LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games ยท 1 day ago
Vice President, Head of Health & Safety
Los Angeles, California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$182K/yr - $260K/yr
12+ years expLA28 is the independent, non-profit organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Head of Health and Safety will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive health and safety program, ensuring compliance with regulations, and embedding a strong safety culture across all operations.
Sports
Responsibilities
Writing, consulting and communicating a strong Health and Safety statement, strategy, policy, and associated procedures and assurance standards
Strategic advisory to ensure that health and safety is consistently raised to the Executive level and the key risk(s) is at the forefront of decision making
Conduct a thorough organizational and operational risk assessment(s) to ensure the correct risk based approach is applied for all safe LA28 activity
Leading best practice levels of safety and Federal/State/Host City and Venue Cities legislative compliance in an environment of continuous improvement
Coordinate and monitor health and safety investigations that may be required following any incident that should occur
Work closely with Venue Infrastructure Health and Safety lead to ensure a safe design and construction period across all LA28 venues and supported infrastructure
Work alongside and guide the operational functions, such as Event & Venue Management, Security, Transport and Logistics to ensure an aligned and consistent approach based off a dynamic risk assessment. To ensure coverage at ALL Olympic and Paralympic venues, including competition and non-competition venues
Lead Games time planning to ensure there are robust staffing plans for HSE, training plans in place, and systems/tools for incident management
Guide and work with the internal People Management and building/facilities team to ensure the highest standards of occupational health and safety and integrate key security incident response plans
Lead the development and delivery of the associated training and capability build programs and ensure plans are well set and adjusted for the readiness and testing period for LA28
Ensure that a strong communications plan is in place to educate and continuously improve the awareness and safety of all internal and contracted staff
Work with colleagues to ensure a full life cycle of HSE planning from operational planning, to readiness, operations and the criticality of dissolution
Work alongside and influence central planning, legal, risk, insurance, and other corporate teams to ensure that HSE implications are fully understood by all teams and processes
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12+ years technical experience within the field of health and safety, and application within the US market
Experience extended to major event/capital projects involving complex stakeholder environments and outsourced contracts and risks
Qualifications in relevant field/ professional H&S qualification
Extensive experience in the development and implementation of Health & Safety (H&S) plans, policies, procedures and systems
Strong and in depth understanding of contemporary and emerging H&S and risk management issues
Strong experience delivering H&S training programs of the highest standard
Extensive experience running junior teams of health and safety practitioners, in addition to influencing other verticals and delivery units
Varied experience and expertise in assisting an organizations evolution through a number of different phases of H&S implementation
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Leadership: Track record of leading high-performing teams and driving results in complex environments
Technical expertise
Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience
Company
LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games
The Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Kathy Carter
Chief Executive Officer
Karen Sturges
CFO
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