[Hiring] Senior Occupational Health & Safety Specialist @Remote

Role Description

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space in Employee Lifecycle Operations, by joining our Employee Lifecycle team.

As a Senior Occupational Health & Safety Specialist, you will ensure that all activities related to the occupational health and safety of employees are performed effectively, compliantly, and on time across multiple countries supported by Remote. You will be responsible for:

• Identifying, engaging, and managing vendor partnerships.
• Driving the contracting processes.
• Rolling out all events related to health and safety across the globe for Remote’s employees.

Qualifications

• Occupational Health and Safety experience covering multiple countries and regions.
• Hands-on experience managing the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) process and implementing required accommodations.
• Experience scouting, onboarding, and/or managing vendors and partners.
• Ability to quickly engage and support external employees and vendors across multiple countries.
• Good analytical skills, ability to map and implement new processes.
• Team player who works independently and communicates proactively and positively.
• A growth and problem-solving mindset.
• Writes and speaks fluent English; additional language proficiency will be considered a plus.
• Experience working remotely is not required but considered a plus.

Requirements

• Manage and execute solutions for Occupational Health and Safety matters with minimal supervision across multiple jurisdictions.
• Lead the ADA Process for employees requesting job accommodations due to medical conditions or disabilities.
• Partner with HR, legal, operations, and external healthcare providers to evaluate, recommend, and implement reasonable accommodations.
• Manage integration between Workers’ Compensation, FMLA/STD/LTD, and ADA to facilitate safe Return-to-Work (RTW) / transitional duty plans.
• Serve as an internal point of contact for routine and non-routine OHS questions.
• Manage the relationship and deliverables of current OHS vendors, training partners, and health centers.
• Monitor vendor performance through comprehensive assessments and consistent feedback.
• Lead the team’s engagement with Remote’s employees in providing them with their health assessment and safety training needs.
• Coordinate and execute country Occupational Health and Safety internal audits to support compliance with local regulations.
• Identify, develop, and recommend improvements to existing Occupational Health and Safety procedures and practices.
• Partner with the People and Legal teams to draft and develop new Health and Safety policies.
• Safely manage and maintain employee data and confidential information.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours (we are async).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Budget towards co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships).
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Home office budget & IT equipment.

Company Description

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences, and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.