Occupational Health Safety Officer

Job Description

Title: Occupational Health Safety Officer

Company Name: SAMAHAR

Vacancy: 20

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master in Public Health/Environmental Health and Safety/ Social Science or related areas.
∎ Knowledge Required: Should have a thorough understanding of the regulatory and enforcement role of Occupational Health Safety (OHS).
∎ Skills Required: Advocacy, Clients relations, Computer skill, Field Operation, Liaison, Report Writing, Training Facilitation

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Ability to Work Under Pressure, Accountability, Child Protection Case Management, Conflict management, Counseling, Emergency Health Service, Field Operation, Labor Counseling, Labor Law, Time Management

Job Context:
∎ SAMAHAR is a Multidisciplinary Research and Development Foundation that has been working reputedly to improve the socio-economic condition of Bangladesh in the areas of education, health, poverty alleviation, empowerment, women`s rights, livelihood, skills development, etc. since 1993. At present, the work of SAMAHAR is going on in all the 08 administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
∎ SAMAHAR is inviting applications from eligible Bangladeshi Nationals for the position of Occupational Health Safety Officer to be recruited under the Health Program.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assisting the construction-contractors on inclusion of labor influx risk mitigation conditions.
∎ Assisting the construction-contractor in preparing Labor Management Plan (LMP)/Labor Management measures for the scheme.
∎ Training the construction-contractor on executing the LMP/labor management measures.
∎ Assisting construction-contractor in making provisions of barring unlawful engagement of child laborers and engaging child laborers for activities that are only allowed under the local law and ILO Convention.
∎ Organizing formal training program for different stakeholder i.e. Engineers, Contractors, Construction labor, and so on related to construction-work, on Occupational Health Safety (OHS) and proper enforcement of laws related to OHS.
∎ Arrangement of regular programs on health education, education about safety through different publication, demonstration & appraisal.
∎ Creating awareness among laborers as well as beneficiaries about labor management, provision of barring unlawful engagement of child laborers, etc.
∎ Forming Bridge Labor Contracting Societies (BLCS) and provide them with necessary trainings.
∎ Ensuring conduct the following programs on a regular basis to make employees aware through their full participation-
∎ a) Routine briefing, special briefing on specific issue or topic;
∎ b) Training on safe operation of machinery as well as personal safety;
∎ c) Safety week observation;
∎ d) Safety slogans;
∎ e) Publishing booklet, leaflet, poster etc. in simple language and with clear pictorial presentation are produced;
∎ f) Cap, key ring, T-shirt, etc. are provided to the workers with safety slogans printed on it;
∎ Monitor OHS facilities, labor influx and labor management in the program area through data collection and reporting.
∎ Prepare reports as required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 50 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Minimum 10 years of overall experience;
∎ At least 05 years' experience in consultancy work related to Occupational Health Safety (OHS)

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Negotiable.

Application Deadline: 25 Jan 2021

Company Information:
∎ 17 Jan 2021
∎ SAMAHAR
∎ Address : House # 817, Road # 04, Baitul Aman Housing Society, Adabor, Dhaka -1207
∎ Business : Multidisciplinary Research and Development Foundation

Category: NGO/Development

: Eligible and interested applicants are requested to submit their CV with a recent passport size photograph, and copy of last academic degree's certificate address to: [email protected] to communicate personally in recruitment matters will be considered as ineligibility of the candidate.

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