Safety Coordinator

ABOUT LONDON STADIUM

Built to host London 2012, the former Olympic Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is home to West Ham United Football Club and UK Athletics.

With rock concerts through the intervening months, our versatile venue has also seen us host the Rugby World Cup, international and domestic Rugby Union, The Race of Champions, the RFL Four Nations and was home for the first Major League Baseball games to be played in Europe.

ABOUT THE ROLE

London Stadium is looking for a Safety Coordinator to join the team. The key purpose of this role is to assist the LS185 Staffing & Planning Manager and Safety Officer in providing strong event day steward and security staff recruitment, contract engagement, training and ongoing booking and administration all London Stadium major events.

In this role you will:

• Work with the Staffing & Planning Manager and Safety Officer to take responsibility for the staffing of major events.
• Work closely with the crowd safety team on relevant areas of crowd safety and health and safety legislation.
• To support our staffing scheduling system, planning and staff management system for event staff.

As Safety coordinator at the London Stadium, you will be an organised g professional with excellent communication skills and attention to detail with staffing major events, ranging from Football, concerts, Athletics.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to further develop their career in the Safety & Security industry.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the success of the stadium through effective event planning.

In return we offer development opportunities and many company benefits.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Staffing & Planning Manager and Safety Officer to take responsibility for the staffing of major events.
• Work closely with the crowd safety team on relevant areas of crowd safety and health and safety legislation.
• To administer the Venue Aware planning and staff management system for event staff.
• To administer production of all documentation for stewards.
• To administer all logistics relating to the event day crowd safety team.
• To build good working relationships with safety suppliers and agencies.
• Work all major events in such positions as are relevant to the role e.g. staffing check in, logistics, staffing deployment etc.
• Adhere to the procurement process and ensure that all Purchase Orders / financial information is entered accurately in line with the deadlines communicated by the Finance Department.
• Ensure budgets, orders, costs and stewarding rates are regularly monitored.
• To administer production of all documentation for in-house, external suppliers stewards.
• Take responsibility for your own Health and Safety requirements.
• Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet London Stadium changing priorities.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Essential Knowledge & Experience

• Have experience in administration at venues or similar organisations.
• Have a good understanding and knowledge of crowd safety legislation.
• Have an understanding of how health, safety and risk management systems operate.
• Experience working with a venue staffing system and an understanding of staff ingress.

Essential Skills

• The ability to engage and communicate with all levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent proficiency in computer literacy.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (word, excel).
• Experience in using staffing platforms.
• Excellent presentation skills.

Behavioural Qualities

• Identifies the need for, and actions change in direction, practice, policy or procedure.
• Questions the way things are done and takes informed risks.
• Continuously seeks to improve efficiency and performance.
• Maintains people’s self-esteem when interacting with them.
• Avoids pre-judgment when listening to suggestions from others.
• Seizes the opportunity to apply London Stadium standards at all times.
• Openly collaborates with colleagues and partners.
• Provides equal opportunity to people of different backgrounds, experience and perspective.
• Seeks out and embraces new ways of thinking and working.
• Seeks to achieve the highest levels of performance all the time.
• Can be persistent to achieve a standard that others consider impossible.
• Challenge others to go further and achieve more.
• Works relentlessly to overcome roadblocks or obstacles to achieve the goal.
• Remains focused on seeing agreed goals through to completion taking pride in their work.
• Maintains motivation for their team and themselves.
• Demonstrate behaviours aligned to London Stadium values.
• Ability to work unsupervised and self-motivated.
• A genuine team player.
• Willing to assist team members on a wide diversity of tasks.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please consider the job description and the personal specification when applying.

TO APPLY, UPLOAD YOUR (up-to-date) CV FOR REVIEW, ONCE REVIEWED YOU WILL BE SENT A LINK TO ACCESS THE ONLINE APPLICATION.

Interviews: First round of interviews will take place in person week commencing Monday 12th October. We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible thereafter.

Hours: Full-time role subject to a 3-month probationary period

Salary: £30,784 to £33,000 per annum, subject to experience, knowledge and skills