Emergency Management Officer Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 53734)

Description

Are you a dynamic, experienced emergency management professional passionate about ensuring community safety and resilience? The City of Edmonton seeks a dedicated Emergency Management Officer, specializing in business continuity planning, to join our team.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Emergency Management, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining, and implementing the City's comprehensive emergency management program. Adhering to the Local Authority Emergency Management Regulation requirements, this program utilizes an all-hazards approach to prepare for, respond to, and recover from major emergencies and disasters. In a major Canadian municipality navigating the complexity of climate-related risks and a population experiencing rapid growth, you will be specifically tasked with leading and implementing the City of Edmonton's business continuity program As one of five Emergency Management Officers, you will also participate in backfilling a 24/7 on-call Duty Officer rotation, typically a few days per month.

We encourage you to apply if you are ready to use your strong experience in business continuity planning to support an organization that supports a growing and diverse community.

What will you do?

• Manage and maintain the City's business continuity program
• Conduct hazard inventory and risk assessments in partnership with internal and external partners and collaborators
• Lead or co-lead the planning of business continuity exercises and facilitate post-activation lessons learned
• Assume leadership roles within the Emergency Coordination Centre during activations, providing direct supervision to seconded City of Edmonton employees from across the corporation
• Participate in developing and delivering briefings to the Emergency Advisory Committee (Edmonton City Council) and Emergency Management Agency (the City of Edmonton's Executive Leadership Team, the Fire Chief, the Deputy Fire Chief of Community Safety and Risk and the Chief of Police)
• Translate any strategic insights and directions from the Emergency Advisory Committee and Emergency Management Agency into timely operational actions
• In the rotating 24/7 Duty Officer role, authorize the deployment of the City's emergency social services,  manage partnership relationships and community donations during emergencies and, if necessary, recommend the activation of the Municipal Emergency plan