Senior Leader, NSC Networks

Company: National Safety Council
Location: Itasca
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Save lives, from the workplace to anyplace.

The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate. We focus on eliminating the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. Through leadership, research, education, and advocacy, NSC focuses on areas where most unintentional injuries and deaths occur.

We are currently looking for a Senior Leader, NSC Networksto join us in our mission to save lives and prevent injuries.

Position Highlights:

The Senior Leader, NSC Networks lead one or more member networks to provide opportunities for learning, sharing, and collaborating with world-class HSE professionals to advance EHS programs and prevent occupational fatalities and injuries.

What You'll Do:

• Knowledge Management:
  • Lead or support member networks comprised of world-class member companies which already have sophisticated, mature safety cultures.
  • Collect, synthesize, and organize member inputs, relevant knowledge to develop timely and innovative agendas and related materials for network meetings (around 2-4 per year).
  • Organize and lead special topic meetings or conferences based upon member needs.
  • Lead task forces on emerging or important topics.
  • Assist in collecting member company input on regulatory and non-regulatory issues, including developing and preparing surveys, analyzing data, and preparing technical reports.
  • Serve as an HSE subject matter expert (SME) and assist members companies with understanding new and innovative HSE concepts.
  • Assist members/companies in ensuring compliance with federal HSE regulations, and evaluating the impact of new and existing regulations on company operations.
  • Maintain professional certifications and continually develop new HSE skills and expertise especially those required to support the HSE Networks.
  • Continually advance professional and technical knowledge through the review of professional, academic, and regulatory journals and newsletters, and attending professional development conferences and seminars.
  • Provide additional technical, advisory, or professional services as needed to maintain and grow the HSE Networks.
  • Relationship Management:
    • Chair and recruit members for the steering committee of the member network.
    • Identify and recruit relevant speakers for the meetings.
    • Build and maintain relationships with members.
    • Work in a team environment with a focus on member service, including supporting the leaders of the other member networks.
    • Assist in business development, marketing, and other member services.
    • Establish and maintain professional relationships with pre-eminent HSE professionals and researchers
    • Outreach:
      • Research and prepare updates, newsletters, reports, white papers, blogs, and other web-based communications on technical, regulatory, and policy developments.
      • Manage externally facing products/events (such as the Country Profiles or the HOP Summit)
      • Represent NSC - Network at industry, government and professional meetings and summarize important results and learning.
      • Prepare and conduct presentations and webcasts on relevant topics.
      • Periodically communicate with Network members on important or emerging issues.
      • Travel to NSC - Network meetings, professional conferences, and member company sites as required. Both domestic and international travel is required. Travel expenses will be provided by NSC - Network or member companies as appropriate.
      • Managers of people spend a significant portion of their job directly managing the work of at least three employees and overseeing consultants/1099 contractors, with responsibility for hiring, firing, and performance decisions.We're Looking for Someone with:
        • Bachelor's (Master's Preferred) degree and at least 20 years of industry-relevant experience in a related career in occupational safety and health and the environment, and in at least one of the following areas:
          • Leading and managing HSE programs and teams across different operations, countries, or industries
          • Law, business advocacy, or government relations related to HSE
          • Business management positions or corporate consulting
          • Certification as a Safety Professional, Industrial Hygienist, professional engineer, ergonomist or other related certification.
          • Leadership and ability to forge relationships quickly
          • Ability to provide leadership and a proactive focus
          • Robust organizational and technical skills
          • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
          • Ability to plan and execute meetings and large events
          • Ability to articulate and advocate business positions
          • Strong interpersonal relationships
          • Meeting facilitation
          • Approximately 25% travel required (domestic & international)
          • This is a remote position
          • The salary range for thisrole is: $160,000 to $185,000Reasons You'll Love it here:
            NSC cares about the safety, health, and overall well-being of our employees. We offer competitive benefits, resources, and tools to promote a work-life balance that supports employees during all phases of life. We offer the following:
            At least 20 PTO days accrued 1st year and 11 paid holidays Flexible work arrangementsComprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plansFlex spending accounts for medical and dependent care403(b) & Roth 403(b) with employer match up to 6%Reimbursable trainingStudent loan pay downDress for your day
            Our hiring process is designed to give you the opportunity to shine at each step. It starts with a pre-screen Wedge interview, where you can introduce yourself and share your experience. From there, candidates selected for the first interview will discuss their skills and how they fit with our team. If you're a match, the second interview takes a deeper dive into your background and how you can contribute to our goals. After that, we'll make our final decision and let you know the outcome. This is our usual process, and we're excited to get to know you along the way!"
            
            NSC is an equal opportunity employer.
            

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