Safety, Health, Environmental and Site Security Officer at Roche Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

SHE (including Roche specific directives) Implementation Management

• Manage the implementation of SHE across Roche East Africa by advising stakeholders (internal and external) on SHE standards, legislation, regulations and guidelines, tracking compliance, identifying areas of non-conformance and managing the implementation of corrective action as required.
• Prepare and submit reports on SHE performance by extracting the required information, collating inputs and drafting the report and presenting as required.
• Manage the development and implementation of local SHE SOP’s by reviewing policies, identifying policy gaps, drafting SOP’s and managing implementation of SOP’s annually and as required.
• Monitor compliance with policies and procedures, identify areas of non-compliance, address non-compliance and track improvements.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes by reviewing the landscape, identifying changes, analysing and interpreting the impact of the changes, integrating the changes into the policies and procedures and communicating these changes.
• Make recommendations on improving the effectiveness of SHE measures by defining and communicating the measures, monitoring and reviewing implementation and analysing the outputs for reporting.
• Provide input and participate in the execution of Group SHE initiatives by providing input, aligning with current practices and processes and leveraging off current knowledge and tools.
• Maintain relationships with SHE third party providers by identifying relevant providers, establishing relationships and contracts (as applicable), tracking performance, providing feedback and resolving issues.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders by developing the relationship, providing support, addressing issues and engaging.
• Ensure that Roche Kenya is audit ready by identifying gaps, develop solutions to resolve gaps and support implementation of solutions.
• Conduct SHE audits by scheduling the audit, extracting and measuring compliance against performance standards, preparing the audit report and presenting to relevant stakeholders.

SHE Coordination

• Coordinate the SHE committee by establishing the committee in line with legislative requirements, scheduling the meetings, chair the meetings and draft the minutes for distribution in line with the annual calendar.
• Manage the implementation of SHE training by identifying the required training and participants, developing the SHE training matrix and tracking implementation against the training plan annually.
• Manage the implementation of the Occupational Health Programme (including but not limited to vaccinations) by identifying risks and proposed solution, implementing the activities and tracking compliance annually.
• Manage a safe working environment by identifying SHE risks in line with regulations and guidelines (region dependant) and identifying solutions to resolve risks as required
• Manage personnel security by identifying the various elements risks, developing solutions to mitigate against risks and implementing as required.
• Participate in the audit (internal and external) process by responding to queries, preparing reports and addressing any issues as required.

Occupational Health and Employee Wellness Programme Management

• Develop and implement occupational health activities.
• Develop the employee wellness programme by identifying activities, developing the programme and preparing the implementation plan annually.
• Manage the implementation of the employee wellness programme by tacking performance against the implementation plan, addressing any gaps or issues, implementing corrective action and reporting on progress quarterly

Security Management

• Support and advise company/site senior management, line management and employees in all security matters (physical/access, personnel, information and product related).
• Support the organization for compliance with legal security regulations and with Roche security requirements (K19 and others).
• Report critical security situations/incidents to the General Manager and to the CSO.
• Monitor and assess the local security exposure and proposes the necessary preventive measures.
• Is involved in major projects (also in design phase) representing the security stake and requirements.
• Is able to manage critical issues/cases related to security of the company/site (including participation in investigations).
• Establish and maintain close contacts with law enforcement authorities/police and professional organisations and associations.
• Act as a member of the emergency management team.
• Manage access control activities for Roche employees, stakeholders
• Implementation of Group SHE Directive K19 – Security Management and others (e.g. Supply Chain Security).
• Facilities Management Support
• Strive for a close collaboration with and assist Facilities Management Department.

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Qualification: An Art or Science degree in a SHE related field with a certification in SHE, facilities or site security.
• Experience: At least 3 years’ experience in SHE implementation or similar.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) regulations(Kenya).