ESG & SHE Coordinators
2026-06-15T14:38:27+00:00
Unga Holding
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Manufacturing
Science & Engineering, Business Operations, Protective Services, Management
2026-06-30T17:00:00+00:00
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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.
Key Responsibilities:
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
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Sustainability or related field.
- Minimum five (5) year’s relevant experience in safety & ESG.
- Knowledge of SHE legal and statutory provisions and regulations.
- 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.
* 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.
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Sustainability or related field. * Minimum five (5) year’s relevant experience in safety & ESG. * Knowledge of SHE legal and statutory provisions and regulations. * NEBOSH Training.
JOB-6a300e6352994
Vacancy title:
ESG & SHE Coordinators
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Science & Engineering, Business Operations, Protective Services, Management]
Jobs at:
Unga Holding
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, June 30 2026
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 15 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
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.
Key Responsibilities:
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
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Sustainability or related field.
- Minimum five (5) year’s relevant experience in safety & ESG.
- Knowledge of SHE legal and statutory provisions and regulations.
- 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.
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