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Job Description
Responsible for implementing policies, procedures, processes, and training necessary to help prevent and reduce incidents, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards by YMCA employees, members, youth participants, and guests. Develop and direct safety initiatives/projects within all branches, camps, and facilities owned and/or leased by the YMCA of San Francisco.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Two (2) years of professional work experience in a related field.
- Experience working with and knowledge of local, state, and federal safety rules and regulations (CAL OSHA, OSHA).
- Experience with root cause analysis, incident investigation, safety assessments, and developing, implementing, and evaluating written safety plans.
- Experience collaborating with multiple disciplines to implement policies and procedures.
- Experience in communicating with members of the public in a service environment.
- Ability to communicate risk-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff.
- Experience with aquatic safety and/or facility management.
- Experience with camp facility safety and/or management.
- Critical thinking and analytical skills with the ability to identify and analyze trends/issues.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Proficient with Office 365.
- Ability to travel throughout San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo Counties.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Ability to make sound business judgments promptly and demonstrated experience with prioritizing under time pressures.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's Degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Insurance or OSHA experience, training, certifications.
- Bilingual skills in English and Spanish
Essential Functions
- Maintain awareness of Association activities to evaluate potential risk management exposures.
- Manages compliance with Covid -19 regulations, including but not limited to health department reporting, staff training, policy updates and related communications.
- Identify risk exposures through evaluation of worker’s comp. loss trends; generate reports for Assoc. Director of Risk and Legal (ADRL).
- Investigate serious employee accidents, perform root cause analysis for preventing future occurrences.
- Investigate and analyze aquatic emergencies.
- Communicate regularly with operations staff on safety and loss control matters.
- Develop and implement safety initiatives for the Association. Ensure all policies, procedures, and trainings are compliant with all regulatory and industry standards.
- Support and audit all functions of branch safety committees, including AED/CPR skill drills, emergency drills, emergency preparedness, and emergency action plans.
- Organize Safety Committee Chairs meetings at least bi-annually.
- Coordinate and provide technical expertise and oversight for accident investigations, job hazard analysis, ergonomics, and industrial hygiene.
- Update and monitor Illness & Injury Prevention Plans (e.g., Blood-borne Pathogens, Hazard Communications, Heat Illness, Covid-19 prevention, Workplace Violence Prevention).
- Conduct audits, including facility safety audits, aquatic safety and compliance audits, and Safety Committees audits, OSHA compliance audits, and other audits as needed.
- Provide written audit reports and audit summaries to ADLR and other management.
- Evaluate, recommend, update, and facilitate safety trainings, in partnership with Training Department.
- Deliver compliance safety trainings during new-hire orientations.
- Advise management staff at all levels across operating entities of the YMCA regarding issues related to safety and regulatory compliance (including OSHA, CA building code, ADA, Title 22).
- Effectively manage regulatory compliance with all applicable regulatory standards.
- Partner with internal and external peers, staff, and management to maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
- Identify and assess the potential risk exposures that may hinder the reputation, safety, security, and financial prosperity of the YMCA.
- Develop proactive processes, systems, tools, and metrics to drive safety, continuous improvement, and measure performance.
- Provide support to all branches, camps, and facilities on safety related matters including OSHA requirements, loss trends, loss exposures, and mitigation strategies.
- Perform research as needed on new/updated city, county, state, and CDC health orders, guidelines, Health and Safety plans, and Cal/OSHA emergency standards.
- Revising Health and Safety protocols, guidelines, and IPPs, as needed.
- Update Covid-19 investigation form as needed.
- Update covid protocols and close contact letter templates, get materials translated. Maintain data base of such materials on Teams.
- All other duties as assigned by your supervisor.
- Complete all mandatory ADP LMS safety training and Y-USA e-Learning before the first shift in the facility
- Attend staff meetings and trainings as required.
- Coordinates safety committee meetings and leads safety best practices
- Uphold and role models YMCA policies for safety, supervision, mandated reporting and risk management.
- Demonstrate the Character Counts values of caring, respect, honesty and responsibility in all dealings with members, guests, volunteers and fellow staff.
- Demonstrates competencies and willingness to develop in the Cause Driven Leadership areas of Advancing our Mission and Cause, Building Relationships, Leading Operations and Developing & Inspiring Others.
Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies
- Facilitates, co-creates, and implements equitable change for the good of the organization and/or community
- Creates sustainable relationships within the Y and with other organizations in service to the community
- Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to the Y’s cause
- Makes informed decisions based on logic, data, and sound judgment
- Manages the Y’s resources responsibly and sustains the Y’s nonprofit business model
- Executes superior technical skills for the role
- Ensures program or project goals are met and intended impact occurs