Assistant Manager, Emergency Management and

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**Responsibilities**:
PRIMARY PURPOSE

Develops and manages TransLink’s Emergency Management and Business Continuity Program and supports the Enterprise-wide effort to mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from major emergencies and disasters. Supports Manager in the development and implementation of emergency programs, plans, standards, policies, processes, and strategies. Supports compliance across the TransLink Enterprise pertaining to emergency management and business continuity matters as per regulatory requirements.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Develops, manages, and maintains TransLink Emergency Management and Business Continuity Management (BCM). Leads development of comprehensive Enterprise-wide business contingency plans and validation methodology to ensure the Enterprise can recover in the event of an unforeseen disruption to its facilities, operations, or administration.

Completes Enterprise-wide emergency management and business continuity assessments, including risk assessments, threat analysis, prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery, in conjunction with business unit leaders. Facilitates timely identification, escalation, resolution, and follow-up for all outstanding issues.

Actively participates in facilitating a coordinated response across the Enterprise with external emergency services in the event of a major emergency or business disruption. Participates in post-emergency assessments to identify and analyze insights that would optimize emergency preparedness going forward. Acts on behalf of the Manager when required.

Develops and implements TransLink emergency and business continuity plans and programs. Administers and coordinates Enterprise-wide emergency services and business continuity projects. Ensures that clear, well-defined plans and modes of communication are documented for all areas and employees across the Enterprise.

Coordinates and performs periodic drills and mock-disaster exercises, ensuring operational capability, general state of readiness, and ability to continue operations following any type of business disruption. Reports findings to Manager and makes recommendations for improvements as needed to support the business continuity plans.

Develops, documents, implements, and coordinates Enterprise-wide business continuity plans to ensure continued operations. Provides specialised advice to the Enterprise in enhancing, formalizing, and standardizing the business planning process, including forecasting and tracking mechanisms across all subsidiaries to facilitate timely accommodation of future Enterprise-wide recovery requirements and opportunities.

Promotes employee awareness of emergency management and business continuity, and ensures that appropriate employees throughout the Enterprise are trained, exercised and competent to deal with emergencies/disasters. Prepares, conducts, and supports emergency training exercises during normal and non-standard business hours. Communicates Enterprise-wide operating procedures to be used in response to disasters or emergencies to all employees.

Manages and maintains TransLink’s emergency supplies as well as those required to support other enterprise stakeholders, including upgrading and replacing of supplies as needed and, where necessary, provides input to, or review of, capital projects from the emergency management perspective. Provides awareness regarding public transportation’s role following emergencies/ disasters.

Participates in emergency, and continuity management committees and programs to learn new information and to develop working relationships with other emergency management and continuity specialists throughout the Enterprise and region. Liaises with government, emergency services, and safety agencies on emergency management and business continuity issues and legislation to ensure the Enterprise is an effective member of emergency responses within the region.

Contributes to the development and maintenance of the Enterprise-wide Business Cont