Emergency Management Monitoring Officer

**Emergency Management Monitoring Officer**:
**Job ID**:

- 230802

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response

**Division**:

- Emergency Response Division

**City**:

- Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent, 1 Temporary up to 6 months

**Job code**:

- 05700 - Fire Services Advisor 1

**Salary**:

- $1,596.46 - $1,950.31 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.**About the job**: In this role, you will:

- monitor and respond to evolving situations inside and outside of Ontario and identify potential or actual

threats which may impact public safety
- communicate with PEOC partners and stakeholders
- develop response plans and create various information products for senior management and

elected officials
- draft and issue public alerting messages to broadcasters and via cellular carriers
- monitor and analyze social media, news, and situation reports related to actual or potential events
- determine the appropriate response and coordinate notifications to appropriate federal departments, provincial

ministries, municipalities, First Nations and other agencies
- develop, conduct and review training for PEOC Duty Officers
- provide emergency management advice to stakeholders and partners, based on legislation, plans, policies

and procedures
- develop and present written and verbal reports, briefings, recommendations, and situational awareness

products
- represent the Provincial Emergency Operations Unit or Emergency Management Ontario in internal and external

meetings committees, working groups, teams, projects, seminars, and conferences**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:

- a valid Ontario class G driver's license (or equivalent) to be able to access sites that may not be accessible by public transit
- willing to work irregular and extended hours particularly during emergencies and be on-call on a regular basis, often on short notice
- obtain provincial security clearances

Please note you may be required to:

- wear a uniform and personal protective equipment in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- travel within Ontario and occasionally to other provinces, territories and the USA
- obtain federal security clearances for certain projects or incidents

**Emergency Management and Technical Knowledge**:

- You have knowledge of Ontario's operational environment including the province's physical environmental characteristics, natural, technological and human caused hazards, critical infrastructure sectors, political landscape, economic, social, information and cyber
- You have knowledge of emergency management (EM) theory, research, issues, doctrine, and legislation to assist and advise communities, senior management, and other emergency organizations regarding specific responses to emergencies
- You can develop emergency plans, develop and present effective training and educational materials
- You have knowledge of provincial and federal emergency management (EM) related programs
- You have knowledge of First Nations emergency management planning and response factors and considerations such as risks, hazards, operating environment, roles and responsibilities and capabilities of key partners
- You have understanding of national, international and other jurisdictional emergency management organizations, structures, mandates and processes

**Analytical and Judgment Skills**:

- You can conduct research, assess potential or actual emergency situations and provide advice, options and recommendations
- You can identify gaps in response and provide appropriate options

**Communication and Interpersonal Skills**:

- You have superior oral and written communications skills to convey complex ideas, develop briefing materials, presentations, briefing notes, and business cases
- You demonstrate strong relationship building, interpersonal and political acuity skills to maintain positive working relationships with staff, management, and a wide array of internal and external stakeholders across all levels of government, industry and the private sector
- You demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity especially when working with people with diverse cultural backgrounds

**Organizational, Planning and Critical Thinking Skills**:

- You have organizational skills to plan and schedule activities

**Computer Skills**:

- You have the ability to learn and use other specialized systems (example: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)), and audio/visual technologies**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

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