Department: Emergency Management
Location: DARTMOUTH
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 10-Jul-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
ABOUT US
The Department of Emergency Management is responsible for leading disaster and emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery activities on behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia. The objective of the Department is to ensure that Nova Scotians are safe, prepared and resilient in the face of disasters and emergencies. The Department leads the coordination and co-operation of partners and resources during provincial level critical incidents, supports municipal and other partners in regional level and local events, administers the province’s 911 service, maintains critical communications infrastructure and supports operations of our regional emergency management centres. The Department also works to ensure critical government services continue to function during and after critical events.
The Regional Operations and Infrastructure Branch enhances the safety and resilience of our Province by:
- Strengthening critical communications infrastructure through the establishment and oversight of the Public Safety Field Communications Agency. The Agency’s mission is to create a Centre of Excellence in the delivery of public safety communications, dispatch, and related technologies across Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada
- Establishing and maintaining Regional Emergency Operations Centres (REOCs) in 6 regions in Nova Scotia. The REOCs provide leadership in building regional emergency operations networks, ensuring collaborative efforts around emergency planning, training and exercising and developing regional plans for equipment and stores to support emergency response
- Coordinating response to regional emergencies
- Strengthening local and regional emergency preparedness through outreach and education to Nova Scotians at community events, schools, organizations, and through information sessions
- Fostering strong collaboration, communication, and emergency management planning with regional partners, including the development and coordination of regional Nova Scotia Guard networks
- Providing information to the Provincial Coordination Centre and the 24/7 Watch Desk staff to ensure real-time situational awareness, coordination, and support during emergencies and actioning critical information received from the Provincial Coordination Centre in the regions
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Using expert knowledge of public safety agencies, exercise design, and radio system technology, the specialist will design, plan, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate real-time, in-person exercises for public safety agencies across Nova Scotia, at all three levels of government, focusing on radio communications interoperability between agencies.
- Design and promote proactive exercise plans throughout each year, using knowledge of agencies and their operations to identify personnel and geographic areas most in need of such exercises.
- Collaborate with the training and exercising division/regional operations of the department to identify opportunities for communication injects throughout the annual exercise planning cycle.
- Assist with the development of internal exercises for the Mobile Communications Support team and support staff.
- Design and prepare customized exercise materials, including injects, simulations, print and video materials, to support delivery of exercises based on the unique radio equipment and programming of each participating agency, and their procedures for interoperability.
- Evaluate the success of exercises, and provide feedback to agency representatives, and PSFC leadership
- Act as a conduit and relationship builder between agencies
- Support Client Relations activities within PSFC by meeting with agencies and discussing their overall needs with respect to radio communications
- As needed, provide support to the Department’s mobile communications program, which provides on-site communications support to emergencies and planned events.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate will exhibit a commitment to high-quality service delivery. Knowledge in public safety communications technologies and operations are essential.
The successful candidate will have a university degree in a related field (Business/Commerce, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Public Administration, or Emergency Management) plus five years of relevant experience in a related public safety/emergency management environment.
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