JOB DESCRIPTION

SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT- JOB PROFILE

Occupational Health and Safety Officer
(Strategy, Planning and Quality Office/ Capabilities Directorate)

Tasks and responsibilities:

Line management reporting to HoO.PLAN, and functional reporting to the Senior
Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Officer and under the supervision of the Senior OSH
Officer, the main duties related to this position are:

Consulting on and contribution to implementation of activities related to:

 OSH risk assessments and identification of preventive and protective measures
 OSH accident/incident investigation and reporting
 Assessment of workplaces in host countries

Integration of OSH in the provision of information, instructions, and training
 Consultation and participation of workers and their representatives on OSH
 OSH cooperation, coordination and information exchange when sharing workplaces
 Organization of OSH help desk
 Organization of the immediate OSH response (First aid, firefighting, and

evacuation of workers, serious and imminent danger)

 Organization of health surveillance
 OSH management work equipment (acquisition – procurement)
 OSH management collective and personal protective equipment (acquisition –

procurement)

 Functional management of deployed basic level OSH practitioners (assistance to

Senior OSH Officer)

Selection criteria:

Professional qualifications, competencies and experience required:
Essential:

 Knowledge of national and the EU regulatory framework on safety and

health

 Professional experience in operational safety and health risk assessment
and the identification of preventive and protective measures in an
operational setting

 Professional experience in OSH incident or accident investigation
 Good understanding of System Safety Management
 Good experience and understanding of operational activities in the context
of border management and law enforcement, or alternatively, the
equivalent in the context of armed forces or civil protection services

Assets:

 An OSH practitioner degree or certificate

Frontex – European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01

Personal skills & competencies required:

 Ability to work alone and in teams
 Ability to communicate clearly
 Problem-solving skills
 Ability to share or understand the points of view of OSH clients

Frontex – European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01