24-35 Risk Treatment Program Lead

at  Technical Safety BC

THE OPPORTUNITY

We need a skilled leader to join our Safety System Risk team. As the Risk Treatment Program Lead, you’ll oversee a comprehensive program to manage and evaluate risks. Working closely with our Leader of Safety System Risk and the Technical Risk Committee, you’ll prioritize which risks to address, coordinate efforts across departments, and maintain our risk treatment tracker. Your role also involves collaborating with stakeholders to streamline risk reduction efforts, enhance our understanding of safety risks, and identify synergies across different teams. If this seems like the challenge you’ve been looking for, keep reading and apply now!

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent combination of education and experience) in risk sciences, decision sciences, interdisciplinary studies, resource management, planning, policy, behavioural sciences, engineering or equivalent.
• 6-8 years’ experience working with stakeholders and subject matter experts from multiple sectors in developing, implementing, and evaluating risk reduction solutions, including:
• Promoting shared understanding of risks,
• Developing risk reduction actions,
• Facilitating trade-off analyses and developing mitigation strategies with stakeholders,
• Developing monitoring & evaluation strategies to track the effectiveness of mitigation actions,
• Communicating strategies and results in written and verbal formats,
• Eliciting judgments under uncertainty.
• Excellent critical thinking and strategic decision-making skills, demonstrates sound judgement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and superior interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan and lead strategic projects and cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships in stakeholder-rich environments, both externally and internally.
• Adaptability, proactivity, and ability to work independently under pressure with quickly changing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent project management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Strong track record of managing multiple projects with aggressive deadlines.
• Excellent command in the language of English.

• Learning & Development – We value giving and receiving feedback, as well as encouraging different ways for us to continuously learn as a company. This can be through lessons learned, wrap up sessions, one-on-one meetings, and team or individual courses, workshops, and conferences. In addition, we offer up to $1500 tuition aid per calendar year to support your education and learning goals.
• Compensation & Benefits – In full transparency, you can find our industry-competitive compensation information on our postings. For our regular employees, we have outstanding benefits that include extended health, dental and disability coverage, access to an employee and family assistance program (EFAP), competitive annual paid vacation entitlements, public service defined benefit pension plan, generous top-up allowance for new parents, and time-off for caregiving, moving, and adoption leave. We recently upgraded our mental health benefits to $1500 separate from our non-mental health paramedical services too.
• Community & Wellness – We recognize and respect each other’s diverse needs. We strive to maintain a healthy culture of psychological safety, belonging, and space to prioritize healthy minds and well-being. This includes Wellness Wednesday (meeting free time), flexible paid holidays, a free subscription to the Calm app, and a flexible hybrid work environment focused on connections. Our teams also enjoy giving back to the community, and having fun, whether volunteering in the community, or running together on our Sun Run team. In 2023, Technical Safety BC donated to Crisis Centre BC, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness, BC Wildfire Recovery, PADS, and Rise to Thrive Foundation.
• Employee Resource Groups – We have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for Mental Health & Wellness, Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, and Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) to support initiatives we’re passionate about.