Coordinator Office of Emergency Mgmt - Toronto, Canada - City of Toronto

City of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job ID: 36159

Job Category:
Emergency, Fire and Paramedics Services

Division & Section:
Deputy City Manager IDS Office, Office of Emergency Management

Work Location:703 Don Mills Road

Job Type & Duration:
Full-time, 1 Temporary (24 month) Vacancy

Salary:
$101,900 - $131,222, Wage grade 7.0

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
Non-Union

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 21-Mar-2023 to 04-April-2023

Are you ready for your next career move? Are you a motivated, positive and adaptable team player with a diverse skillset that includes emergency response operations, logistics, planning, and training? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment that offers the opportunity to work on high profile issues? If so, the City of Toronto's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) may be the place for you The OEM is looking for action-oriented professionals to join our team.

As a Coordinator, you will help implement the City's emergency management program in close collaboration with emergency services and public safety agencies, other City divisions, non-government organizations, broader public sector agencies and the private sector.

This will see you take a key role in the preparation for, and delivery of, the 2026 FIFA World Cup from an emergency management perspective.

You will also play a role in emergency management for special events in the City while working collaboratively with departmental and divisional representatives - from senior executives through to the operational level.

Job Summary

Operational response coordination
Emergency readiness for major planned special events
Hazard identification and risk assessments
Critical infrastructure identification and assurance
Business continuity planning
Emergency risk communications, public education, and community outreach
Emergency social services
Emergency operations centre readiness
Plan development, exercises and training
After action reviews, corrective action processes, and performance management

Major Responsibilities- Supports and occasionally leads the City's response to emergencies by attending the Emergency Operations Centre or being deployed to an emergency site in the field (e.g. site emergency operations centre, emergency reception centre).- Supports OEM's 24/7 emergency response capacity through shared participation in on-call schedule, as required.- Ensures the development, maintenance and evaluation of effective policies, guidelines, procedures, standards and plans to:

Identify specific hazards and critical infrastructure upon which the City's risk-based prevention, mitigation and preparedness activities, strategies, and initiatives are managed and developed;-
Support continuity of operations across the City;-
Support risk communications and engagement of non-governmental organizations, private sector agencies and the public;-
Support the delivery of emergency social services to emergency-affected persons; and-
Support the City's prevention of, mitigation against, preparedness for, response to and recovery from a range of hazards, including all-hazards response plan (e.g. City's Emergency Plan) and risk-specific response plans (e.g. City's Nuclear Response Plan).-
Conducts jurisdictional research into emergency management best practices for large scale events
Work with the OEM and Toronto Police Services on establishing the Integrated Safety and Security Unit for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Develops and maintains the City's Emergency Operations Centre and alternate Emergency Operations Centre in a state of operational readiness for immediate activation on a 24/7 basis.
Develops, conducts and evaluates exercises and training for staff from City divisions, agencies, and commissions; other municipalities and the provincial and federal governments; private sector groups; non-governmental organizations and volunteer agencies.
Develops and conducts after action reviews and corrective action processes to identify best practices and lessons learned and leads performance management processes.
Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the development of goals and objectives for the City's emergency management program.
Establishes performance measures to continuously improve performance and the standard of excellence in the organization.
Identifies innovated and resourceful approaches, concepts and analysis methods to make recommendations for improvements.
Develops business cases, requests for proposal, project charters, work plans and other standard documents to support assigned projects.
Anticipates obstacles and consequences and thinks ahead about next steps.
Recognizes problems, makes recommendations, and when appropriate, takes appropriate corrective/preventive action.
Leads and/or supports project steering committees and interdepartmental teams, chairs meetings and promotes systematic discussion of com