Health, Safety & Environment & Business Continuity-Senior Manager

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Risk & Quality (R&Q;)

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

The Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) & Business Continuity (BC) Senior
Manager is part of the Business Resilience team and operates across all lines
of service. The position is responsible for maintaining regional standards of
business continuity, environment health and safety management in line with any
regional regulatory control and ME PwC firm policy. Ensuring continual
improvement in the firm’s business continuity and, health and safety
management systems (BCMS and EHSMS). This covers compliance for all PwC ME
firm offices as well as incident management/ business continuity plans and the
health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of our visitors and third
party contractors working in our offices.

The role of the HSE & BC Senior Manager is to act as the front line for the
business. The HSE & BC Senior Manager is responsible for providing a smooth,
efficient and effective service to the client facing teams in relation to
their area of expertise and acting as a sign post to direct teams to the
appropriate business partners for other specialist support.

The HSE & BC Senior Manager at this level must operate with a pragmatic
mindset and be solution oriented. Demonstrating an ability to balance risks
identified with maintaining a commercial outlook in their approach to
answering queries. The role is more than just following policy or processes
and includes applying business judgment, understanding of the business, its
operations, products and services. The HSE & BC Senior Manager Should have
deep relationships with Partners within the business.

Financial

Support Business Resilience Team Lead in budget preparation

Ensure cost efficiency of all department activities

Adhere to the Business Resilience budget

Customer

Keep up to date on current, revised and future relevant health and safety
legislation and recognised best practice; and assess the implications to the
firm’s health and safety management system and possible impact on operations
and services

Maintain and update as required the EHSMS, advising the appropriate
stakeholders of the necessary measures to ensure compliance and ME firm best
practice

Identify the associated EHS risks and develop and maintain appropriate
procedures to mitigate these risks

Coordinate with EHS champions in each office to support them in the
implementation of the recommended mitigation measures

Ensure environment health and safety guidance for staff, office managers and
contractors is maintained to ensure all parties receive appropriate
information in an accurate and timely manner which will ensure the risks
identified are managed

Contribute to the wider management of Environment Health & Safety (EH&S;) by:
Supporting the Business Resilience Team in security and evacuation matters as
necessary ; Leading or supporting projects or other initiatives ; The
management of a health and safety assistants, setting objectives and work
plans to support the EH&S; function

Maintain and update as required the BCMS, advising the appropriate
stakeholders of the necessary measures to ensure they have in place robust
incident management and business continuity plans

Coordinate with BC champions in each office and business function to support
them in the implementation of their BCPs and Incident Management plan

Develop, maintain and run an annual programme of training and testing of the
BCP across the region

Maintain the Firm’s ISO ‎22301 certification, and manage the external
certification process

Internal Process

Supports in the development of all Risk & Quality policies, procedures,
processes and controls

Engages with Risk Team Leads to roll out and implement policies, procedures
etc

Maintain and manage the ISO ‎45001 certification for Abu Dhabi and expand it
onto other Middle East offices as deemed necessary

Ensure that all business continuity and incident management plans are
maintained

Support and coordinate the review of the Business Impact Analysis across the
region, to identify if the business continuity strategies and plans are still
appropriate, and where not update accordingly.

Participate in ad-hoc projects related to EHS and Business Continuity

Manage and support implementation of associated applications for business
continuity and health and safety, including identifying new applications.

Learning & Growth

Meets with relevant business stakeholders and LoS R&Q; Partners regularly to
ensure optimal relationships

Responsible for the continuing professional development of self and team
members

Contribute to an environment of teamwork within the R&Q; team

Act as a key resource and liaise with other functional areas of the business,
building cross-functional relationship

Education

A professional or academic qualification (degree level or equivalent), or
extensive relevant and practical experience.

BCI Certificate or equivalent

Language

Fluency in English required, proficiency in Arabic is advantageous

Overall Experience

‎6+ years of relevant experience with ‎4+ years in a Business Resilience, health
and safety or business continuity role

Specific Experience

Experience in the Professional Services industry in a top tier Big ‎4 firm
preferred

Knowledge and Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem solving skills

Risk averse/risk management skills

Process oriented

Organization skills

Thoroughness and eye for detail

Time management skills and proactivity

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ethical conduct

Education

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Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date