Kenya Job Vacancies:Occupational Health & Safety Officer Job.

Kenya Job Vacancies:Occupational Health & Safety Officer Job.
Mission and strategy
ILRI envisions... A world made better for poor people in developing countries by improving agricultural systems in which livestock are important.
ILRI’s mission is... To work at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development for poor livestock keepers and their communities.
ILRI works in partnerships and alliances with other organizations, national and international, in livestock research, training and information. ILRI works in all tropical developing regions of Africa and Asia.
ILRI is a member of the Consortium of CGIAR Centers that conducts food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security while protecting the natural resource base.
ILRI seeks to recruit an Occupational Health & Safety Officer (Operations) to work within the Occupational Health & Safety Department.

Responsibilities
* Coordinate the following Environmental programs at ILRI: Pest Control, and Kitchen hygiene.
* Coordinate the Waste Management Plan and radiation hygiene plan for ILRI-Nairobi
* To organise and arrange for EOHS training for operations and Office staff both internally and externally and attend training as required
* Coordinate the following occupational health and safety programs at ILRI: First Aid and Fire.
* Coordinate kitchen safety, transport safety, engineering safety and office safety inspection in line with Kenyan regulatory requirements and other international regulations.
* Coordinate risk assessment in the office, transport, engineering, and kitchen.
* Accompany staff from the safety representatives and external agencies (regulators and contractors) during workplace inspections of the kitchen, engineering, transport and offices.
* Follow up on any deficiencies noted during these inspections or by external inspectors, and ensure that they are corrected.
* Coordinate the accident and incident management program and maintain accident/ incident program within the kitchen, transport, engineering and office.* Coordinate the safety representatives meetings and take the minutes of discussions.
* Coordinates plans, and implements the actions and recommendations of the institute Safety representatives; provides technical assistance and advice to the Committee.
* `Carry out a PPE needs assessment for all work areas and ensure all work areas are supplied with the right PPE.
* Carry out fit testing for respiratory PPE for all staff
* Coordinate application of licences/permits from regulatory agencies in liaison with the EOHSO.
* Maintain an Environmental management plan for ILRI.
* Maintain an traceable and auditable filling system for EOHS department
* Take minutes during all EOHS committee meetings.
* Assisting in any other issues that involve EOHS office

Skills and Qualifications
* Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field and post graduate training in EHS.
* Minimum 1 to 2 years relevant experience
* Well developed computer skills in Word, PowerPoint and Excel and web
* Good personal organization skills, accuracy and attention to detail required
* Highly effective multi-tasking skills, with ability to coordinate, prioritize, and organize workload, meet deadlines and work under pressure
* Capacity to take initiative, demonstrate good judgment, and work under minimal supervision
* Good written and communication skills

Terms of appointment
This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus and is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on a 2-year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Job level and salary
This position is job level 2C and starting salary is KES is 105,000 per month. This is exclusive of other benefits provided within ILRI’s National Recruited Staff Scheme.

Applications
Applications addressed to the Human Resources Director, a cover letter, curriculum vitae and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience should be emailed to: recruit-ilri-Ken@cgiar.org by 27 October 2010.
The position title and reference number “OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER:OHSO/HR/10/10” should be clearly marked on the subject line of the email applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

To find more about ILRI, visit our Website at www.ilri.org
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.