Safety Analyst

Safety Analyst

The Safety Analyst plays a key role in achieving Boys & Girls Clubs of America's quality assurance goals of maintaining a safe, nurturing Boys & Girls Club environment while ensuring compliance to recognized safety standards. The Safety Analyst conducts organization and site-level safety assessments to evaluate the organizational climate and to assess conformance with child and Club safety practices and procedures, policies and standards.

The Safety Analyst communicates the assessment findings and trends, including strengths and opportunities for improvement, with Club leadership and board members. The Safety Analyst works in partnership with other safety team members and BGCA national staff to ensure full support and excellent customer service to member organizations in their efforts to complete improvement plans and maintain safe places where youth and teens thrive.

Safety Assessments

• Conduct thorough organizational level and site-level safety assessments.
• Collect and review internal and external documentation in advance of all visits.
• Conduct opening conference sessions with Club leadership to establish comfort/understanding about the process and to ensure a spirit of mutual respect and accountability.
• Evaluate the safety culture and organizational alignment with the Movement's Safety Management System/Layers of Protection Strategy.
• Review conformance with BGCA membership requirements and applicable safety standards, including OSHA.
• Evaluate the capabilities of the organization/club site to determine relevant risks and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for continuously improving the safety system, including risk identification, and sharing of good practices.
• Resolve obstacles encountered during the assessment such as diverging opinions between the Analyst and the Club CEO.
• Analyze incidents and safety data to proactively identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Provide immediate prioritization and support is provided for any high-risk observations or findings.

Reporting and Documentation

• Ensure that the assessment findings and conclusions are based on objective evidence only.
• Prepare detailed reports summarizing risk assessment findings, including recommended mitigation strategies and tactics.
• Develop an improvement plan outlining specific corrective action steps with time frames, responsibilities and other details for addressing nonconformance.
• Communicate effectively with Club leaders in person, virtually and through written follow-up correspondence, to ensure comprehensive understanding of the assessment results and recommendations.

Risk Mitigation

• Provide policy interpretations and basic safety corrections while onsite regarding facility operation, staffing and operational requirements.
• Assign appropriate timelines for corrective action with a follow-up cadence, coordinating with QA National/Lead Directors and/or Compliance Department as required.
• Facilitate follow up actions to address areas of non-compliance, including safety director involvement and/or peer consultations.

Supervision Exercised

• No direct reports. May monitor and coordinate the work of temporary employees and student interns.

Success Measures

• Complete assigned assessments annually Safety Analyst
• Provide excellent customer service by completing reports in a timely basis
• Ensure that membership requirement organization findings are corrected within 15 days of improvement plan due date
• There is a reduction in repeat organization membership requirement findings
• Net promoter score is favorable
• 60% of safety committees are participating in assessments

Core Competencies

• Risk Identification, Assessment & Management - Proactively identify potential risks, evaluate their likelihood and impact, and take appropriate steps to mitigate or escalate them.
• Quality Assurance & Consistency - Establishes and follows processes that ensure accuracy and reliability, and consistently delivers high-quality, error-free work.
• Data Analysis & Critical Thinking - Gathers and analyzes data, identifies trends, and applies critical thinking to make sound, informed decisions.
• Builds Networks;
  Communication & Stakeholder Engagement - Builds and…