Social Performance Specialist needed at De Beers Group

Job Description:

The purpose of the role is to act as the interface between Venetia’s Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Impact team and the Supply Chain function in order to:

• Play a critical role in the sourcing and tendering process, representing Social Performance in cross function evaluation teams
• Evaluate scopes of work that will go out to market for social risks and impacts. Contributing these insights in the development of tender documentation
• Identify socially material contracts and social and human rights impacts and risks associated with contractors’ scopes of work.
• Ensure the tender and contracting process gives due consideration to social performance requirements by evaluating scopes of work that will go out to market for social risks and impacts. Contributing these insights in the development of tender documentation
• Evaluate contractors’ social management planning and implementation and provide support and training as required to prevent or minimize social and human rights impacts and risks and contribute to socio-economic development of communities in Venetia’s area of influence.
• Ensure that stakeholder engagement, grievance and incident management, and commitments related to contractor management is conducted in an integrated and holistic manner.
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of social performance by contractors in order to ensure compliance by individual contractors and continuous improvement overall.
• Lead the Contractor Social Performance Steering Committees, engaging internal and contractor stakeholders to ensure that the committee drives the intended outcomes as outlined in the Anglo American Social Way 3

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 – 5 years’ experience in either Social Performance or Supply Chain
• Experience of implementing the Anglo American Social Way management system or similar framework is highly desirable
• Experience in managing projects/large programmes of work
• Experience in managing contractors
• Experience in systems implementation and change management
• Demonstrated success in multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Proven track record of dealing with external stakeholders
• Mining industry experience highly desirable

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Social Impact Assessment
• Contractual Management
• Human Rights Due Diligence
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Strong analytical and data processing skills
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and good negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Ability to engage both internal and external structures.
• Problem solving and innovative thinking to help find new solutions to deep systemic issues.
• Self-motivated and highly organised with ability to multi-task
• Ability to manage complexities at managerial level.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Work outside normal hours of work and travel may be required
• Driving License