Health and Safety Officer_School

An education Institute in Dubai, UAE is hiring a Health and Safety Officer with the following:

Responsibilities

• Training relevant staff on best practices and Dubai Municipality (DM) & KHDA requirements.

• Developing regulations, policies, standards and guidelines to improve health and safety procedures for the school related to the safety and security of students, people and property.
• Monitoring the implementation of these procedures.
• Conducting all necessary training for students and staff.
• Managing the designated isolation room on the school premises.
• Provide guidelines on the daily and continuous cleaning and sanitisation requirements for school premises.

• Undertake fire safety audits, and coordinates with the Civil Defense during inspections and other fire & safety issues.
• Adhering to DHA regulations.
• Undertake evacuation drills and produce appropriate reports.
• Identifies potential safety or fire hazards; takes action or makes recommendations to eliminate hazards during regular inspection rounds.
• Conduct and deliver fire safety training and orientations to all newly hired employees conduct refresher courses on an annual basis for all employees and maintain records of attendees.

• Conducting all necessary contact tracing procedures by coordinating with the school clinic (which include contact tracing, recording of contacts’ details and all actions taken in the HASANA system).
• Managing all emergencies abiding by H&S protocols. 
• Updating contact and emergency numbers for staff and students.
• Scheduling stakeholders’ meetings to address the priorities and result-oriented solutions.
• Stop any unsafe acts or processes that seem dangerous or unhealthy.
• Coordinating with the operations/maintenance team to ensure that H&S safety protocols are strictly followed.

• Prepare reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to the school management
• Record and investigate incidents; conduct a risk analysis.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a school Health and Safety Officer with NEBOSH/IOSH Certification.
• Knowledge of the principles of safety, accident, and fire prevention.
• Ability to maintain composure and respond properly during emergencies.
• Knowledge of regulatory policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Experience in writing incident reports and policies for health and safety.
• Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics.