Job Description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

The Opportunity
The Admin and SHE Officer plays a dual role in ensuring operational excellence and organizational resilience for Roche in Cameroon. You will be responsible for the seamless day-to-day administration of the office while serving as the strategic lead for Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE). Your mission is to protect our people, secure our assets, and drive a high-performance culture through digital innovation and rigorous compliance.

Main Responsibilities
Administrative Support
- Documentation & Financial Flow: Manage the full lifecycle of physical and digital records, including contracts and correspondence, while ensuring all invoices are accurately uploaded for processing.
- Operational Readiness & Compliance: Assist in documenting core processes like Site Management and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) to ensure the team is fully prepared for upcoming SHE audits.
- Logistics & Team Coordination: Oversee complex schedules, travel arrangements, and office procurement, while organizing team-building activities to foster a high-performance culture.
- Digital Innovation: Proactively identify and implement digital tools and solutions to streamline workflows and improve the overall effectiveness of the team.

SHE Support
- Strategic Leadership & Advisory: Lead the "One SHE" team in Cameroon and act as a key advisor to Senior Management, integrating safety, health, and environmental strategies into the broader business planning process.
- Operational Security & Resilience: Implement site security protocols and maintain a robust Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to ensure organizational resilience and rapid recovery during operational disruptions.
- Compliance & Standards: Ensure all activities align with local regulations and Roche Global policies, managing the documentation of SHE KPIs, reporting, and maintaining critical liaisons with law enforcement and professional bodies.
- Performance & Culture: Foster a workplace culture that prioritizes well-being while driving continuous improvement by benchmarking local practices against global industry standards.

Who you are
Required Experience and Education
- Holder of a Bachelor or Master Degree
- Experience in Pharmaceutical environment is a plus

Required Competencies and Skills
- Master the use of digital tolls (Powerpoint, Excel, Word etc)
Showing analytical skills, capability of processing big data sets & drawing right conclusions with proven negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently and also develop team working spirit, prioritize within an interdisciplinary environment that includes scientists, engineers, business and consultants
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Excellent communication and effective problem-solving skills, track record in serving a variety of diverse customers and projects
- A proactive, self-driven individual with a growth mindset and a positive can-do attitude.
- Great sense of ownership and accountability and with a desire to make an impact as a part of a high-growth, transformational team that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Note: This role is on external contract basis (renewable every year)

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.