Fire Operations Supervisor

**Attention: Fire Operations Professionals**

Are you committed to global excellence in wildland fire management and response services? Do you want to help ensure communities, infrastructure, and natural resources are protected from wildfires? If so, consider this exciting opportunity to join the Aviation, Forest Fire, and Emergency Services Branch at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

As an integral member of our dynamic, collaborative team in the fire management program, you will have the opportunity to address our increasingly complex future fire management challenges.

**About the Branch**
The Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Branch provides forest fire management services for the province including fire management policies and strategies, fire prevention and detection, and the basic resources for managing forest fires; aviation flight and maintenance crews and equipment in support of forest fire and natural resources management, and other specialized aviation services, including non-scheduled air transport to all government ministries and agencies; and emergency management in response to forest fires, floods, drought/low water, dam failures, erosion, soil and bedrock instability, crude oil and natural gas exploration, natural gas and hydrocarbon underground storage, and salt solution mining emergencies.

For more information, visit us at:
**Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry**

**About the Ontario Public Service (OPS)**
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is one of the largest employers in the province, employing more than 60,000 people. Every day we are modernizing government operations and improving public services. We have a wide range of meaningful and rewarding career opportunities in communities across Ontario. We welcome new ideas and new people, encourage learning and development, and reward achievement. No matter the position, we live the core values of trust, fairness, diversity, excellence, creativity, collaboration, efficiency and responsiveness.

**OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism**: The OPS is an innovative, responsive and accountable public service that works hard to be diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable. Diversifying leadership is a top priority for the OPS. Our goal is to achieve parity with the Ontario labour force by 2025 for the most under-represented groups (Indigenous, racialized and persons with disabilities) on our leadership teams.

The OPS is an accessible employer and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process.

Visit the
**OPS Anti-Racism Policy**, the
**OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint**, and the
**Multi-Year Accessibility Plan** to learn more about the OPS commitment to advancing racial equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion in the public service.

**What can I expect to do in this role?**: In this management role, you will:

- Lead, plan, coordinate and implement the operational and technical aspects of the fire management program.
- Lead and coach a team of professional and technical staff. Ensure team members possess the right skills and competencies to excel in their roles.
- Build strong partnerships and stakeholder involvement and awareness in fire management strategies and tactics, prevention and fuel management activities.
- Perform fire response system functions during peak fire season.
- Review expenditures to ensure adherence within assigned project funds.
- Note: During the fire season, this position operates on a split schedule.

**Leadership in the OPS**
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Leadership Behaviours define what it means to be a leader through the following expected behaviours and attributes:

- You are committed to the responsibilities of being a leader by demonstrating authenticity, accountability and courage.
- You are innovative by embracing positive disruption, maintaining a future mindset and leading with a common purpose.
- You are collaborative by driving people-centered outcomes, being inclusive and helping staff and colleagues grow, every day.

**How do I qualify?**:
**Mandatory**:

- Valid driver's licence class "G" or equivalent as recognized by the Province of Ontario.

**Leadership Skills**:

- You have an ability for developing, building and leading organizational capacity through inclusive, positive, and values based leadership in areas of organizational design, recruitment, talent and performance management and labour relations matters.
- You are able to lead the planning and implementation of organizational development and complex change management initiatives.
- You have the ability to develop, coordinate, monitor and deliver training programs to staff and coordinate and monitor annual training initiatives, training needs, and opportunities.
- You have the ability to be responsible for the overall compliance with legislative statutes, collective agreements, government and ministr