Gis Officer

**Department**:Municipal Affairs and Housing

**Location**:DARTMOUTH

**Type of Employment**:Permanent

**Union Status**:NSGEU - NSPG

**Closing Date**:05-Apr-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

**About Us**:
Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office works in collaboration with other federal, and provincial departments, critical infrastructure partners and Nova Scotian Municipalities to strengthen local and provincial emergency preparedness through planning, training, and exercising.

**About Our Opportunity**:
Reporting to a Manager of Interoperability Systems, the GIS Officer is responsible for providing GIS software implementation services relating to the provincial 911 system, GIS requirements for our incident management software (WebEOC) and other emergency management related programs and priorities.

**Primary Accountabilities**:

- Oversee day-to-day mapping requirements for the provincial 911 system and liaison with NSEMO stakeholders (telcos, provincial departments, municipalities, Public Safety Answering Points etc.).
- Provide GIS guidance and expertise as the province moves forward with Next Generation 911.
- Provide technical expertise, training and exercising support on WebEOC and other software platforms.
- Create written requirements documents to detail system configuration required to meet NSEMO’s needs for Emergency/Incident Response processes.
- Provide hardware and software support for the Provincial Coordination Centre.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
This may be the right opportunity for you if you have:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Geomatics field with five (5) years related experience, or graduation from an approved technical school in the field of geomatics with eight (8) years related experience.
- In-depth knowledge of Geographic Information Systems, geographic data, and related principles.
- Designing, evaluating, and querying databases, including understanding database relationships between objects/tables
- Experience in implementing software, mapping and hardware infrastructure.
- Superior ability to multi-task and meet changing deadlines.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

The following are considered assets:

- Experience in project management.
- Experience working in an Emergency Management Centre (EOC).
- Recognized Incident Command Systems (ICS) Training
- Programming and relational database experience
- Experience developing and delivering training to adults.
- Technical Business Analysis skills.

**Benefits**:
Based on the employment status and Union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click** **here** to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.

**Working Conditions**:
This role is in a fast-paced decision-making environment, and you may be working at your computer for extended periods of time. You may be required to travel to remote worksite locations, load vehicles, carry and setup equipment in a variety of locations, and travel during inclement weather conditions.

Your normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day. This role does entail a high volume of work which may require longer than normal working hours and overtime. Due to the multiple spheres of action and scope of responsibilities that this position requires, there is significant mental pressure, requiring your resilience. Must be available to participate in the on-call Duty Officer stand-by rotation and available to support the response and recovery of emergency events as required. As you can imagine, deadlines in emergency management related work can change in an instant, so you will have a superior ability to multi-task and meet changing deadlines.

**Additional Information**:
This position requires the following:

- a valid Canadian Driver's License and ability to travel as required.
- ability to acquire to a RCMP Enhanced Reliability Status clearance.

**What We Offer**:

- Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
- Engaging workplace. Our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in. We have forward-thinking policies and strategies.
- Countless Career Paths.
- Department Specific Flexible working schedules.

**Pay Grade**: PR 13

**Salary Range**: $2,543.38 - $3,091.70 Bi-Weekly

**Employment Equity Statement**: