Job ID:43797
Location:New York: 810 Seventh Avenue
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular
LRQA is looking for a Lead Assessor for an excellent opportunity to work in a multinational organization, that is growing consistently and rapidly. The lead assessor is responsible for conducting responsible sourcing assessments againist local law and various standards.
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.
Qualifications- 4-year college degree in a major of Law, HR, Occupational Health and Safety or Environment /Advanced degree is preferred
- Minimum two (2) years of experience in social compliance auditing
- Minimum 100 social compliance audit days (verifiable)
- APSCA registered required, CSCA Status
- Must have valid Driver's License (or ability to get one)
- Ability to travel 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.
- RBA, BSCI, SLCP, a plus
