Health & Safety Officer (Female)

Leams Education is inviting applications from school experienced Health & Safety Officer (Female) with NEBOSH certification, to ensure that all health and safety protocols are being adhered to in compliance with KHDA/DHA/DM guidelines.

Roles and responsibilities :

• 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.
• Training relevant staff on best practices and Dubai Municipality (DM) & KHDA requirements.
• 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.
• Adhering to DHA regulations.
• Undertake fire safety audits, and coordinates with the Civil Defense during inspections and other fire & safety issues.
• Undertake evacuation drills and produce appropriate reports.
• Conduct and deliver fire safety training and orientations to all newly hired employees and conducts refresher course on an annual basis for all employees and maintain records of attendees.
• Identifies potential safety or fire hazards; takes action or makes recommendations to eliminate hazards during regular inspection rounds.
• 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 emergency situations 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.
• Coordinating with the operations/maintenance team to ensure that H&S safety protocols are strictly followed.
• Stop any unsafe acts or processes that seem dangerous or unhealthy.
• Record and investigate incidents; conduct a risk analysis.
• Prepare reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to the school management