Employer: One Acre Fund
Seeking an experienced safety, and security professional to play a key role in overseeing and driving our health/safety/security work forward at One Acre Fund.
About The Role:
This role will increase the health, safety, and well-being of dedicated staff in an 8,000-person organization spread across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. You will keep our staff safe by identifying solutions to observed health and safety challenges across the organization, and then implementing creative solutions. We are looking for a candidate with expertise in safety and security, but more importantly a record of delivering tangible projects at scale - for example delivering a COVID-19 vaccination campaign to our staff. You will report to our global head of HR and use your role to influence outcomes across the entire organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Most importantly: directly implement projects that improve the health and well-being of One Acre Fund staff - e.g. a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, or improving vehicle fleet safety.
Assess gaps and create solutions to observed risks to staff safety, guiding implementation through a small team across our countries of operation.
Partner with external service providers, like emergency evacuation and security advisory firms, to make recommendations to our country leaders on improving our security posture.
Coordinate our response to acute emergencies (e.g. staff security incidents or road traffic accidents) or longer-term crises (e.g. global COVID-19 pandemic), recognizing that responses to emergencies affecting our staff are important moments in the morale and retention of staff.
Use clear communications and trainings to influence staff to improve their health and safety behaviors.
You will manage the team and budget for health, safety, and security, ensuring that HSS initiatives are high-quality and cost-effective.
QUALIFICATIONS
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
3+ years of experience
Excellent hands-on project management (this is more important than technical HSS expertise)
Rapid pace of output and ability to independently navigate challenges - you are expected to do, not just advise
Exposure to and enthusiasms about health, safety, and security management in large organizations
Deft coordination of partners (both internal and external), for example external security partners, but just as importantly our Country Directors.
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.
Location: Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya
Seeking an experienced safety, and security professional to play a key role in overseeing and driving our health/safety/security work forward at One Acre Fund.
About The Role:
This role will increase the health, safety, and well-being of dedicated staff in an 8,000-person organization spread across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. You will keep our staff safe by identifying solutions to observed health and safety challenges across the organization, and then implementing creative solutions. We are looking for a candidate with expertise in safety and security, but more importantly a record of delivering tangible projects at scale - for example delivering a COVID-19 vaccination campaign to our staff. You will report to our global head of HR and use your role to influence outcomes across the entire organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Most importantly: directly implement projects that improve the health and well-being of One Acre Fund staff - e.g. a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, or improving vehicle fleet safety.
Assess gaps and create solutions to observed risks to staff safety, guiding implementation through a small team across our countries of operation.
Partner with external service providers, like emergency evacuation and security advisory firms, to make recommendations to our country leaders on improving our security posture.
Coordinate our response to acute emergencies (e.g. staff security incidents or road traffic accidents) or longer-term crises (e.g. global COVID-19 pandemic), recognizing that responses to emergencies affecting our staff are important moments in the morale and retention of staff.
Use clear communications and trainings to influence staff to improve their health and safety behaviors.
You will manage the team and budget for health, safety, and security, ensuring that HSS initiatives are high-quality and cost-effective.
QUALIFICATIONS
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
3+ years of experience
Excellent hands-on project management (this is more important than technical HSS expertise)
Rapid pace of output and ability to independently navigate challenges - you are expected to do, not just advise
Exposure to and enthusiasms about health, safety, and security management in large organizations
Deft coordination of partners (both internal and external), for example external security partners, but just as importantly our Country Directors.
PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible.
As soon as possible.
BENEFITS
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits.
ELIGIBILITY
One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.