Department: Emergency Management
Location: DARTMOUTH
Type of Employment: Term
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 06-Aug-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
- Delivers departmental projects by delivering and providing direction and/or development of tactical program/project plans working within an established project management strategy. Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures. Other activities include promotion, advising on procurement, methodology selection, delivery of elements of a change management program, and oversees project resources.
- Monitors budget, conducts analyses, and brings variances to the attention of senior colleagues while working within established budgeting and financial systems. Allocates resources to appropriate places to ensure project management capacity meets the requirements. Recommends action plans to address budget and/or operational business plan deviations as they occur throughout the fiscal year.
- Delivers on the established outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with internal clients, contract service providers, and project team while working within an established contract management plan.
- Develops and/or delivers a plan for aspects of internal communications with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes ongoing monitoring and reporting of projects.
- Delivers outcomes by supervising others and monitoring the project team to facilitate project objectives and ensures that appropriate project management methodologies and best practice are followed. Evaluates project performance and success and recommends solutions for outstanding issues or problems.
- Develop clear project objectives, define scope, establish success metrics, and identify key deliverables in alignment with department policies and strategic goals.
- Assist with client migration to a new contractual process.
- May perform other related duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Public Safety and Field Communications is looking for a senior resource with experience in public safety communications and dispatch involving various public safety agencies, Experience or background knowledge in using or administering computer aided dispatch systems is required, and knowledge of various dispatch facilities design and equipment are also required.
Being a successful project lead in this context is less about formal project management principles, and moreso about leveraging knowledge, skills, and most importantly, formal and informal relationships to help move the yard stick forward on important initiatives.
You are a strategic thinker with a track record of working through complex problems and challenges, and you excel at converting thought into the written word in developing business cases, strategy, and procedure documents. You are comfortable working with diverse stakeholders and can explain complex concepts in simple ways.
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