Socio Development Officer at AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited

We are seeking experienced and self-motivated person to join our team as: Socio Development Officer
Role Puropose
The Social Development Officer is to assist the Social Development and Gender Superintendent to implement sustainable social development   programmes in line with existing Socio-economic Development Plans of the Obuasi Mine, underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals; Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria and National and Local Development Plans to contribute to building resilient and self-sustaining communities and consequently sustainably securing a social license for the mine.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assess risks for all tasks and ensure they are controlled before and during task execution.
• Report all incidents and ensure they have been investigated and corrective actions completed on time.
• Act on all corrective actions assigned to you or under your jurisdiction and ensure timely completion.
• Ensure compliance with Safety KPIs including, reporting all incidents and acting on all corrective actions assigned for timely completion.
• Enforce environmental work procedures issued by the Departmental Manager.
• Investigate environmental incidents in assigned work areas.
• Attend all scheduled and assigned environmental training meetings.
• Implement needs-driven and impactful Education improvements programmes at the basic, secondary, and tertiary levels in collaboration with the relevant institutions and stakeholders.
• Implement needs-driven and impactful Youth Empowerment programmes in collaboration with the relevant institutions and stakeholders.
• Implement needs-driven and impactful Community Health and Safety programmes in collaboration with the relevant institutions and stakeholders
• Implement needs-driven and impactful Community Water and Sanitation programmes
• Assist in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of needs-driven and impactful Social Infrastructure projects in host communities.
• Assist in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of needs-driven and impactful Arts, Culture and Heritage interventions 

Qualification, Experience and Technical Competencies
Qualification

• Relevant tertiary level qualification in the field of social development 

Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience in similar line of work

Technical Competencies

• Practical experience in the implementation of social development programmes/projects in a mining setting
• Experience in participatory methodologies and their application
• Knowledge of SDGs and EESG and their application in programme development
• Knowledge of internationally applicable standards relevant to sustainable development (IFC standards on Social Sustainability, VPSHR, GEITI etc.)
• A good knowledge of shared value-driven community investment 

Other Competencies

• Strong negotiations skills
• Knowledge of the development planning process of the MMDAs
• Ability to work in a team player