Health & Safety Coordinator - Curacao

Company Profile

The organization is a leading financial services group operating across multiple jurisdictions in the Caribbean region. It delivers a broad range of financial solutions to retail, corporate, and institutional clients, with a strong focus on reliability, customer trust, and long-term value creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Health & Safety strategy, framework, policies, and standards.
• Foster a proactive culture of safety, wellbeing, accountability, and organizational resilience across all business units and locations.
• Oversee workplace safety programs, risk assessments, inspections, audits, and corrective action initiatives to mitigate operational and workplace risks.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry best practices.
• Lead emergency preparedness, incident response, crisis management, and resilience activities, including ERO/BHV programs, exercises, and recovery planning.
• Oversee the reporting, investigation, analysis, and resolution of incidents, accidents, near misses, and safety-related events.
• Partner with Human Resources and business leaders to promote employee wellbeing, workplace health, psychological safety, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Act as the organization's primary advisor on Health & Safety matters, providing expert guidance and support to management and key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulators, emergency services, external partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor performance, risk exposure, and compliance through reporting, dashboards, and key performance indicators, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Manage governance, certification, documentation, budgetary, and administrative requirements related to Health & Safety.
• Strengthen organizational readiness and business continuity by identifying emerging risks and enhancing preventive, response, and resilience capabilities across the organization.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Risk Management, Business Administration, Human Resources, Engineering, Security Management, or a related field; Master’s degree is an advantage.
• Professional certification in Health & Safety, Risk Management, or Emergency Management (e.g., HVK, MVK, NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent) preferred.
• BHV certification required within 12 months of appointment.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in Safety, Wellbeing, Risk Management, Business Continuity, Security, Facilities Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience in workplace risk assessments, incident management, audits, inspections, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, risk management principles, emergency response, and business resilience practices.
• Experience working in a regulated environment and engaging with regulators and external stakeholders is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, manage multiple priorities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Excellent communication, relationship management, and leadership skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and reporting tools.
• Fluent in English, Dutch, and Papiamentu; Spanish is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel and provide support during incidents, emergencies, audits, and critical operational events when required.

Are you the Health & Safety Coordinator we are looking for? Take the lead in shaping safety, wellbeing, and resilience across a dynamic organization. Apply today!