Venue Medical Officer

Company Description

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: 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

During the Games, the Medical Services is responsible for medical care and health planning for all stakeholder groups associated with the Games, including athletes and team officials, technical officials, Olympic/Paralympic families and their guests, media, workforce, guest marketing partners, and spectators.

The Venue Medical Officer is a physician with technical-organizational skills in emergency systems with particular experience in large event management.

He/she will report directly to the Medical Care Manager (MCM) and work as a Team with the Venue Medical Technical Officer (VMTO) and Venue Medical Supervisor (VMS); he/she will have an active strategic and operational role in the area of planned health activities at competitive and non-competitive sites and ceremonies.

He/She will coordinate the relevant operational team under the supervision of the MCM.

He/she will oversee technical health aspects regarding construction of strategic and operational plans regarding Health Teams at competitive and non-competitive venues in close contact with the Team.

At Games time, he/she will collaborate operationally at venues where Medical Services operates by responding to Olympic and Paralympic needs under the coordination of the Main Operation Center (MOC).

During the Games, the Medical Services is responsible for medical care and health planning for all stakeholder groups associated with the Games, including athletes and team officials, technical officials, Olympic/Paralympic families and their guests, media, workforce, guest marketing partners, and spectators.

The Venue Medical Officer is a physician with technical-organizational skills in emergency systems with particular experience in large event management.

He/she will report directly to the Medical Care Manager (MCM) and work as a Team with the Venue Medical Technical Officer (VMTO) and Venue Medical Supervisor (VMS); he/she will have an active strategic and operational role in the area of planned health activities at competitive and non-competitive sites and ceremonies.

He/She will coordinate the relevant operational team under the supervision of the MCM.

He/she will oversee technical health aspects regarding construction of strategic and operational plans regarding Health Teams at competitive and non-competitive venues in close contact with the Team.

At Games time, he/she will collaborate operationally at venues where Medical Services operates by responding to Olympic and Paralympic needs under the coordination of the Main Operation Center (MOC).

Activities:

· Editing of the preliminary strategic plan with particular reference to material and human resource planning for competitive, non-competitive,

ceremonial venues

· support to the definition of the Budget and subsequent releases within the scope of their professional competencies

· support to the definition of the Strategic plan and Concept operation

· Support to the drafting of the MS operation plan within its professional expertise

· Support to the Medical services training plan in the scope of one's professional expertise

· Reference for medical aspects of competitive and non-competitive venues

· Included as part of the Venues Team; liaison and coordinator of the Venues Health Team (VMTO - VMS).

· Reports to the Medical Care Manager and to the hierarchical chain provided in the organizational chart

Games time and Test Event:

· In charge for the Venue Team and human and instrumental resources.

· He/she collaborates within the Main Operation Center (MOC).

Responsibilities :

• Act as point of contact for different FAs for questions related to Medical Services
• Represent medical services FA in different MiCo2026 planning processes, when delegated by MCM
• Develop and keep updated planning documents for Medical Services FA
• Organise and document regular meeting of Medical Services FA in support of MCM
• Provide planning and issues management support to MCM
• Keep up to date Medical Services milestones document working closely with planning and coordination FA
• Keep up to date Medical Services issues tracker working closely with operational readiness FA
• Participate in meetings as requested by MCM
• Keep meeting minutes and provide meeting reports to MCM and Chief Medical Officer

Requirements

Physician with experience in emergency services, experience in major sporting events, Olympic and Paralympic Games experience, experience in budget and human resource management, knowledge of maxi-emergency plans, knowledge of Regional and National Health Systems.

Knowledge of the English language.

Skills and experties

• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Previous project management experience in events and medical sector is a plus
• Ability to simplify, synthetize and build powerful reports and presentations
• Ability to work under pressure and with 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
• Excellent writing skills in italian and english
• 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).