SIMON OTEBA
Occupational Safety and Health Officer
Kamuriai,kenya
Summary
Am a seasoned professional with a strong foundation in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Management & Sustainability, humanitarian work and community’s well-being. Strongly believe in sustainable development for healthier and sustainable communities. Have participated in structuring the Health, Safety and Environment department at Equity Bank through development and implementation of Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures. Have extensive experience working with communities on matters environmental protection, preventive health and building community resilience to disasters such as climate change, food safety and security, and other public health threats through multidisciplinary approaches, and aiding underserved communities live healthier lives through community driven projects. Currently, supporting Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), and double up as the sustainability champion at Equity Bank Kenya Limited, playing a central role in the tracking of the organization’s carbon footprints. Brings a unique blend of analytical prowess, project management capabilities, and excellent communication skills. Am confident in ability to contribute to any team or project, bringing a wealth of experience and a proven track record of delivering high-quality results. Looking forward to the opportunity to apply the skills and make a meaningful impact in a new professional environment.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Health, Safety and Environment Officer
Equity Bank Limited
Nairobi, Nairobi Province
8 2022 - Current
- Design and implementation of the bank’s Health, Safety and Environment policy to ensure safe workplace for employees, customers, contractors and neighboring communities
- Developing and implementing health and safety plans, capture daily/weekly data on key H&S, and environmental aspects of water usage, electricity consumption, waste generation, paper use, generator, taxi, air travel, air conditioners and company vehicles emissions for analysis and any other information that may have an impact to Environment, Health & Safety activities
- Building, promoting and sustaining a Health and Safety culture at Equity Bank Limited and its associates
- Statutory and regulatory compliance with the local, national and international HSE provisions
- Design, implementation and monitoring of Health and Safety Promotion programs across the Bank’s network
- Workplace HSE risk assessment for hazard identification, design and implementation of corrective and preventive measures
- HSE awareness creation among Equity Bank staff, clients, contractors and visitors
- Incident reporting, investigation and response, and keeping a log of all incidents as reported across the Bank’s workplaces
- Water quality, noise level, air quality and stack emissions monitoring
- Food safety, hygiene and quality monitoring
- Fire Safety and First Aid Management
- Manage the renewal process of permits and licences and other requirements that have an impact to Environment, Health & Safety
- Coordination of OSH committees across Equity Bank’s workplaces
- Coordinate and participate in statutory OSH audits and document actions to remedy audit findings, follow up on corrective actions planning and provide regular updates on progress of closure of statutory audit non-conformances
- Supplier and Contractor Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Due Diligence (HSESDD) to ensure sustainable procurement and supplies of products and services
- Developing the Bank’s decarbonization strategies and work plans
- Fostering ISO 14001 and 45001 implementation
- Environmental Audit and Assessment of the Business’ impact on the physical and social environment.
- Met with environmental agencies to discuss compliance and sustainability initiatives.
- Reduced pollution levels through proactive monitoring of industrial facilities and enforcing corrective actions when necessary.
Project Coordinator, Climate Change Project
Busia Community Initiative for Development and Assistance (BUCIDA)
Nairobi, 30
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Proposal writing and grant applications
- Stakeholder mapping, on-boarding and engagement
- Project planning, scheduling and implementation
- Risk Management by identifying potential risks that could derail project and developing mitigation plans to address risks
- Stakeholder Management; Mapping, recruiting and sustaining relationships, keeping stakeholders, such as funders or community members, updated on project's progress
- Reporting, monitoring and evaluation of projects
- Communication and coordination of project teams and other stakeholders
- Implemented US department of state funded project through Meridian international, titled Sustainable eradication of brick baking among residents of Osasame Sub- location, Busia County
- Trained 30 brick bakers on climate change, its causes, consequences and mitigation measures
- Implemented substitution of brick baking with sustainable poultry farming involving 30 selected brick bakers.
President
Equity Leaders Program, Kenya
Nairobi, Nairobi Province
08.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed to Coordinate community outreaches and CSR activities to promote social well-being and community transformation
- Managed in Monitoring academic performance of 500 beneficiaries of Wings to Fly scholarship in Busia County of Kenya
- Coordinating mentorship of high school and primary schools in Kenya by addressing school dropouts root causes such as parental negligence, GBV, drugs and drug abuse, early marriages, child labor among others
- Creating and sustaining partnerships with like-minded organizations such as Equity Bank to collaborate in climate action and environmental conservation projects.
Enumerator
World Food Programme
07.2022 - 08.2022
- Vulnerability assessment to identify the neediest and most vulnerable residents of Marsabit County affected by drought, hunger and starvation
- Enrollment into the Lisha Jamii Program, of the recruited community members of Marsabit County
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the Lisha Jamii Cash-Based Transfer and food relief program.
Public Health Intern
County Public Health Office, Marsabit-Kenya
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Supporting local communities in ASALs of Kenya to aid in the provision of clean water, sanitation and hygiene in Marsabit County of Kenya
- Implementation and enforcement of COVID-19 control measures in Marsabit County of Kenya
- Response to hunger and malnutrition in Marsabit County through provision of food and water by partnering with local and national governments, local and international NGOs
- Food and food premise inspection to guarantee the safety of food intended for public consumption
- Food market sanitation and hygiene to eliminate all nuisances likely to compromise the safety of the food available in the markets
- Management of Solid and Liquid Waste in Marsabit Municipality
- Infectious disease management, control and prevention
- Health education and Promotion in the Communities
- Conducting fire safety awareness in schools-primary and secondary.
Hunger Safety Net Program Officer
Equity Bank Limited, Marsabit
01.2021 - 04.2022
- Partnering with Government’s Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) to cushion the most vulnerable members of the Northern Kenya community (Arid and semi-arid lands) from extreme hunger and starvation as a result of COVID-19 through Cash-Based Transfers with Equity Bank
- Supporting local communities in ASALs of Kenya to aid in the provision of clean water by financing water projects in Marsabit County of Kenya
- Planning and organizing field logistics and records keeping
- Monitoring of the HSNP to track progress of recruitment and cash transfers to the beneficiaries of the program
- Vulnerability assessment and recruitment of beneficiaries of the need-based Wings to Fly and Elimu scholarship programmes
- Appointed the Bank’s fire marshal to oversee compliance with fire safety measures and regulations.
Trainer of trainers, MEL intern
AFROHUN/USAID Amboseli Ecosystem Demo site (ASAL)
08.2021 - 09.2021
- Trained multidisciplinary teams of students on one health research, community needs assessment, interventions design, and implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
- Guided a multidisciplinary team of 20 students in conducting Amboseli Communities ’vulnerability and needs assessment, the design and implementation of interventions addressing WASH and malnutrition in Amboseli communities, Loitoktok sub- County, Kajiado County of Kenya
- Designed and implemented interventions to improve access to adequate quantities and qualities of water and safe disposal of human excreta among the nomadic pastoral communities in Amboseli, Kenya
- Developed logical framework for monitoring of One Health Interventions at Loitoktok, Kajiado County-Kenya
- Establishing multidisciplinary partnerships with stakeholders and community to collaboratively design participatory interventions to community’s most felt needs
- Summarizing findings, reports writing and presentation to stakeholders
- Monitoring of community one health interventions project to track progress against set objectives and goals, draw lessons, formulate and implement corrective actions
- Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and make adjustments as needed
- Trained community members, leaders, CHVs and other stakeholders on adoption of best practices for healthier lives, including better nutrition, food handling and hygiene to reduce occurrence and impact of food-borne illnesses and malnutrition
- Evaluation of past one health interventions in the communities to assess success rate and impact.
President
AFROHUN/USAID Students One Health Innovations Club
09.2019 - 12.2020
- Spearheading innovations and research among one health teams to improve health of communities and respond to health emergencies including food security, climate change, emerging and re-emerging diseases
- Proposal writing to seek funding for the organization activities, establish partnerships and collaborations
- Promoting a collaborative, multidisciplinary one health approach among students and professionals from diverse professional backgrounds for optimal health outcomes
- Coordinating community outreaches with respect to health calendars such as world food safety day, environmental health day
- Educating farmers on antimicrobial resistance and safe food production through responsible use of antimicrobials
- Monitoring the organization activities, reporting and presentation of reports and finding to stakeholders
- Mobilized multidisciplinary team of students, community members, and children to develop a COVID-19 Digital awareness video that won a global competition by the One Health Workforce-Next Generation in 2020
- Coordinated a Multidisciplinary One Health Small Working Groups inviting students and faculty members globally to identify, prioritize discuss and innovate solutions to global challenges including Locust outbreak as a threat to food security, Food safety, Covid-19, Anthrax, Rabies etc
- Led multidisciplinary teams of students to respond to innovate award winning mobile and web-based application to help frontline workers swiftly and efficiently respond to outbreaks such as cholera, salmonellosis, Ebola etc.
Project Assistant, COVID-19 Study
Kenya Medical Research Institute
10.2020 - 11.2020
- Assisting in the design of research tools, translation of questionnaires, and preparation of various process documents such as monitoring tools, SOPs, and guidelines
- Recruiting participants, administering surveys, and collecting samples
- Designing and drafting research findings, conducting literature reviews, data analysis, and dissemination of findings to stakeholder
- Monitoring progress of data collection and candidate recruitment against set targets and study objectives, methodology and criteria.
Public Health Intern
Busia County Public Health Office
02.2020 - 11.2020
- Coordinating WASH programs in the communities in liaison with County Public Health office, NGOs, CHVs, and other partners
- Trained communities on water harvesting, storage and affordable treatment mechods adoptable in the local settings
- Implementation of Malaria control interventions through the Malaria Control Program
- Monitoring Malaria Control Interventions through the Malaria Control Program in Teso South Sub-County of Busia
- Implementation of the County Government nutrition programs targeting under 5’s and the vulnerable populations in Teso North and Teso South Sub-ounties of Busia.
Community Volunteer, COVID-19 Response
Busia County Referral Hospital
05.2020 - 10.2020
- Assisted the communities in developing low-cost intervention measures relevant to their various set-ups, including WASH
- Actively participated in designing posters and charts for health education purposes for Covid-19 risk communication in the underserved communities in Teso, Kenya
- Installed hand washing equipment made from locally available resources in several homes and trained community members to replicate the same to emphasize hand hygiene
- Partnered with CHVs to create awareness of Covid-19 disease in the local communities in Busia County of Kenya
- Conducted a COVID-19 KAP study among Busia County Referral Hospital Healthcare workers.
Education
BSc. Environmental Health -
Moi University
Eldoret, 44 08.2017 - 05.2020
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
St. Patrick Boys High School
Eldoret 01.2010 - 05.2013
Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills and a strong ability to lead and influence others
Trainer of trainers’ knowledge transfer using unique methodologies to ensure high retention and understanding
Strong working experience in qualitative and quantitative research
Excellent report writing and presentation skills, good command of Microsoft office
Demonstrated experience in program coordination, and project implementation
Strong organization, planning, and problem-solving skills
Highly experienced in multidisciplinary collaborations and one health approach
Strong experience in establishing and sustaining collaborations and partnerships
Project Coordination
Project Management
Problem-Solving
Achievementsandawards
- One Health Champion, USAID (One Health Workforce Next Generation), 2020
- Best Student Project for Health, The Network, Towards Unity for Health, 2020
- COVID-19 Digital Awareness, Best Video, USAID (One Health Workforce Next Generation), 2020
- WAAW Best Live Performance (Antimicrobial Awareness Creation), OIE, FAO, WHO Tripartite, 2019
- Health Case Competition Winner, USAID (One Health Workforce Next Generation), 2020
- Emergency Preparedness & Response Hackathon Winner, USAID (One Health Workforce Next Generation), 2020
- Best Student in Environmental Health Class, Moi University, Kenya, 2014, 2016, 2020
- Implemented a climate action project (Sustainable eradication of brick baking in Osasame sub-location) benefiting 30 brick bakers, Busia Community Initiative for Development and Assistance (BUCIDA) in partnership with Meridian International (U.S Department of State), 2023
- Best Student in Elgeiyo Marakwet County in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), Kenya National Examination Council, 2013
Membershipsandcertifications
- Member, Environmental Public Health Association of Kenya (EPHAK)
- Research Ethics Certificate (Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation)
- Project Management Certificate (PMDPro)
- Students One Health Innovations Club Kenya Alumni
- Public Health Officers and Technicians Council (PHOTC)
Careerobjective
Seeking a challenging position, in a successful company or organization that will enable me apply the knowledge and experience I have acquired, in order to advance my skills and job performance., To work with dynamic, world class entities to get a great lengths professionalism and development in a challenging environment within and around the world.
Personalattributesandinterests
A self-motivated, proactive, bold lady and one who is working to develop a career in Business Management. An effective communicator and team player can work well with people. Has acquired skills of customer retention abilities and sales closing. Technologically competent able to succeed and adapt well in this ever-changing technological landscape. I enjoy socializing, travelling, adventuring new technology and modes of doing business, Volunteering and helping out the poor and other disadvantaged members of the society.
Training
- Community Entry, Diagnosis and Engagement liaison, USAID (Africa One Health University Network), 2021
- Good Clinical Practice, Global Health Training Centre, 2021
- The Cluster Coordination System, Massive Open Online Course (WHO), 2021
- One Health Basics (Community Entry, diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Needs Assessment & Prioritization, intervention planning and implementation), USAID (Africa One Health University Network), 2016,2021
- One Health Approach to AMR, Food Safety & Food Security, Project ECHO & AFROHUN, 2022
- Facilities Management, Quantum, 2023
- NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) in Occupational Safety and Health, RRC International, 2024
- Sustainability Reporting with GRI Standards, Udemy, 2024
- Sustainable Banking Concepts and Principles, Equity Academy, 2023
- Project Management Professionals Training, Strathmore University, 2024
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Project Coordinator, Climate Change Project
Busia Community Initiative for Development and Assistance (BUCIDA)
04.2023 - 01.2024
Enumerator
World Food Programme
07.2022 - 08.2022
Public Health Intern
County Public Health Office, Marsabit-Kenya
04.2022 - 08.2022
President
Equity Leaders Program, Kenya
08.2021 - 01.2023
Trainer of trainers, MEL intern
AFROHUN/USAID Amboseli Ecosystem Demo site (ASAL)
08.2021 - 09.2021
Hunger Safety Net Program Officer
Equity Bank Limited, Marsabit
01.2021 - 04.2022
Project Assistant, COVID-19 Study
Kenya Medical Research Institute
10.2020 - 11.2020
Community Volunteer, COVID-19 Response
Busia County Referral Hospital
05.2020 - 10.2020
Public Health Intern
Busia County Public Health Office
02.2020 - 11.2020
President
AFROHUN/USAID Students One Health Innovations Club
09.2019 - 12.2020
BSc. Environmental Health -
Moi University
08.2017 - 05.2020
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
St. Patrick Boys High School
01.2010 - 05.2013
Health, Safety and Environment Officer
Equity Bank Limited
8 2022 - Current
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