Report to the Embedded Delivery Partner Operations Lead for Trivandi’s delivery.
Lead the planning and delivery of spectator services across all competition venues, ensuring a seamless, safe, and inclusive experience for attendees.
Develop crowd flow, ingress/egress, wayfinding, and accessibility plans and ensure licensing, safety, and accessibility compliance.
Integrate spectator services with security, transport, venue teams, emergency services, and licensing authorities; act as main liaison for spectator experience.
Coordinate creation of spectator information and implement venue communications and information point operations.
Manage recruitment, placement, and training of spectator services workforce (volunteers and paid staff); develop role-specific training materials and deliver training.
Maintain team morale, ensure team members perform effectively, and manage staffing changes to meet operational needs.
Provide crowd management reporting and resolve real-time operational issues and escalations during the Games.
Work across functional areas during planning and delivery phases to develop integrated delivery plans.
Travel to competition venues as required and comply with a 40-hour week and potential shift patterns including weekends during Games period.
Requirements
Substantial experience of the integrated planning and delivery of spectator services for large-scale, multi-venue international sporting events (e.g., Commonwealth Games, Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Cups), with a proven track record in both pre-event planning and Games-time operations.
Demonstrated ability to recruit, train, and lead large, diverse teams of staff, stewards, and volunteers in a high-pressure, multi-sport event environment.
Expertise in designing and implementing crowd management, ingress/egress, wayfinding, and accessibility solutions for high-volume spectator venues.
Experience collaborating with transport, security, accessibility, venue owners, emergency services, and licensing authorities to deliver integrated spectator experiences.
Hands-on experience managing real-time issues, incidents, and escalations during live events, ensuring spectator safety.
Highly organised with excellent project management skills for complex schedules, resource allocation, and operational plans across multiple venues.
Works effectively across functions, venues, and stakeholder groups; strong stakeholder management skills.
Commitment to delivering an exceptional, inclusive, and safe experience for all spectators, including those with accessibility needs.
Strong ability to motivate, direct, and support teams; experience managing volunteer and paid workforces.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills for briefing teams and reporting to management.
Calm and decisive in resolving operational challenges and responding to incidents under pressure.
Resilience, composure, and a ‘One Team’ approach; embraces feedback and supports knowledge transfer and capability-building.