In, HR, we strive to be an agile, connected and accountable partner to the business, providing a platform for dedication and explosive growth. Crafting a working environment that allows our groundbreaking, global organisation to achieve the mission of celebrating life every day, everywhere, means that our people can thrive in a culture that inclusive and diverse. HR is at the heart of our global business, and we have departments across many of our offices around the world, with HR service centres in Budapest, Nairobi, Manila and Bengaluru. Collectively these teams provide the widest variety of expertise to the business: from strategic delivery and skills development to talent engagement and careers development, process and systems management to organisational efficiency and reward management. As one of our HR professionals, you’ll see there are open doors for you everywhere here. With opportunities to shape the career you want, through continuing learning and development, and the support of talented peers.

Role Purpose:

This role sits in Facilities Management, which is part of the HR Function.

Facilities Management provides assistance, instructions and guidelines for acquiring maintenance, repair services and supplies for all departments in addition to providing Catering services for employees.

The Facilities Management team has responsibility for all transactions across these two sites. Facilities Management provides its services to all employees following the guidelines and processes detailed in the Facilities Management Procedure Manual. Its processes are geared towards the provision of an enabling work environment for employees and ensure that employee work environment communicates GGBL values.

The need to improve and promote optimum health for all employees is crucial to the success of the business.

To prevent work-related ill health and maintain employee’ efficiency at work in a highly driven business environment is critical to future success of the business.

The occupational Health Nursing advisor needs to create and operate in an environment based on trust, openness, challenge and teamwork.

Top 3-12 Accountabilities

• Work in partnership with Management Teams to increase productivity by lowering sickness absence.

• Enable people with a health condition or disability to work.

• Organising and participation of pre-employment/re-deployment health assessment and health surveillance programmes for staff identified by risk assessment.

• Develop day to day interface with external/internal agencies providing specialist advice to Line Managers on legislative matters including implementation where necessary.

• Identify and champion best practice with the Occupational Health Service using benchmarking techniques.

• Ordering and storage of adequate stock level of drugs and immunisation.

• Initiating, maintaining and updating of individual OH records ensuring confidential, effective and safe operation of manual and electronic systems.

• Identifying and investigating diseases reportable under laws of Ghana.

• Undertaking of workplace and environment visit, becoming familiar with work practices and potential workplace hazards.

• Promote and reinforce the principle of occupation Health to enable a proactive approach to good health to be adopted (health culture established).

• Provide expertise across operations by identifying opportunities for health promotion/education/training on health issue and preventive measures.

• Manage and develop relationships at all levels across the business.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Minimum Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a recognised Occupational Health Qualification such as OHN Certificate, Diploma or specialist Degree.

• Registered with the nursing and Midwifery Council

• Minimum 2 years post registration.

• Previous experience within Occupation Health setting

• Good business aware coupled with professional medical and technical skill eg:-

• Audiometry

• Spirometry

• Vision Screening

• Health promotion

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent communication/Interpersonal skills with particular emphasis on:-

• Coaching/counselling skill

• Influencing/networking skills

• Able to build flexible and effective relationship across the business

• Integrated PC based application skills

• Health and Safety knowledge and experience, eg. NEBOSH/Ergonomics

• Experience of operating effectively at all level with the organisation

• Experience of Travel Medicine

Barriers to success in Role

• In-balance between the demands of direct patient care and existing resource

• The threat of management on anything health

• Politics and organisational cultures that avoid change

• Lack of regular updates and relevant in-service training

• Insufficient drive and resilience to achieve desired results

• No eye for the details that are coming with quality and food safety