Newmont Mining Corporation is a leading global gold producer with key assets in Nevada, Peru, Australia, Ghana and Suriname.<\/p>\n
Newmont\u2019s Africa Operations holds two gold mining operations in Ghana: the Ahafo Mine located in the Brong-Ahafo region and the Akyem Mine located in the Eastern region. There is also near mine exploration and development focus in Ghana to annually replace gold reserves. Newmont Africa also has early-stage exploration programs in the African countries of Ethiopia and Morocco.<\/p>\n
Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.<\/p>\n
Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.<\/p>\n
The only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index, Newmont in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont\u2019s industry leading performance is reflected through our Africa operations\u2019 high standards in environmental management, health and safety for our workforce and creating value and opportunity for our employees, host communities and Newmont\u2019s shareholders.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Community Development Officer III\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n About This Role:<\/strong> Provide inputs to Newmont\u2019s Sustainability & External Relations (S&ER) strategy. Partnerships and Collaboration:<\/p>\n Conduct needs assessments to enhance partnerships and collaboration. Socio-Economic Development:<\/p>\n Facilitate livelihood re-establishment programs for project affected persons. Compliance and Reporting:<\/p>\n Coordinate and consolidate reports on CD projects and programmes, including performance against relevant targets and commitments. Team Leadership:<\/p>\n Develop and hand over a planned schedule of activity for the Community Development Officer. Budgets and Payments:<\/p>\n Identify and prioritise spending on key projects earmarked within the financial year. Safety:<\/p>\n Contribution to the zero harm goal of Ahafo North with focus on quality safety interactions, inspections, audits, risk assessments & impact mitigation and control systems. First Degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, Economics, Agriculture or a related discipline.<\/p>\n Experience:<\/p>\n Minimum of 5 years\u2019 relevant experience working with NGO\u2019s and Service Providers in Social Investment\/Community Development. Technical Skills:<\/p>\n Advanced interpersonal skills (interacting with diverse functional and cultural backgrounds). Behavioural Attributes:<\/p>\n Commitment. Newmont Mining Corporation is a leading global gold producer with key assets in Nevada, Peru, Australia, Ghana and Suriname. Newmont\u2019s Africa Operations holds two gold mining operations in Ghana: the…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-ekc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTo coordinate the implementation of Livelihood Re-establishment interventions for Project Affected Persons\/Community Development initiatives, with a key focus on agricultural improvement, and broader community initiatives on Agriculture, Water, Education, Health and Infrastructure, in line with the Newmont Ahafo North Sustainability & External Relations (S&ER) Strategy.
\nCoordinate Ahafo North\u2019s Community Development strategy development and its implementation as well as support the planning and implementation of all Community Relations initiatives and activities in the area.
\nIn This Role You Will:
\nPlanning:<\/p>\n
\nImplement the Community Development strategic plan, providing guidance to contractors, according to Newmont governance and regulatory requirements.
\nCommunicate with and engage across various Newmont departments to mobilise support for S&ER activities.
\nDetermine the scope of work and develop the resulting terms of reference that will govern the work.
\nSupport the identification and management of Community Development risks and lend support to the Officer in identifying and managing local risks.<\/p>\n
\nParticipate in Community Development forums to ensure overall alignment and integration with the Newmont S&ER strategy.
\nPromote tripartite (Newmont, Government, Communities) approach to implementing community development initiatives.<\/p>\n
\nFacilitate implementation of company led community development strategic initiatives.
\nCoordinate employee participation in voluntary community development initiatives.
\nCoordinate the submission of requests for donations to Newmont Ahafo North Donation Committee for review.
\nMonitor the effectiveness of company approved donations to external stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\nSupport Community Development audits.
\nProvide input for community development reports.
\nEnsure compliance to Newmont S&ER standards.<\/p>\n
\nProvide support, coaching and training to Community Development teams to embed community development best practices.<\/p>\n
\nProvide approval and sign-off on contractor payment requests.<\/p>\n
\nYour Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:
\nFormal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):<\/p>\n
\nMinimum 2 years supervisory experience.<\/p>\n
\nStrong communication (written and verbal) skills.
\nStrong planning, prioritizing and coordination skills.
\nStrong reporting skills.
\nSound analysis and problem-solving skills.
\nSound conceptual skills.
\nSound consultation skills.
\nSound negotiation skills.
\nSound facilitation skills.
\nSound coaching and mentoring skills.
\nSound relationship management skills.
\nSound computer literacy skills \u2013 MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).<\/p>\n
\nCultural Sensitivity.
\nDiplomacy.
\nDirective and takes initiative.
\nEmpathy.
\nHonesty and Integrity.
\nGoal orientated.
\nSelf-Motivated.
\nHigh quality orientation.
\nHigh level of transparency.
\nReliable and independent.
\nTeam Player.
\nWorking Conditions:
\nIncumbent\u2019s 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.
\nEngaging stakeholders, delivering charitable donations\/packages and monitoring the work of consultants involves walking around project sites, and local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"