Road Safety Specialist (Occupational Health & Safety) - Consultant (remote)

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Are you a Safety Specialist, focusing on Road Safety, interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling consultancy opportunity awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted by Sunday, July 3, 2022 (11:59 PM CET)

WHO WE ARE

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN US?

  • WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
  • WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
  • An exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe

THE ROLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP has the opportunity and the obligation to leverage data and technology to better ensure the environments where team members live, and work is adhering to Occupational Safety and Health Standards. In March 2015 the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) approved the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Framework – United Nations Common System. This Framework gives effect to the request of the UN HLCM for developing OSH Policy in the UN System while describing common principles for an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management system and facilitating the adoption of an OSH system across the UN Agencies, Programmes and Funds.

WFP is committed to implementing an OSH Risk Management System across all WFP operations with the main objectives:

  • reducing the incidence of work-related injuries and ill-health and limiting their severity and impact;
  • improving the physical and mental well-being of staff members;
  • establishing defined workplace safety and health rights, responsibilities and duties;
  • establishing and updating, when necessary, occupational safety and health standards and guidance;
  • providing an accurate representation of workplace incidents, injuries and illnesses;
  • integrating safety, health and well-being considerations into organizational processes and decision-making;
  • ensuring that staff receive training and support related to workplace safety, health and well-being.

Due to the nature of WFP activities, Road Safety is categorized as one of the most significant occupational safety hazards within WFP operations, and a fundamental component of Duty of Care. Therefore, Road Safety plays a key role in the WFP Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Framework.

With over 3,000 passenger vehicles and 5000 trucks on the roads every day, road crashes are still causing tragic losses to WFP’s personnel and other road users. WFP’s continued commitment to road safety rests at the core of its ability to save lives and to build a pathway to peace, prosperity and stability.

As part of the OSH Management System global implementation, WFP seeks to define in a holistic manner the activities that demonstrably reduce and minimise or otherwise contribute to the reduction of work-related road safety incidents.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The OSH / Road Safety Specialist will have a key role during the OSH Management System worldwide implementation, as WFP works to reduce and minimize work-related road traffic incidents through improved and preventative communication, training, and by applying all the elements of the OSH management system, like reporting, fact-finding processes, and risk assessments, to the Road Safety management.

Under the supervision of the Director, Management Services Division you will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Under the OSH Framework, develop a holistic definition of ‘road safety' and ‘work-related road safety’ for use in the humanitarian and development context, taking into consideration the many ground transport modalities: duty driving & passenger vehicles; commute & personal vehicles; WFP trucks; use of public transport, taxis, rental vehicles/drivers; car-pooling with other UN vehicles/drivers; use of motorcycles, rickshaws & bicycles; pedestrians as road users etc.
  • Map and review the current WFP Road Safety policies, guidance, activities, and stakeholders relating to road safety in general and to occupational road safety within the OSH framework in particular; assess their adequacy and alignment with the UN resolution ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030’ and other relevant strategies and policies;
  • Evaluate the way in which WFP currently collects and analyses road safety data and uses road incident information; propose a strategy for improvement; partner with ongoing initiatives to provide technical input to identify and analyze WFP related road-user transport trends and road infrastructure, and establish organization-wide baselines; make proposals for improvement as appropriate.
  • Develop a Theory of Change (incl. correlations and causalities) and a subsequent log-frame to describe how WFP can reduce occupational-related road injuries/illnesses, whether involving driving or other road-using, including how the success of such activities is meaningfully measured on country, regional and HQ levels (KPIs), to enable taking of recovery action as may be needed.
  • Using the already developed OSH SOPs, guidelines and tools, provide advice and guidance related to management and employees in carrying out road crashes reporting and related fact-finding processes, follow up on CA/PA/OI implementation, risk assessments, record keeping and competence development; taking an active role in all serious incident investigations to identify root causes and recommend corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
  • Assess how the increased outsourcing of transportation and shift towards car-pooling within UN family contributes to WFP’s work-related road safety record; make recommendations for improvement and monitoring as appropriate.
  • Under the umbrella of the OSH Management System and Framework, based on global trends and best practices relevant to the humanitarian context, and understanding of the current state of WFP road safety-related activities, recommend cost-effective, prioritised measures and provide information and analyses towards the development of enhanced strategies and activities related to road-user transport safety in consultation with invested stakeholders (Fleet Centre, Supply Chain, Security, Wellness, Mobility Team, amongst others).
  • Contribute to the establishment of a cross-functional cooperative related to road-user safety.
  • Aligned with OSH Management System policies, SOPs, technical guidance and support document’s structure, prepare technical guidelines that collate WFPs road-user safety and health practices; contribute to the preparation of SOPs as needed.
  • Support the development of activities for global capacity building related to road-user safety practices for all staff, including staff who drive also to/at/from work, including truck drivers (own/contracted), drivers of outsourced transport providers, or other UN agencies (carpooling) and non-driver road users.
  • Review, evaluate, and analyze workplaces as well as make context-appropriate proposals for designing programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent road-use injury to employees in consultation with WFP SMEs in the area of work.
  • Conduct in-country assessments and respond to road safety incident/FFP as required, preparing respective reports through the OSH platform and providing post-mission reports and recommendations.

This position will require frequent travel to WFP field locations, sometimes with short notice, to conduct road safety assessments and fact-finding processes, and provide/assist in training.

All driver training be coordinated with the Management Services Fleet Centre; however, it must be noted that Road Safety has a wider remit than with WFP drivers and training should cover all staff and those driving WFP staff.

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QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS

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EDUCATION:

You have:

  • University degree, ideally in engineering (Transport/Mechanical), with specialization in Road Safety and/or Occupational Health and Safety, or related fields. University degree with specialized experience in the transport sector in similar organization/s, may be considered in lieu of a master’s degree.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.

EXPERIENCE:

You have:

  • A minimum of 12 years of experience in transport safety work, including in developing countries.
  • Five years of experience as a team member of technical assistance teams designing and/or implementing projects.

LANGUAGE:

You have:

  • Fluency (level C) in the English language.
  • Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language), would be a strong asset

MORE ABOUT YOU

You have:

  • Proven experience in working with global Occupational Safety and Health implementation, including experience in Road Safety/OSH incident/accident investigation process using a wide range of incident analysis methods.
  • Deep knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 39001, OHSAS 18001 as well as relevant international standards.
  • Ability to lead actions during specification, development and implementation of road-user safety policies and procedures.
  • Experience in developing and providing topic-relevant training to a variety of audiences.
  • Experience in working in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
  • Proven ability to easily interact with people and help them raise awareness around OSH and evolve to the Road Safety excellence, by adopting international best practices and explaining the situational relevance and benefits.
  • Helps colleagues work effectively with clients in different contexts and from diverse backgrounds and country situations.
  • Adapts own approach and style when interacting with stakeholders as opposed to requiring them to adapt.
  • Draws upon international best practices in exploring solutions.

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

  • We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
  • Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
  • Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
  • Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
  • Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
  • Please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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