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Unga Holding is a market leader in the manufacturing & provision of superior human nutrition, animal nutrition and animal health products and services within Eastern Africa.Unga family brands are milled using superior quality grains, selected to achieve high customer satisfaction levels at the same time ensuring that the nutritional value is retained ...

Role Purpose:

This role is responsible for driving safety culture, managing daily occupational health and environmental parameters, and leading site-level execution of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies.

Responsibilities or duties:

Safety Health and Environment (SHE) Management

• Develop, coordinate, communicate and implement SHE programs to entrench SHE culture in the sites.
• Prepare and implement strategies of promoting best safe work practices in occupational safety and health.
• Develop a monthly SHE communication strategy for the site and levels of staff to include written information tool box talks and management briefs.
• Coordinate the establishment of Safety and health committee and monitor their performance.
• Risk Assessment & Hazard Mitigation: Methodically execute continuous operational risk assessments across all site installations to actively eliminate or minimize physical, chemical, and biological hazards.
• Permit to Work (PTW) Control: Rigorously govern, audit, and monitor the site Work to Permit system, ensuring unconditional compliance with corporate safety standards before high-risk tasks commence.
• Employee Relations: Serve as the primary site conduit for employee health and safety concerns; evaluate, escalate, and resolve logged concerns promptly.

ESG Integration, Sustainability & CSR

• ESG Due Diligence & Metrics: Support site-level ESG due diligence protocols. Collate, substantiate, and manage data representing the baseline site metrics for social parameters, carbon footprint, water stewardship, and waste workflows.
• Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor day-to-day site progress against institutional ESG commitments, spearhead site-specific ESG internal audits, and draft site reports aligned with recognized global sustainability reporting standards (e.g., GRI, SASB).
• Capacity Building: Develop and roll out consistent, localized training and capacity-building schedules to educate site workforces on ESG goals, highlighting personal contributions to decarbonization and zero-waste targets.
• Social Stewardship & Welfare: Actively support organizational employee wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) operational milestones on-site.
• Community Engagement: Coordinate localized external community engagements, multi-stakeholder Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and community grievance mechanisms.
• Customer Focus: Identify, evaluate, and communicate customer-driven ESG requirements to site management, ensuring local operations satisfy key client sustainability expectations.

Compliance

• Statutory Alignment: Guarantee absolute on-site compliance with Kenyan statutes (OSHA 2007, EMCA 1999, public health frameworks), international requirements, and certified ISO management systems (such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001).
• Incident Management: Lead multi-disciplinary incident and accident investigations. Determine underlying root causes via analytical tools, design mandatory mitigating actions, and preserve meticulously indexed statutory records.
• Workforce Education: Institutionalize continuous learning loops by systematically educating site personnel on industrial best-practices and lessons learned from past corporate or sector incidents.
• Contractor Control: Manage, train, and assist third-party contractors and vendors to achieve alignment with Unga Limited safety expectations, legal regulations, and individual contract obligations.
• External Horizons: Participate in regulatory and industry stakeholder forums to identify, evaluate, and advise management regarding emerging safety or ESG frameworks, threats, and legal trends.

Data Management & Continuous Improvement

• Collate, analyze, and report SHE/ESG performance data against defined KPIs.
• Identify trends and recommend improvement actions for operational efficiency.
• Drive cost-efficient ESG and safety initiatives that improve business performance.
• Support implementation of cost management plans through sustainability initiatives.
• Drive the meticulous implementation of designated site-specific PaTaMu (Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing) initiatives, converting safety enhancements into sustained operational productivity.

Training, Awareness & Capacity Building

• Develop and deliver SHE and ESG training programs, including inductions and refresher sessions.
• Coordinate and schedule statutory training across sites.
• Conduct toolbox talks, management briefings, and awareness campaigns.
• Coach and evaluate employees on SHE and ESG systems, procedures, and compliance.
• Organize SHE events and engagement activities across Unga Group.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Participate in stakeholder forums and keep management informed on emerging trends and regulatory changes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and communicate customer ESG expectations and requirements.
• Act as a liaison between management, employees, regulators, and external partners.
• Any other duties assigned.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Sustainability or related field.
• NEBOSH Training.
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to coordinate SHE activities
• Good analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and people management
• Ability to maintain confidential information and integrity
• Able to communicate effectively with external parties and other senior managers.

Key Attributes/ Competencies:

• Planning and Organization
• Commercial acumen
• Lead change
• Drive execution
• Develop self and others

Experience needed

Minimum five (5) year’s relevant experience in safety & ESG.

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• Develop, coordinate, communicate and implement SHE programs to entrench SHE culture in the sites.
• Prepare and implement strategies of promoting best safe work practices in occupational safety and health.
• Develop a monthly SHE communication strategy for the site and levels of staff to include written information tool box talks and management briefs.
• Coordinate the establishment of Safety and health committee and monitor their performance.
• Methodically execute continuous operational risk assessments across all site installations to actively eliminate or minimize physical, chemical, and biological hazards.
• Rigorously govern, audit, and monitor the site Work to Permit system, ensuring unconditional compliance with corporate safety standards before high-risk tasks commence.
• Serve as the primary site conduit for employee health and safety concerns; evaluate, escalate, and resolve logged concerns promptly.
• Support site-level ESG due diligence protocols. Collate, substantiate, and manage data representing the baseline site metrics for social parameters, carbon footprint, water stewardship, and waste workflows.
• Monitor day-to-day site progress against institutional ESG commitments, spearhead site-specific ESG internal audits, and draft site reports aligned with recognized global sustainability reporting standards (e.g., GRI, SASB).
• Develop and roll out consistent, localized training and capacity-building schedules to educate site workforces on ESG goals, highlighting personal contributions to decarbonization and zero-waste targets.
• Actively support organizational employee wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) operational milestones on-site.
• Coordinate localized external community engagements, multi-stakeholder Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and community grievance mechanisms.
• Identify, evaluate, and communicate customer-driven ESG requirements to site management, ensuring local operations satisfy key client sustainability expectations.
• Guarantee absolute on-site compliance with Kenyan statutes (OSHA 2007, EMCA 1999, public health frameworks), international requirements, and certified ISO management systems (such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001).
• Lead multi-disciplinary incident and accident investigations. Determine underlying root causes via analytical tools, design mandatory mitigating actions, and preserve meticulously indexed statutory records.
• Institutionalize continuous learning loops by systematically educating site personnel on industrial best-practices and lessons learned from past corporate or sector incidents.
• Manage, train, and assist third-party contractors and vendors to achieve alignment with Unga Limited safety expectations, legal regulations, and individual contract obligations.
• Participate in regulatory and industry stakeholder forums to identify, evaluate, and advise management regarding emerging safety or ESG frameworks, threats, and legal trends.
• Collate, analyze, and report SHE/ESG performance data against defined KPIs.
• Identify trends and recommend improvement actions for operational efficiency.
• Drive cost-efficient ESG and safety initiatives that improve business performance.
• Support implementation of cost management plans through sustainability initiatives.
• Drive the meticulous implementation of designated site-specific PaTaMu (Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing) initiatives, converting safety enhancements into sustained operational productivity.
• Develop and deliver SHE and ESG training programs, including inductions and refresher sessions.
• Coordinate and schedule statutory training across sites.
• Conduct toolbox talks, management briefings, and awareness campaigns.
• Coach and evaluate employees on SHE and ESG systems, procedures, and compliance.
• Organize SHE events and engagement activities across Unga Group.
• Participate in stakeholder forums and keep management informed on emerging trends and regulatory changes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and communicate customer ESG expectations and requirements.
• Act as a liaison between management, employees, regulators, and external partners.
• Any other duties assigned.

• Computer proficiency
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to coordinate SHE activities
• Good analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and people management
• Ability to maintain confidential information and integrity
• Able to communicate effectively with external parties and other senior managers.
• Planning and Organization
• Commercial acumen
• Lead change
• Drive execution
• Develop self and others

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Sustainability or related field.
• NEBOSH Training.