Doping Control Specialist

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

**BREAK THE ICE**

**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: 13 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**:
During the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Doping Control is responsible for performing doping controls from the opening of the Olympic villages to the closing ceremony. Anti-doping controls will be conducted both in and out of competition.

The administrative management of doping controls, conducted in close synergy with IOC and ITA, plays a key role in anti-doping procedures by ensuring the regular procedure of pre
- and post-analytical procedures. The administrative management of doping controls must be carried out by professionals with organizational management skills and specific knowledge in the context of complex organizations.

These professionals will report directly to the Head of Doping Control of the Medical Services of Milan Cortina and will have both an Advisor role for the organizational aspects of the competitive and non-competitive Venues towards the organizational structure, and operational management at central level. These professionals will have to supervise the strategic and operational planning typical of the Games and will have an advisor role up until the Games, assuming at Games Time the role of those responsible for the operational management of non-medical procedures connected to doping samples.

**Responsibilities**:

- Act as point of contact among the Command Centre and the competitive and non competitive Venues
- Represent DopingControl FA in different MiCo2026 planning processes, when delegated by the Head of Doping Control
- Develop and keep updated planning documents for Doping Control FA
- Organise and document regular meeting of Doping Control FA in support of the Head of Doping Control
- Provide planning and issues management support the Head of Doping Control
- Keep up to date Doping Control milestones document working closely with planning and coordination FA
- Participate in meetings as requested by the Head of Doping Control
- Keep meeting minutes and provide meeting reports to the Head of Doping Control

**Activities**:
Operational strategic plan

Administration

Support Head of Doping Control

Observer program

**Games time**:
Coordination of the non medical Doping Control operational procedures, program

**Requirements**:
**Prerequisites**:
Experience in the operational management of sport events in national and international events, experience in the field of major sporting events, experience in Olympic and Paralympic Games, experience in human resources management.

Good English speaking

**Skills and competencies**
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Previous experience in sport events
- Ability to simplify, synthetize
- Previous experience in human resources organization
- Ability to work under pressure and flexible attitude to deal with changing priorities
- Strong relationship building and communication skills
- Team player and independent thinker
- Pro-active in flagging problems and proposing solutions
- Motivated to learn
- Advanced user of Microsoft suite ( excel, word, powerpoint, sharepoint)

**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) and promote the integration into its workforce of persons with disabilities (L.68/99).