Program Manager Emergency Management - Hamilton, Canada - City of Hamilton

City of Hamilton

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JOB POSTING
JOB ID #: 20746

Program Manager Emergency Management
Healthy & Safe Communities
Hamilton Fire Department
1227 Stone Church Road East

NUMBER OF VACANCIES:
1 Full-Time

UNION/NON-

UNION:
Non Union Mgmt Professional

HOURS Of

WORK:
35.00 per week

GRADE:
7
SALARY/

HOUR:
$ $68.820 per hour (current)

SALARY/

HOUR:
$ $72.818 per hour (effective July 1, Note: See appropriate Collective Agreement or the Non Union Salary Range for details.

STATUS/

LENGTH:
Permanent Full-Time

Job Description ID #: 6652

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Fire Chief, responsible for leading the planning, development, implementation, maintenance and administration of a comprehensive Emergency Management Program for the City of Hamilton.

This program includes the development, execution and monitoring of policies, procedures, documents, plans and working groups addressing the key areas of emergency management:

prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery as mandated by the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and Ontario Regulation 380/04.

The Program Manager, Emergency Management is responsible for ensuring that the EOC Management Team and the primary and alternate Emergency Operations Centre are in a continuous state of readiness in the event of a municipal emergency through ongoing planning, training, exercise, testing, and awareness initiatives.

The Program Manager, Emergency Management provides leadership and day to day management of all program work, including overall responsibility and accountability for the Emergency Management Coordinator.

GENERAL DUTIES
Provides direction, leadership and supervision to Emergency Management Coordinator by establishing priorities, scheduling and assigning work. Responsible for motivation, interviewing, hiring, orientation, training, scheduling, progressive discipline, coaching, performance evaluations and attendance management.

Manages activities of the Emergency Management Coordinator to ensure that all routine assignments and special projects are completed.

Ensures that the City meets the mandatory requirements of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and its Regulations (R.S.O 1990 Chapter E.9 and Ontario Regulation 380/04).

Acts in a senior support role with focus on addressing general work flow. Leads, develops
_,_ coordinates, implements and maintains a comprehensive Emergency Management Program in consultation with the Emergency Management Program Committee.

Provides strategic direction and oversees all logístical issues of the City of Hamilton Emergency Management Program to ensure that the City is ready to respond and recover from a significant event or emergency.

Leads, develops and maintains corporate emergency response plans, procedures, and guidelines ensuring they are reflective of the City's response capabilities and incorporate industry recognized best practices.

Provides strategic and operational planning for the City Emergency Management Program including the development of the annual work-plan including resource allocation and monitoring the action plan for achieving results including regular evaluation of targets and outcomes, taking corrective action where/when necessary and regularly reporting on progress.

Acts in the capacity of the primary Community Emergency Management Coordinator (C.E.M.C) for the City of Hamilton and provides support as a Liaison Officer and other IMS functions as required during an emergency event.

Provides coordination of the City of Hamilton Emergency Management initiatives across the various City Departments and ensures that supporting departmental plan integrates into the City's Emergency Plan.

Provides and coordinates support to Emergency Social Service planning including contractual agreements with community partners such as Red Cross.

Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with staff in City Departments, community agencies and other external stakeholders to ensure a coordinated response to an emergency.

Provides support and expertise to departmental emergency planning initiatives including plan development, training, exercises and department operations centres.

Provides advice, support and emergency management expertise to projects/initiatives within other departments.

Provides support to comm