Jobs at Newmont Mining Corporation

About This Role:

• To develop and implement environmental monitoring programs, in accordance with internationally accepted protocols, Newmont standards and regulatory requirements
• To interpret monitoring data, evaluate environmental conditions and predict potential changes in the environment, associated with mining activities.

In This Role You Will:

Environmental Monitoring

• Develop and implement all water and non-water monitoring programs to meet environmental standards required by NGGL and regulators.
• Manage the on-site environmental laboratory.

Environmental Compliance

• Register and track compliance.
• Report non-compliances immediately to management.
• Develop corrective action plans and track to completion, where required.
• Ensure compliance with multiple regulatory requirements, as well as internal Newmont standards.
• Participate in the environmental risk assessment process.
• Coordinate the development of action plans to address and minimize significant environmental risks.

Environmental Data Collection and Assurance

• Manage the water and non-water data collection and interpretation process.
• Review data/documents to confirm whether these meet quality and compliance standards required to satisfy NGGL and regulatory reporting commitments.
• Ensure Environmental Data assurance.
• Coordinate Environmental Protection Agency, Minerals Commission, Water Resources Commission and/or other (regulatory) agency officials as well as third  party auditor’s environmental inspections and audits.

Permitting

• Coordinate and support environmental permitting requirements.
• Track and document permit conditions and requirements in the site commitments.

Environmental Reporting

• Provide environmental input for company meetings.
• Coordinate reviews of key performance indicators to ensure that emerging environmental issues are communicated and addressed.
• Prepare external environmental reports and submit to the Environmental Protection Agency, Minerals Commission, Newmont Corporate office and others as required.

Team Leadership

• Manage all direct reports by:
  • performing performance appraisals.
  • recommending further/ relevant training courses and development actions in accordance with Newmont’s people development program(s).
  • enhancing communication with staff through regular feedback, contact, meetings and briefings, etc.
  • building sufficient employee ‘bench strength’.
  • conducting robust succession planning.
• Approve the Compliance and Monitoring teams’ work schedules.

Health and Safety

• Lead Environment’s departments contribution to the zero harm goal of Ahafo North with focus on quality safety interactions, inspections, audits, risk assessments & impact mitigation and control systems.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• First degree in Environment Sciences, Engineering or a related field.

Additional Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Ghanaian Environmental Regulations as they apply to mining.
• HSE Superintendent Competency in Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical) Regulation (LI2182).
• Thorough understanding of Environment Management Systems.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years’ environment experience working in the mining or related industrial operations environments.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role.
• Experienced working with ISO4001 or similar Environmental Management Systems.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced interpersonal skills (interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds).
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Strong reporting skills.
• Strong planning, prioritizing and coordination skills.
• Strong consultation skills.
• Strong assessment skills.
• Strong auditing skills (environmental auditing).
• Sound change management skills.
• Risk management skills.
• Sound computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel,PowerPoint and Outlook).

Behavioural Attributes:

• Strong Leadership.
• Strong Detail Focus.
• Accuracy.
• Commitment.
• Diligent.
• Directive and takes initiative.
• Efficient.
• Honesty and Integrity.
• Goal orientated.
• High quality orientation.
• High level of transparency.
• Reliable and independent.
• Ability to multitask.

Working Conditions

• Working environment of incumbent is safe.
• Besides planned work, daily activities are determined by emerging business needs and priorities as dictated by Management. This situation leads to performing different tasks at the same time.

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• To provide support in the coordination of the Newmont Ahafo North dnation requests and support the implementation of Livelihood Reestablishment interventions for project affected persons/ community development initiatives, with a key focus on agricultural improvement, and broader community initiatives.

In This Role You Will:

Planning

• Assist in the implementation of the Community Development Strategic Plan and providing information to contractors, according to Newmont governance and regulatory requirements.
• Provide information for the development of the scope of work and the terms of reference that will govern the work.
• Assist in the identification of community development risks and lend support to the Coordinator in identifying and managing local risks.

Partnerships and Collaboration

• Assist in the needs assessments to enhance partnerships and collaboration.
• Participate in community development forums to ensure overall alignment and integration with the Newmont Sustainability & External Relation strategy.
• Support the promotion of tripartite (Newmont, government, communities) approach to implementing community development initiatives.

Socio-Economic Development

• Support the livelihood re-establishment programs for project affected persons, particularly the vulnerable peoples program.
• Assist in the coordination of employee participation in voluntary community development initiatives.
• Manage the Newmont Ahafo North donation process.
• Co-ordinate gender mainstreaming program (women consultative communities activities.)
• Facilitate the implementation of approved donations to recipients.

Compliance and Reporting

• Provide information for reports on community development projects and programmes, including performance against relevant targets and commitments.
• Assist in community development audits, by mobilizing stakeholders for meetings.
• Provide input for community development reports.
• Ensure compliance to Newmont Sustainability & External Relation standards.

Budgets and Payments

• Provide donation budget variance reporting to the Donations Committee.
• Provide support for the livelihoods budget preparation and implementation.

Safety

• Contribute to the zero harm goal of Ahafo North with focus on quality safety interactions, inspections, audits, risk assessments & impact mitigation and control systems.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• First Degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, Economics or a related discipline.

Additional Knowledge:

• Knowledge in guidance and counselling.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience working with NGO’s and Service Providers in Social Investment/Community Development.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced interpersonal skills (interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds).
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Strong planning, prioritizing and coordination skills.
• Strong reporting skills.
• Sound analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Sound conceptual skills.
• Sound consultation skills.
• Sound coaching and mentoring skills.
• Sound relationship management skills.
• Sound computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

Behavioural Attributes:

• Commitment.
• Cultural Sensitivity.
• Diplomacy.
• Takes initiative.
• Empathy.
• Honesty and Integrity.
• Goal orientated.
• High quality orientation.
• High level of transparency.
• Reliable and independent.
• Team Player.

Working Conditions

• Incumbent’s work is with governmental institutions and stakeholders in six districts, travels to different mine impacted and non-impacted communities to work. Position holder also travels to work with other partners such as GIZ, Project CURE, OICI and other mines in Ghana.
• Engaging stakeholders, delivering charitable donations/packages and monitoring the work of consultants involves walking around project sites, and local communities.