Emergency Readiness and Response Coordinator

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

Persons with a priority entitlement may self-refer if interested in the AS-04/ADM-04 position and will be considered in priority to all other applicants.

1) You are required to complete screening questions that clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria of education, experience and any asset education and asset experience if applicable. Your response must include HOW (concrete examples), WHEN (dates) and WHERE (location of work) you meet the essential criteria required. It is your responsibility to provide complete and appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

2) The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience and will not contact candidates for additional or potentially missing information.

3) Please DO NOT send a cover letter. The screening questions replace the cover letter. We will NOT review cover letters.

4) Resume may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached resume" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected.

If your application is selected for further consideration, you will be invited to attend in-person testing. Test sessions will ONLY take place in Dartmouth (NS).

Persons with a priority entitlement may self-refer if interested in the AS-04/ADM-04 position and will be considered in priority to all other applicants.

Please consult the "Other Information" section to learn more about this process.

Work environment

An Emergency Readiness and Response Coordinator is someone who works to plan ahead for emergency situations and manage responses when they occur. Their primary focus is working with key stakeholders to prevent and prepare for potential emergency situations. The nature of the work is predominately office based. You'll spend the vast majority of your time reviewing information and data, to effectively evaluate business continuity plans and/or emergency management plans for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia. You'll also work to draft new plans that follow clear, concise guidelines and steps in order to ensure that if an emergency situation occurs, everyone is ready to deal with it effectively.

Intent of the process

This selection process will initially be used to staff one vacant permanent position. A pool of qualified candidates inclusive of Public Service (PS) employees and Civilian Members (CM); may be established through this process to staff identical or similar AS-04/SPS-ADM-04 positions on a temporary or permanent full-time basis.

Should a CM be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to another category for the member.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:

A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (see Note 1).

Notes:

The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:

A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or

An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE:

Emergency Management Certificate OR Emergency Management Exercise Design Certificate

Incident Command System (ICS) Level 300

EXPERIENCE:

Significant* and recent** experience in at least one of the following areas:

A) Conducting, analyzing AND evaluating Emergency Management Planning.

B) Conducting, analyzing AND evaluating Business Continuity Planning.

Experience in providing strategic advice to clients on developing OR implementing Business Continuity Planning OR Emergency Management Planning.

Significant* and recent** experience in drafting reports, briefings OR presentations on issues involving Business Continuity Planning OR Emergency Management Planning.

Recent** experience representing an organization's interests on interdepartmental or intradepartmental committees or teams.

*Significant is defined as a depth and breadth of experience normally acquired with having performed a broad range of complex related activities for a period of two (2) continuous years. Complex is defined as activities involving multiple sub-issues or related issues, multiple stakeholders, critical timelines, a high degree of visibility and/or political sensitivity, or having a major impact on the department, government, and/or the public.

**Recent is defined as duties being performed within the last five years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

Graduation with a degree* and/or diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution** in emergency management, business continuity planning or other related fields.

*Degree: A minimum of a baccalaureate, as established by educational authorities.

** Recognized Post-Secondary Institution: Public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

Degree equivalency

Recent** experience in at least one of the following areas:

A) Developing and/or managing the strategic integration of Emergency Management Planning.

B) Developing and/or managing the strategic integration of Business Continuity Planning.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of the Incident Command System
Knowledge of Business Continuity Planning
Knowledge of Emergency Management Planning
Knowledge of Nova Scotia Emergency Management Operations

ABILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to work well under pressure, adapting to shifting priorities to meet deadlines.
Ability to develop and deliver presentations

PERSONAL SUITABILITY/COMPETENCES:

Effective Interpersonal Skills
Dependability
Results Oriented
Strategic thinking.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Operational Requirements

Possession of a valid driver's license or mobility normally associated with possession of a valid driver’s license.

Must be willing and able to work extended overtime hours sometimes on short notice.

Must be willing and able to travel frequently.

Conditions of employment

Top Secret security clearance - Conditions of Employment

Reliability and Security: RCMP Top Secret Security

The process requires a Security/Reliability Interview, a field investigation in matters of Criminal Activities, credit/finances, education, employment, references, etc.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

The client organization will accept applications on-line only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System.

Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.

Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.

Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.

Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.

For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.
Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

All communication relating to this process may be used in the assessment of other qualifications.

A situational exercise may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates will be required to pay for their own travel expenses associated with the assessment, if applicable.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

Proof of your education will be requested and must be provided during the selection process, in order to verify that candidates meet the education requirement. Candidates who are unable to provide proof that they meet this essential qualification as requested may be eliminated from the process. Education obtained outside of Canada must be evaluated. Please contact the International Credential Evaluation Services as soon as possible to initiate the evaluation process http://www.cicic.ca/

If the name identified on the above documents is different than your current legal name, please also provide proof of name change.

You must provide proof of your Canadian Citizenship. The original of one of the following documents must be provided for verification:
Provincial or territorial birth certificate
Naturalization certificates (issued prior to Jan. 1, 1947)
Registration of Birth Abroad certificates (issued between Jan. 1, 1947 and Feb. 14, 1977)
Certificates of Retention
Citizenship certificates

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.