group’s operations and occupational health and hygienist functions at various operations.
• To provide direct health and hygiene specialist operational support for mines in rehabilitation and closure in line with the Group’s occupational health strategy.
• To create and track a preventative link between occupational health and hygiene through the development of strategies, frameworks and standards.
• To appoint and manage external occupational health and hygiene service providers in line with Exxaro’s minimum standards.
MAJOR CHALLENGES:
• Impact of non-compliance with occupational health and hygiene frameworks on employee health and ultimately, business operations which may lead to operations being issued with section 54 notices to cease operations.
• Volume and quality of risk assessments that need to be conducted simultaneously.
• Staff being exposed to health hazards that may result in them incurring permanent health problems.
• Potential compensation financial liability, brand and reputational risks for the Group.
• Awareness of the importance of the occupation health and hygiene role by operations.
• Talent scarcity and cost of skilled resources to perform the required tasks.
Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor of Nursing (Essential/Minimum or)
• B Tech Nursing Science (Essential/Minimum or)
• B Tech Occupational Health Nursing (Essential/Minimum or)
• BCur: Nursing Science (Essential/Minimum or)
• Bachelor of Nursing (H) (Essential/Minimum)
• Master of Arts in Nursing Science (Recommended/Desirable)
• Management Development Programme (Recommended/Desirable)
EXPERIENCE:
• 10-12 years Proven experience in a leadership and operational role within the Occupational Health, Hygiene and Primary Healthcare fields, preferably in the mining, heavy industry, or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of emerging health and hygiene risks in underground and surface mining operations, and within the community.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and executing healthcare related strategies, frameworks, and standards.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at various levels of the organisation. (Essential/Minimum) Management
REQUIREMENTS:
• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Reg: South African Nursing Council (Essential/Minimum)
Duties & Responsibilities
Business Performance and Operations
• Provide day-to-day occupational health and hygiene operational support for mines in closure
• Coordinate group occupational health and hygiene functions reporting at all sites
• Lead the development of the group wide integrated occupational health hygiene strategy, frameworks, standards and processes, governance, audits and reporting requirements
• Develop service level agreement with external health and hygiene service providers and evaluate implementation of the service level agreements for mines in closure and rehabilitation
• Support manager in assessing risks to health arising from many different factors and refer employees to medical facilities, if required, to ensure employee’s occupational health concerns are identified and addressed
• Execute occupation health and hygiene system implementation and received directives to ensure that all incident data relating to employee health is captured
• Drive the participation of the Company in the implementation of training programs to for compliance with Occupational Health and Hygiene, standards, frameworks and Regulations
• Coordinate the execution and reporting of internal and external audits and facilitate the implementation of corrective action to proactively minimise the impact of occupational health hazards
• Facilitate a group wide implementation of Occupational health and hygiene standards
• Represent the Company at Chamber of Mines hygiene meetings
• Standardize implementation of leading practises and lessons learned across the group
• Support business units in contracting occupational health and hygiene service providers and review all reports submitted by such service providers
Compliance, Governance and Assurance
• Provide in-depth analysis on occupational health and hygiene data and in conjunction with other business indicators to continuously improve occupational health standards to monitor compliance to internal and legal/statutory requirements
• Provide an oversight role in implementation of external requirements from all the bodies Exxaro is affiliated with such as, FTSE, SABCOHA, MASOYISE,etc
• Participate and lead tier 2 audits and assist individual business units to prepare for the tier 3 audits.
• Ensure compliance to Mine Health and Safety Act, Group guidelines and Mine standards through external legal compliance audits
Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management
• Provide support to the customer in the development of occupational health and hygiene services framework and processes for central repository management
• Assist in the evaluation of discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning, design and implementation of safe outcomes that support the business strategy
Effective People Management
• Manage Senior Occupational Nurse and Occupational Nurses’ Key Performance Areas (KPA’s)
• Proactively anticipate future occupational and primary health service requirements
• Draft and implement strategies to optimise staffing and services
• Motivate and inspire staff to excel at their jobs and strive for excellence
• Ensure staff resources are efficiently deployed and staff members undertake appropriate training and development
• Support, coach and mentor direct reports in skills/knowledge development to ensure they have necessary capabilities
Safe and Healthy Work Environment
• Provide an oversight role to ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable health and safety policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage and foster a proactive culture that focuses on healthy employees across all operations
Service Management
• Execute responsibilities in a manner that is in accordance to guidelines and standards associated with quality service delivery of occupational health and hygiene services
• Deliver responsibilities in a manner that is aligned to the services framework and consistent with customer agreements
Specialised Support
• Develop and drive implementation of occupational health and hygiene strategy.
• Establish and promote both occupational and primary health care programmes across all group through an approved framework
• Manage the health service providers as per the service level agreements with Exxaro group and operate within professional scope of practice.
• Conduct occupational health and hygiene compliance assessments across Exxaro group
• Develop a framework to manage lifestyle diseases, HIV/AIDS, STI and Tuberculosis programs across the group
• Manage the health statistics across the group and ensure on-time quality reporting to different stakeholders (DoH ODIMWA, Masoyise)
• Standardize health programs across the business and ensure data integrity and confidentiality of medical information.
• Provide input re-diagnosis of occupational diseases and injuries.
• Prepare reports on a monthly and bi-annually to the relevant departments within the group
• Manage outbreak of communicable disease across the group
• Participate and represent Exxaro’s interest at policy development level within the DMRE, DoH, etc
• Manage and monitor medical surveillance and data input in ensuring that all employees are fit for work
• Co-ordinate and create health awareness campaigns for the group and the neighbouring communities.
• Create a strategic linkage between health and hygiene, and develop a proactive approach to occupational health program using technological solutions
• Partner with HR regarding worker absenteeism to ensure total wellbeing and health of employees
• Partners with HR and facilitate medical incapacity management and employee rehabilitation program
• Assist in the development and implementation of a personal learning and growth plan to ensure continued development
• Monitor occupational health and hygiene performance and provide regular feedback to different committees such OPCO, SAC,SUSCO, Sustainable Impact forum
• Coordinate technical support to the Group on industry best practice and monitoring requirements from the different statutory bodies.
• Investigate and make recommendations on proactive measures in line with industry best practise as and when required.
• Keep abreast of trends and communicate these to the Group to facilitate dialog on industry requirements for risk mitigation
• Give guidance on legal updates to Group and how it would impact on procedural and monitoring requirements specific to Occupational health and hygiene
Behavioural Alignment
Demonstrates the following:
• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective
The appointment will be made in accordance with Exxaro’s Employment Equity policy.
If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
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