Job description

Job ID:43787
Location:LRQA - Puebla - Torre Inxignia
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular

IR35 Status:[[custIR35]]

Who We Are

At LRQA, we offer a unique and impactful career journey designed to empower our teams to influence change. Join our team for a truly international experience. With 24+ offices globally (and still growing), you will have exposure to real issues that span the globe. Fasten your seatbelt for an energetic and dynamic experience where you will conduct a broad range of environmental and social supply chain audits to support impact-driven responsible sourcing programs. Supplier transparency is part of LRQA’s DNA to understand risk exposure associated with social compliance issues. We constantly develop innovative solutions to uncover and manage risk from social and environmental to building, electrical and fire safety. LRQA was the first firm to integrate anonymous worker surveys into the assessment process creating the industry’s first integrated assessment. LRQA has developed EiQ to create predictive models to assess risks of unauthorized subcontracting, human trafficking, labor unrest, and other key risk issues. LRQA has also developed the first KPI-based monthly monitoring program to show the links between business performance issues and social non-compliance. When a supplier needs more guidance our Capacity Building experts design holistic and custom improvement plans to create long-term solutions.

Job Overview at a Glance

LRQA is looking for an assessor for an excellent opportunity to work in a multinational organization, that is growing consistently and rapidly. The assessor will be reponsible for acting as a secondary assessor on responsible sourcing audits while he/she is studying to become certified as a lead assessor. In addition, the assessor will support report review in the region when not in the field. LRQA will support the assessors' training to becoming a fully qualified responsible sourcing assessor.

Who You Are

Are you thrilled by the idea of working in a business that aims to tackle the world’s biggest challenges? Do you want to work:

on environmental, social and governance issues
with an amazing team of like-minded creative thinkers
in a fast-paced dynamic environment
for some of the biggest and most forward-looking brands in the world

Responsibilities

Book travel in accordance with assigned schedule
Conduct an opening meeting with management outlining scope and client expectations
Interview management to understand facility practices
Conduct a facility walkthrough to observe facility practices
Review documentation that demonstrates practices
Interview workers (ideally in native language or with the use of a translator) in a sensitive but impartial way to verify and explore practices
Triangulate data across data sources to come to an informed conclusion on practices
Presenting results to facility management
Advise companies on ways to improve working conditions for workers
Write comprehensive reports in English for each assessment, in a timely and accurate manner
Provide clients, facility, vendor, and fellow staff necessary clarifications on the audit results or the report in a professional, timely, and accurate manner
Finally, the candidate is expected to meet Key Performance Targets related to report turnaround time, report quality, and budget.
As a reviewer, they will be expected to support review and completion of reports for the lead assessors, including uploading to client data bases.

Qualifications

4-year college degree in a major of Law, HR, Occupational Health and Safety or Environment /Advanced degree is preferred
Must have valid driver’s License (or ability to get one)
Ability to travel 50% of the time (once lead assessor this will move to 80% of the time)
Strong business acumen
Excellent Customer Service and results oriented
Effective problem solving and negotiation skills
Excellent verbal and written English and Spanish
Adaptable and flexible
Comfortable in various industries e.g. manufacturing, food & beverage
High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet-research /reporting/analysis tools
Maintains a global perspective and is culturally sensitive and aware
Highest level of personal and professional integrity and ethics.
Comfortable with confrontation, with a diplomatic and easy demeanor
Ability to operate in a multi-cultural environment with persons of varying socio-economic status
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.

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