Lead Atlantic Division disaster response coordination through emergency planning, volunteer oversight, and operational readiness. Support communities with essential resources during emergencies.

This Emergency Disaster Services Specialist role supports The Salvation Army's regional emergency disaster program. You will coordinate response operations under government agreements and organizational protocols while guiding volunteers and response personnel. The work includes workforce planning, training, readiness, reporting, and service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

- Coordinate response personnel and volunteers during emergency deployments
- Plan training initiatives that build organizational response capacity
- Maintain safe, functional, deployment-ready response vehicles and equipment
- Assist recruitment, onboarding, engagement,



and personnel development
- Support budgets, financial oversight, records, statistics, and reporting

Requirements:

- Three years' frontline experience in emergency preparedness or disaster response
- Diploma in disaster and emergency management or related field
- Ability to coordinate volunteers across a geographically dispersed region
- Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Solid oral, written, interpersonal, and active listening skills

Bring regional coordination, readiness planning, and volunteer leadership skills to The Salvation Army's Atlantic Division emergency services.

📌 Disaster Response Coordinator Atlantic Division (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 The Salvation Army in Canada
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality