Safety Advisor - Live Events, Motion Picture & Performing Arts

Actsafe Safety Association; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming health and safety in British Columbia's arts and entertainment industry. As a Safety Advisor, you will leverage your expertise to improve workplace safety and wellbeing, ensuring that programs are world-class and tailored to industry needs. This role involves consulting, mentoring, and delivering training while collaborating with diverse stakeholders. With a commitment to inclusivity and a safe workplace culture, you'll be part of a passionate team making a significant impact. If you're ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Extended health benefits

Flexible/hybrid workplace

Paid time off

Professional development budget

RRSP contributions

Challenging work

Diverse team members

Collaborative industry stakeholders

Safe and healthy culture

Qualifications

• 2+ years of OHS experience in BC's arts & entertainment industry.
• Post-secondary education in occupational health and safety preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure programs and services improve health and safety knowledge.
• Consult and mentor to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.

Skills

Industry & safety expertise

Facilitating training

Developing resources

Ability to motivate & influence

Reviewing & developing OHS Programs

Diplomacy

Delivering presentations

Project management

Education

Post-secondary education in occupational health and safety

Job description

Safety Advisor - Live Events, Motion Picture & Performing Arts

Position Posting: Safety Advisor – Live Events, Motion Picture & Performing Arts Industry

Organization: Actsafe Safety Association

Application Deadline: Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

Do you have 2+ years of experience improving safety within BC's live events, motion picture and/or performing arts industry? Do you consider yourself to have generalist knowledge of BC's health and safety regulations and best practices for reducing workplace injuries, diseases and fatalities? Do you excel in consulting and mentoring, delivering engaging presentations, collaborating on multi-agency committees, and leading strategic initiatives?

Actsafe Safety Association has a mission of preventing workplace injuries, illness and deaths in BC's arts and entertainment industry, is halfway through a five-year strategic plan (2023–2027) and is expanding the team. We are recruiting for a vital role of Safety Advisor charged with ensuring our programs and services are world-class, industry-specific, and improve the health, safety, and wellbeing knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of both employers and workers.

The key competencies required to thrive in this role include:

• Industry & safety expertise
• Facilitating training
• Developing resources
• Ability to motivate & influence
• Reviewing & developing Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Programs
• Diplomacy
• Delivering presentations at industry events
• Project management

The ideal candidate would also have post-secondary education in occupational health and safety (at least a certificate, but diploma preferred), and at least 2 years of practical OHS experience in the BC arts & entertainment industry.

If you are committed to making an impact and want to be part of an organization dedicated to transforming health, safety and wellness in BC's arts and entertainment industry, we would love to meet you!

How to apply:

To apply for this opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume to: [e-mail] with the title of the job you are applying for clearly outlined in the email subject line and cover letter by Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

What we offer

Actsafe offers a total rewards package including:

• Extended health benefits
• A flexible/hybrid workplace with a mix of in-office (Burnaby) and remote work opportunities
• A rich paid time off and professional development budget & RRSP contributions
• Challenging work that provides you with a sense of purpose
• Passionate, skilled, diverse team members
• Engaged and collaborative industry stakeholders
• A physically and psychologically safe and healthy culture

Our commitment to Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility

At Actsafe Safety Association, a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace is one where all members of the team, stakeholders, community, and individuals whose personal characteristics fall into any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination under Canadian Human Rights Law feel valued and respected. We are committed to fostering a non-discriminatory workplace culture and providing equal employment and advancement opportunities throughout our organization. We respect, encourage, and value diverse voices because we believe that innovation and creativity are driven by inclusiveness and cultivated by diverse backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

Who is Actsafe?

Actsafe is a not-for-profit training and health and safety service association supporting British Columbia’s arts and entertainment industries. Its vision is for BC to have the safest workplaces in the world for the production of motion pictures, television, live events and performing arts. By providing world class occupational health and safety education, training and resources to the employers, supervisors and workers we serve, we prevent occupational disease, injuries, and illness.

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