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Position Title
Specialist, Emergency Management

Hours Per Week
5 X 7.5 Hours

Guaranteed Minimum Hours
37.5

Start Date of Position
01/12/2024

End Date (Temporary and Term)

Category
Business, Finance & Admin

Range
$50.53 - $59.44

Status of Position
Permanent Full Time

Position Description
Job posting closes: October 25, 2024, at 05:00 p.m. (Yukon Standard Time)

At our core, the City of Whitehorse is committed to cultivating an inclusive employee community and workspace, confronting racism and biases for fairness and equity, while advancing reconciliation and accessibility.

The City promotes work life balance for its employees and offers flexible work arrangements, such as work from home and compressed work weeks, subject to applicable administrative directives.

An Eligibility List may be established from this competition – the duration of the eligibility list may be up to 12 months. The eligibility list may be used to fill future permanent full-time, permanent part-time, temporary full-time, temporary part-time, term or casual vacancies within the same department and classification based on the organizational needs by going to the next highest ranked candidate until the eligibility list expires.

This position is covered by a collective agreement between the City of Whitehorse and the Management and Confidential Exclusion Bylaw.

The City wishes to thank all applicants for their interest but only those candidates selected to advance in the recruitment will be contacted.  Note that only those candidates eligible to legally work in Canada will be considered.

Specialist, Emergency Management Program

Job Code:335

Department: Human Resources
Job Summary:
The incumbent will be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all aspects of the Emergency Management Program
for the City of Whitehorse. This position will ensure that the City's Administrative Directives, policies, procedures and
practices are in line with the Emergency Measures Act and that the City's Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is in a state of
operational readiness. Additionally, this position will serve as a liaison between all City departments, First Nation and
Territorial Governments, and any key stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Conducts internal needs and risk assessment and implements the municipal requirements of the Emergency Measures
Act (EMA) and Emergency Measures Bylaw (EMB) and ensure all aspects of the EMA and EMB are also maintained.
2. Strategizes and liaises with local governments to ensure alignment with local responsibilities as well as the territorial
program.
3. Reviews and updates the City's Emergency Management plan and associated documents. Produces appropriate
agendas, arranges and chairs meetings of the Emergency Management Committee.
4. Regularly evaluates and monitors the operational readiness of the EOC, determines training needs and organizes staff
training for the EOC and plans and delivers scenario-based exercises as required to ensure EOC operational readiness.
5. Monitors and evaluates to ensure that all equipment and technology are operationally ready and adequate for activation.
6. Supports and liaises with Yukon Government's Emergency Support Services (ESS) program through the territorial ESS
coordinator.
7. During EOC activations acts as the Liaison officer, or other roles as directed.
8. Compiles and analyzes information to provide an annual report outlining training, activations, and activities of the
EOC.
9. Develops an annual work plan for consideration by the Emergency Management Committee and Senior Management.
Prepares a draft budget outlining current and future proposed costs of the program. Researches and applies for external
alternate funding sources.
10. Manages contracts on behalf of the Emergency Management Program, such as consultants to provide training, exercise,
or planning.
11. Prepares and evaluates tenders, quotations, proposal calls and reports and awards or recommends awards in accordance
with the City's Purchasing Policy.
12. Follows, so far as is reasonably practicable, established safety procedures and standards.
13. Acts as Manager Health and Safety / Emergency Management as assigned.
14. Other duties as assigned.

Category
Management
Position Requirements

Working Conditions:
Majority of the work is performed under normal office conditions. Outside of activations, the incumbent will perform their
regular daily duties within their regular work hours. However, during activations, the nature of this role will change. When
dealing with emergencies, the incumbent will be in challenging and stressful situations when dealing with emergencies. This
role will be working with many internal and external stakeholders during challenging and stressful situations and, as a result,
may require long hours during activations.

Diploma (or higher) in Emergency Management or in a related field.
5 years of relevant experience focused on emergency management or directly related to emergency disaster
management.
6 months on the job experience
Experience in an operational EOC in a leadership role is an asset.
Knowledge of and practical experience in Emergency Support Services.
Experience in building, developing and maintaining successful relationships with public and private organizations and
partnerships.
Knowledge of local government operations, geography, and community services. Personable, professional, tactful and
diplomatic; can be trusted to positively represent the City and its reputation in every interaction
Approachable, customer-centric team player who works well in a group and independently
Strong organization skills, including multi-tasking and time management
Ability to apply superior judgment and diplomacy to communicate key messages and collaborate with a variety of
internal and external stakeholders
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to support internal and external relationship building and
driving EOC initiative
Leads by example by adhering to all City Policies, Administrative Directives, and Bylaws 

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

Examples of Equipment to Operate:

General office equipment including computer skills to operate software programs related to intranets, spreadsheets, word
processing, electronic mail, etc.

Accommodation Requests: 
Shortlisted candidates who require accommodation or have accessibility needs during the selection process are encouraged to
reach out to the Recruiter and make requests to ensure their full participation. The City of Whitehorse is committed to
reviewing requests and making arrangements for reasonable accommodation and accessibility requests. You may email to
name of recruiter Miltra.Kochuveettil@whitehorse.ca and careers@whitehorse.ca.

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Management and Confidential Exclusion Bylaw