Recovery Coordinator/team Lead, Community Recovery Services

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 72652
Ministry: Public Safety and Emergency Services
Location: 2 x North West Region
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary**:1x Permanent and 1x Temporary until October 31, 2026**
Scope: Open Competition
**Closing Date: July 28, 2025**
Classification: Program Services 4 Market Adjustment (024PSAMA)

**Salary**: $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967 - $94,068/year)

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), under the authority of the Emergency Management Act, leads the coordination and co-operation of all organizations involved in emergencies and disasters. This includes emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) is accountable and responsible to the GoA, to Albertans, to their communities, and to industry for the protection of people, their property, and the environment from the effects of emergency events. Alberta relies on a decentralized “system” for managing the various types of emergency events that occur every year. The AEMA accomplishes its objectives by leading the co-ordination, collaboration and co-operation between all entities involved in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery activities within this diverse system.

**Role Responsibilities**:
If you thrive in a fast-paced team environment and are looking to further your career as a Recovery Coordinator/Team Lead, join the Government of Alberta Community Recovery Services Team

The Recovery Branch assists private and public sector applicants recover from disasters by providing financial assistance for uninsurable losses. Disaster financial assistance programs can have multi-million-dollar budgets and serve thousands of Albertans. Recovery programs are managed in accordance with the Disaster Recovery Regulation, the Disaster Assistance Guidelines (DAG), and the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA). Community Recovery Services team focuses on supports for communities, including individuals, small businesses and local authorities (municipalities and Metis Settlements).

Given the uncertainty in the scope, frequency and number of disaster events resulting in disaster recovery programs, the Recovery Coordinator/Team Lead fulfills a critical leadership role in the successful delivery of these programs.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Planning and managing the administration of programs (scope, stakeholders, risk, budget, schedule) and achieving expected outcomes of the team.
- Sustaining relationships with local authorities across assigned region through scheduled engagement and recovery coordination through disasters.
- Traveling to impacted communities as needed across the assigned region, a few times a year.
- Ability to work extended and irregular hours and/or shifts with mínimal or no notice.

**Please**

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Systems Thinking**:Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them. Takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities. Anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives. Works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values. Works with others to identify areas for collaboration.

**Creative Problem Solving**:Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues. Engages perspective to seek root causes. Finds ways to improve complex systems. Employs resources from other areas to solve problems. Engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

**Agility**:Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks. Identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same. Proactively explains impact of changes. Anticipates and mitigates emotions of others. Anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals. Makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

**Drive for Results**:Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes. Uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards. Acknowledges even indirect responsibility. Commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted. Reaches goals consistent with APS direction.

**Develop Networks**: Leverages relationships to build input and perspective. Looks broadly to engage stakeholders. Open to perspectives towards long-term goals. Actively seeks input into change initiatives. Maintains stakeholder relationships.

**Builds Collaborative Environments**: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict. Encourages broad thinking on pr