Roving Health

**Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.**
- EXCITING NEW POSITION - REGIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISOR_
- Do you have good knowledge and experience of providing H&S advice, support, and training in a large international organisation?_
- Do you have experience of working with a diverse range of people and teams in multiple locations and/or countries?_
- Do you have a good understanding of risk management and how H&S can work effectively with other functions?_
- If the answer is yes, then would like to hear from you_

**The Role**:
**OxfamGB is looking for **two** Roving H&S Advisors to deliver technical support and guidance for the management of H&S policies and procedures in country programmes where OGB is Executing Affiliate within the relevant region.

Join Oxfam GB at this incredibly exciting time for Health and Safety as we create this new function, focusing on keeping our colleagues all across the globe safe and well. Your role will be to guide and support a number of countries across our Asia operations to effectively manage health and safety in challenging environments from supporting with Humanitarian crisis, emergency response and disaster and conflict zones all whilst taking into consideration local laws and our commitment as an organisation to decolonise risk. This will entail supporting with creating risk assessments both engrained within a positive safety culture and agile based on changing situations, managing the risk register, providing training sessions on a number of key safety topics such as Risk Assessment, COSHH, Safety Leadership and Emergency response, offering guidance and support on various topics from latrine digging within an IDP camp to the safety of field offices, fuel management and so much more.

This is a role that is focused on delivering a task centric, people focused approach to health and safety risk management as well as being an opportunity to learn and develop in a new and exciting area of health and safety globally as well as the NGO sector itself.

**_ Please note that there are 2 positions available for this role:_**
- **_1x Asia_**
- **_1x MENA (Middle East and North Africa)_**

**What we are looking for**:

- Good knowledge and experience of providing Health and Safety advice, support, and training in a large international organisation
- Experience of working with a diverse range of people and teams in multiple locations and / or countries
- Understanding of risk management and how Health and Safety can work effectively with other functions (e.g., security management, human resources management, supply, and logistics)
- Experience in delivering, designing and quality-assuring effective communications and presentations (e.g., for workshops and training)
- Experience in influencing positive change in behaviour and practice in teams outside of the immediate management line
- Interest and enthusiasm to learn more about delivering Health and Safety to a high standard in INGO operations
- Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written)
- Numeracy and computer proficiency (MS Office packages)
- Adaptable and flexible.

**Flexfam**:
We believe that flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we are open to talking through working arrangements that might work for you

**Our values and commitment to safeguarding**:
**Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our **values** are recruited to work for us.**

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

**_ How to apply:_**

**_ About Us_**

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

**A thriving diverse Oxfam**:
It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty an