Workforce Operations

Take the chance to work for the Organization in charge of **delivering one of the biggest and most prestigious events in sport field** Feel the Olympic and Paralympic energy joining us at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, leaving a mark in the sport history

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**Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026** is the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2026, carrying on the organization, promotion and communication of the sporting and cultural events related to the next Winter Games.

We are driven by the following values**: respect, determination, legacy, engagement and sustainability.**

Milano Cortina 2026 will be the first large-scale Olympics in history: 9 Olympic venues, 21 provincial capitals, 2,300 municipalities directly involved, over an area of 22,000 square km.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee has been established in 2019 with the purpose of organizing Olympic and Paralympic Games in compliance with the Host City Contract signed jointly by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the two cities of Milano and Cortina and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).

Furthermore, the Italian Paralympic Committee, the Regions of Lombardy and Veneto, as well as the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano/Bozen are all partners in this major national-level project, with the support of the Italian Government.

**Position**:
Within the Organizing Committee's people management team, Workforce Planning & Operations Area has the responsibility for efficient and effective planning of the organisational structure required for the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, including not only the coordination of workforce headcounts estimation and the forecasting of personnel budgets, but also the definition of processes and policies related to the function and regarding the workforce operations at pre-Games and Games-Time period. As a result, the function is highly exposed to high level of engagement with other functional areas of the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, with members of external committees and with top management.

In this context we are looking for a **WORKFORCE OPERATIONS & SERVICE MANAGER**, who will have the following responsibilities:

- Definition of workforce policies and procedures and the necessary matrixes to identify the types of services to be provided to the different categories of workforce involved during the Games, acting in close collaboration with other functional areas of the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, with due respect of their own work timelines.
- Coordination of workforce headcounts estimation, management and forecasting of personnel budgets.
- Managing the development of the required toolkits, policies (e.g. Scheduling and Rostering) and procedures to support the Workforce Planning process.
- Representing the Workforce client group in integrated planning meetings.
- Managing definition event time operational plans for key workforce services (e.g. catering, transport, accreditation, welfare).

**Requirements**:

- 6+ years of proven experience in personnel planning, event planning and the management of complex, evolving organisational designs;
- Experience in previous edition of Olympic and Paralympic Games ( or other major sport event ) would be ideal;
- Experience in managing budgets and personnel costs;
- Excellent analytical skills and good command of numbers;
- Effective at simplifying complex process including through the definition of lean procedures;
- Ability to understand and conciliate different needs and boundaries ( from legal/ reglementary aspects to budget availability to more pratictal topics related to event delivery and human resources management );
- Excellent interpersonal relationship management skills due to continuous involvement with other functional areas of the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and collaboration with the IOC.

**Other information**:
Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 is committed in building an inclusive and diversified working environment, striving to guarantee equal opportunities for all workers (L.903/77).