Junior HSSE and Safeguards Officer

Overview of position

The Jalam−Harfo section of the Gaalkacyo−Garowe Road spans a length of eighty kilometres and is found approximately mid−way between Gaalkacyo and Garowe. The overall project objective is to support economic development in Somalia by improving the transport connectivity in the country. The specific project objective (outcome) is re−constructing the Jalam−Harfo section of the Gaalkacyo−Garowe Road.

Enhancing Somalia’s transport network will increase the connectivity between the country’s regions and make it easier for Somali people to gain access to important economic and political hubs including Bossaso, Mogadishu, Garowe, and Gaalkacyo. Accordingly, this action aims two achieves the following outputs:

● Output 1: Rehabilitation of 54 km 80 km of the Jalam-Harfo Section of the Gaalkacyo-Garowe Road

● Output 2: Capacity-building of the Puntland Highway Authority

Role objectives

The Junior HSSE and Safeguards Officer will be assigned to oversee works and will be responsible for:

• Day to day monitoring and ensuring that Health, Safety, Social and Environmental (HSSE) requirements and procedures are followed on site;
• Maintaining quality control records and reporting (as per directions of the Resident Engineer);
• Perform other duties related to the assignment requested by our client’s project Manager

Project reporting

Reports to the Resident Engineer and Project Manager

Team management

The Junior HSSE and Safeguards officer will have no team management experience