Senior Specialist, Occupational Health and Safety

BCLC exists to generate win-wins for the greater good.

For our people, our players, our province, and our planet.

Lottery | Casino | Sports

Being a social purpose company, we are not only able to better align our business decisions with our purpose, but more importantly, we are committing to doing our part in creating a better world.

We generate win-wins by asking our employees, partners, and government stakeholders to continually evaluate the impacts of all activities and decisions on individuals, institutions, communities and the planet. Motivated and guided by our social purpose, everything we do must benefit the greater good.

We want you to be where you feel you can do your best work. This job can be done remotely providing you reside in BC.

For those who prefer working in a community with others, we have two beautiful offices in convenient locations:

2980 Virtual Way, Vancouver | 74 Seymour Street W, Kamloops

This is a Permanent, Full Time opportunity
Expected Salary Range: $82,108.00 - $102,635.00 - $128,294.00

Our typical hiring range will be +/- 10% of the midpoint shown above

Factors influencing this decision include qualifications and market conditions for the role

The Company

For over three decades, BCLC has delivered exceptional gambling entertainment for British Columbians. We continue to revolutionize gambling entertainment through engaging experiences that build and benefit communities. We operate national and provincial lotteries in partnership with 3500 retail partners, provide the games, technology & oversight to 37 brick & mortar casinos, and operate a safe secure and 100% legal online gambling presence PlayNow.com. In our recently completed fiscal year, BCLC generated a record $1.636 billion in net income to the Province of B.C. to support First Nations, local host governments, health care, education and community programs across the province.

The Team

The People & Culture team at BCLC is a trusted, passionate, hard working, employee focused team of professionals developing and implementing people & culture strategies, programs and practices across. We are the keepers of the culture, in guiding how we think, act and interact as One BCLC focused on enabling our people to execute on our vision and purpose.

Our People Rewards team goes beyond providing competitive salaries, to include: benefits that are flexible to meet your individual needs; retirement programs that let you plan for the future in confidence; generous leave programs that that help you balance your work and personal life; avenues for recognition so that your efforts are noticed and rewarded; and a focus on wellness and safety ensuring your mental and physical well-being is cared for and protected during your workday and beyond.

The Role

Reporting to the Manager, People Rewards & Wellness, the Senior Specialist of Occupational Health & Safety plays an essential role in helping our workers and our leaders understand their health and safety obligations to take ownership of ensuring a healthy and safe workplace. They are the trusted subject matter expert who develops and implements programs, safe work procedures, policies and training to enable us to deliver on our health & safety obligations every day. We work in-office and remote, in gaming facilities and mobile environments, with some working outside the typical 9 to 5, and in roles with diverse safety conditions and requirements. BCLC places a high value on psychological health & safety as well as physical. The ideal candidate would be able to offer perspectives from both lenses.

What you will accomplish

• You will have the opportunity to be a leader in shaping our health & safety program and culture, working in a tight knit team whose leadership believes strongly in the importance of safety and will support efforts and ideas to improve our practices.
• You will make recommendations and help to develop a roadmap to add to our existing safety program.
• You will develop programs, procedures, policies and respond to ad-hoc issues that arise in order to keep us compliant with WorkSafeBC requirements and most importantly, keep our people safe.
• You will build relationships and trust with a wide variety of stakeholders including people operations, joint health & safety committee, casino health & safety committee, first aid attendants, leaders & employees to work towards a common goal.
• You will develop and deliver training to leaders and employees with the goal of raising awareness of our obligations, including identifying, reporting, investigating and mitigating hazards, injuries and near misses.

What will make you successful

• You are accomplished with building health & safety programs, developing policies & procedures.
• You are able to elevate health & safety awareness, inspire others to action and apply a risk-based approach to everything you do.
• You are an effective communicator, able to build relationships while tailoring your approach to adapt to various individual personalities and styles.
• You understand that meaningful and lasting culture change takes time and diligence, with every small step and conversation representing an opportunity to bring you closer to your goal.
• You are a self starter, able to manage your time, prioritize, develop and execute roadmaps while also responding to ad hoc requests.
• You know how to develop and deliver structured training content on health & safety programs using PowerPoint and Articulate360 (experience with Articulate360 to develop courses not required but desirable).

It would be great if you also had

• Experience or expertise in psychological health & safety and with the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety.

What’s in it for you

• Defined benefit pension plan which provides a recurring income you can depend on for life throughout retirement
• We pride ourselves on our work-life integration and our 37.5 hour work week.
• Professional development including education/certification sponsorship, in house leadership cohorts, LinkedIn Learning
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However you identify, or whatever your path in life, if you see something here that makes you excited to get to work every day, please apply. We hire people for skills, capabilities and potential, not education and experience.

We value Respect, Integrity and Community, and we provide an inclusive environment where everyone can feel like they belong.

Our social purpose is much more than returning 100% of net income to the province in the form of healthcare & education programs, and community gaming grants. Check it out!

Did you know BCLC is an industry leader in player health & responsible gambling? Find out more!

All candidates must be at least 19 years of age and legally eligible to work in Canada