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
Solid analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Strong 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.

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📌 Disaster Response Coordinator Atlantic Division (Nova Scotia)
🏢 The Salvation Army in Canada
📍 Nova Scotia