Deputy Manager Social Responsibility and National Content

Job Description

Company Overview:

People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here, what you do matters.

Job Overview:

McDermott’s Project Social Sustainability Deputy Manager is a key McDermott representative for the assigned Joint Venture Project. The deputy manager is responsible for day-to-day management of CCS JV’s social projects, in coordination with both the Project and McDermott’s Global Sustainability team

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the development and implementation of the social sustainability on behalf of McDermott, in alignment with joint venture partners and client requirements. Areas include but are not limited to:
• Community initiatives including microenterprise development and agricultural projects
• Building the capacity of local businesses to participate in global supply chains
• Management of company community events
• National content and vocational skills training
• Stakeholder mapping and engagement, particularity in the region of Cabo Delgado
• Grievance and complaints management
• Security and human rights (e.g. ensuring alignment with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights)
• Day to day management including team, project budget and resources
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Coordinating and aligning with other functions, including Site construction management, HR, HSE, Supply Chain and Security
• Work to CCS JV management systems
• Promote business objectives including risk reduction, reputational capital, and cost efficiency
• Ensure compliance with client contractual obligations, national regulation, and international standards, including the IFC Performance Standards, UNGPs, Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, UN Global Compact, ISO 26000
• Adhere to and promote safety and environmental rules and procedures
  
  

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience working to international standards (IFC, UN, VPSHR) and preferably working in international organizations.
• Team management and conflict management skills.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and ability to effectively engage with local communities.
• Flexibility and willingness to live and work in a remote and dynamic field environment (on a rotational basis)
• BA/BS in international studies, social sciences, or similar field.
• Languages: spoken and written English, local languages (Portuguese desirable but not essential)
• At least 7 years of experience in corporate sustainability project execution, consulting or NGO program management is required; up to 10 years is preferred.