New Job Opening at Unilever Tanzania Ltd – January 2023

1. JOB TITLE: Business Integrity Officer

Job ID: R-55544

Category: Legal

Location: Mufindi, Iringa

Main job purpose

The Business Integrity Officer is responsible for ensuring compliance with ekaterra’s Code of Business Principles (the Code/COPB) and Code Policies and developing local due diligence procedures and other business controls with a view to embedding a compliance culture. The Business Integrity Officer is responsible for achieving operational excellence in enforcing the Code between ekaterra Tea Tanzania (eTT) employees and relevant third parties. He/she will support the Business Integrity Committees in eTT and will be the visible go-to person for the escalation of Code-related issues within eTT.

The Business Integrity Officer eTT must demonstrate the judgment, drive and influence needed to deploy ekaterra’s Business Integrity programme across eTT for optimal results, in liaison with subject matter experts and consistent with the global ekaterra Roadmap for Business Integrity. The Business Integrity (BI) Officer eTT will assist the BI Officer – Plantations to deploy the ekaterra Business Integrity Programme across eTT’s tea estates.

Key interactions

The   Business Integrity Officer eTT will interface with the following stakeholders:

• eTT Country General Manager
• General Counsel – Plantations
• Business Integrity Officer – Plantations
• eTT Leadership Team
• Investigations Officers
• Other Functional risk specialists in eTT (e.g. in Finance, HR, IT, Security, Welfare, and Legal) including subject matter experts
• Global Business Integrity network colleagues
• eTT Business Integrity Committee
• Plantations Business Integrity Committee
• Other stakeholders may be designated from time to time.

Key Accountabilities

The key accountabilities of the Business Integrity Officer eTT are as follows:

PREVENTION

1. Education and Awareness:

• Global education and awareness programs, monitoring of completion rates in eTT
• Education of specific eTT employees / functional groups where required
• New joiner awareness and onboarding, the leaver exit process
• Annual declarations

2. Maintains an understanding of applicable local compliance laws/regulations and best practices
3. Deploys local procedures and controls to cover key local compliance areas
4. Enforces COBP and other company policies between eTT employees, its customers, contractors, and suppliers

DETECTION

5. Promoting the Code and Reporting channels:

• Manage local Code and compliance engagements within the eTT through town halls, and leadership team engagements.
• Ensure that all reporting options are clearly communicated.
• Ensure that the Business Integrity hotline is accessible (e.g. via freephone numbers).

6. Code compliance and (business) risk identification and assessment:

• Review and monitor eTT’s external issues and developments and report to the General Counsel.
• Maintain local Code compliance control requirements and procedures.
• Engage with high-risk third parties.
• Engage with (local) procurement to ensure 3rd party compliance with relevant policies and standards.
• Manage the coordination of eTT’s Code Compliance Self-Assessment and remediation plans.

RESPONSE

7. Code case handling and Investigations (breaches):

• End responsibility for all Code investigations in eTT, from preparing the investigation plan to the sanctioning proposal and closing with the eTT Business Integrity Committee. Escalation to and support the General Counsel Compliance as and when necessary for cases handled by the Plantations Business Integrity Committee.
• Investigate and conclude all cases in conformance with defined global standards.
• Documenting control and process failures and escalating to functional owners for remediation.
• Reporting and tracking process improvements.
• Ensure quality of data input into the Business Integrity reporting system.
• Reporting on Code case statistics to the General Counsel – Plantations.
• Informing the General Counsel – Plantations of any high-risk, reportable, and/or WL2+ cases when these arise.

8. Incident response

• Ensure appropriate classification and review of compliance incidents.
• Preparation of position papers regarding any (Code) compliance concerns/challenges/questions received.

GOVERNANCE

9. Additional Code Committee Support:

• Code Business Partner to the Country General Manager eTT and General Counsel – Plantations.
• Support the Business Integrity Committees in eTT with agendas, reports, minutes, and follow-ups.

10. Organization

• Point of contact for any Code related queries in eTT.
• Managing the eTT Business Integrity Roadmap.

Accountabilities on Legal matters

From time to time the Business Integrity Officer eTT may be called upon to carry out legal duties including but not limited to providing legal advisory and attending to litigation e.t.c. on an ad hoc basis

Experience required

• The candidate should have a degree in law (LLB Degree) with 2-3 years post-qualification experience, out of which 1-2 years’ experience should involve compliance-related work.
• Call to Bar (Member of Tanganyika Law Society & have a current practicing certificate)
• Candidate should have a good grasp of relevant underlying legal frameworks, compliance, risk, and business integrity issues. Training and support will be provided to develop areas of expertise.
• The ability to influence key stakeholders and to be an agent for change is essential in this role as is the ability to manage potentially sensitive and complex investigations.

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2. JOB TITLE: Estate Manager

Job ID: R-55534

Category: Supply Chain

Location: Mufindi, Iringa

Purpose of Role

The Estate Manager leads the Agricultural function in accordance with laid down company policies and procedures to ensure that the Estate is managed to the highest agricultural standards & ensure the quality of tea and productivity is maximized

Accountabilities

• Ensure the Estate is managed to the highest agricultural standards & tea quality & productivity improvement.
• Ensure that the financial expenditure is in line with the budget.
• Train & develop all staff & manage IR in the Estate
• Implement SHEQ policy in the Estate.
• Deliver the business targets aligned with the Company Strategy.
• Provide counseling services to employees in the Estate.
• Main interface with many roles e.g Factories, Finance, HRBP, Unions, Corporate Relations, R & D Legal etc
• Responsible for the effective performance of 400 – 600 (350 – 400) Ha area in the Estate
• Participate in the preparation of Estate budgets & performance
• Responsible for the Company assets in the Estate/Estate.
• Responsible for cascading Company information to the employees.
• Implement all company policies and procedures in the Estate

Administration

• Checks and verifies labor pay records regularly
• Ensures reconciliation of the green leaf registers against the weight sheet.
• Maintains and updates the wedding book
• Ensures that all office registers including the Overtime sheets, transport log sheets, and history cards inventory cards are all up to date at all times.
• Maintain detailed records of all in-filling, and field sanitation.
• Reconciles the muster sheet with the labor distribution sheet & payroll outputs.
• Issues register, and regularly check all tools and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensuring their proper maintenance. (Monthly-Tools check).
• Responsible that all reports are made accurately and submitted on time.
• Be responsible for the proper administration of the general stores.
• In consultation with the manager, be responsible for authorization of Compassionate, sick leave, maternity/paternity leave, and annual leave.
• Ensures that appropriate and comprehensive records in areas of Operations are established and properly maintained.

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Graduate in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering or Bachelor of Science.
• 4 years experience.
• Crop Production and Field Operations
• Sourcing – raw materials of agricultural origin
• Plant Breeding – tea nurseries
• Infrastructure Management
• Project Management
• Industrial Relations/Employee Relations

Travel

As per job/site requirements, local travel is likely.

Leadership Behavior

Should meet expectations on the ekaterra Choice Values relevant to the work level.

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