Lead Assessor

About the role LRQA is seeking a Lead Assessor for their Responsible Sourcing team. This position offers an opportunity to work in a multinational organization that is growing consistently and rapidly. Responsibilities

1. Book travel in accordance with assigned schedule
2. Conduct an opening meeting with management outlining scope and client expectations
3. Interview management to understand facility practices
4. Conduct a facility walkthrough to observe facility practices
5. Review documentation that demonstrates practices
6. Interview workers (ideally in native language or with the use of a translator) in a sensitive but impartial way to verify and explore practices
7. Triangulate data across data sources to come to an informed conclusion on practices
8. Presenting results to facility management
9. Advise companies on ways to improve working conditions for workers
10. Write comprehensive reports in English for each assessment, in a timely and accurate manner
11. Provide clients, facility, vendor, and fellow staff necessary clarifications on the audit results or the report in a professional, timely, and accurate manner
12. 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, or advanced degree preferred
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in social compliance auditing
• Minimum 100 social compliance audit days (verifiable)
• APSCA registered required
• Valid US Driver’s License required
• Able 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 such as 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
• High level of personal and professional integrity and ethics
• Comfortable with confrontation, with a diplomatic and easy demeanor
• Ability to operate in a multicultural environment with persons of varying socio-economic status
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
• RBA, BSCI, SLCP Certification a plus