Global NOC Relations & Planning Specialist

LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

LA28 seeks an Associate, NOC Relations and Planning, Americas, to support a portfolio of National Olympic Committees as they prepare for and experience the Games. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will assist with service-level planning, client communications, and cross-functional coordination to ensure each committee's needs are understood and represented.

You will build trusted relationships, keep clients informed, and help deliver pre-Games readiness and Games-time operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience with authorization to work in the United States for the full duration of the role.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred, ideally with international, cultural, or sport-industry exposure.
• Multilingual strength: English as the primary working language, with fluent written and spoken Spanish or another language highly preferred.
• Experience with Office productivity tools, including Excel and PowerPoint, and with Smartsheet or similar project management and reporting tools.
• Strong international-relations, client-management, and major-event operations skills across diverse, global stakeholders and LA28 functional areas.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate trusted, transparent relationships with a portfolio of 15-25 National Olympic Committees.
• Manage client correspondence, escalation pathways, and review/distribution of key documents and resources.
• Support service-level planning with 8-10 functional areas, mapping the athlete journey from arrival to departure.
• Maintain status-tracking and reporting tools, and help mitigate gaps against NCS milestones.
• Deliver pre-Games readiness and Games-time operations, including Chefs de Mission Seminars and NCS Service Center support.

Skills

Work experience

English/Spanish

Office tools

Smartsheet

Client management

International relations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

LA28 seeks an Associate, NOC Relations and Planning, Americas, to support a portfolio of National Olympic Committees as they prepare for and experience the Games. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will assist with service-level planning, client communications, and cross-functional coordination to ensure each committee's needs are understood and represented.

You will build trusted relationships, keep clients informed, and help deliver pre-Games readiness and Games-time operations.