Job Description

Specialist Emergency Management

Health Services, Long Term Care

Status: Regular Full Time

Salary Range: Non Union Salary Band H

Hiring Range: $94,455 - $106,262 per annum, plus comprehensive benefits and vacation accrual

Work Mode: Hybrid, 2 On site days per week which can increase based on operational needs *see below for more details about this work mode.

Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton ON, with occasional travel to our LTC homes

Hours of work:35 hours per week

Reporting to the Manager, Facilities, Operations and Maintenance and working directly with the Senior Services team, this position provides expert emergency management guidance and advice that supports the development and implementation of the Long Term Care Emergency Management Program and supports the Health Services Department’s state of emergency readiness.

Major Responsibilities:

- Research and reports emergency management environmental and best practices, seeking relevant guidance documents, existing plans and exercise reports to ensure that emerging health trends are addressed.
- Conduct research that relates to new developments in emergency management practices that supports the need of the client and the continuous quality improvement of the Long Term Care emergency management program. This research includes recommendations from changes to federal and provincial legislative requirements and standards for emergency planning and response.
- Collaborates with clients to ensure that the Long Term Care division meets the mandatory requirements of the Fixing Long Term Care Act and the Ontario Regulations.




- Prepares reports and recommendations to address issues and opportunities in Health Services emergency preparedness, training and education to ensure optimal business practices are in place.
- Develops annual and multi-year training and exercise schedules in consultation with clients.
- Acts as key Senior Services emergency management expert for departmental or Regional programs, as appropriate.
- Maintains strategic relationships with external agencies in the Health Services emergency management profession, authoring recommendations for emergency management program enhancements.
- Collaborates with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure a seamless and unified emergency response infrastructure; including training, exercises, and plans.
- Attends conferences and participates on committees and task forces of stakeholder organizations as requested by Manager.
- Prepares the functional delivery of approved Senior Services training and
- Coordinates relevant Incident Management System training for Senior Services staff.
- Provides on-site task management during Emergency Management exercises and post-exercise reports.
- Collaborates with staff designated as emergency management liaisons
- Provides expert interpretation of emergency management situations to clients directly and resolves difficult or highly sensitive complaints either verbally or in writing.




- Engage clients to periodically review and update Senior Services business continuity and recovery plans, as requested.
- Provides emergency management expert advice to support the development and maintenance of the Department’s business continuity plans, incident management system training and emergency contact procedures, including specific operational policies and procedures.
- Utilize project management principles to plan and execute multi-staff, multi-discipline projects.
- Responsible for ensuring all Long Term Care Home specific emergency plans meet regulations and are updated regularly.
- Acts on behalf of the Manager in his/her absence when so designated and represents the Manager at meetings and conferences, both internal and external to the Region.
- Provide functional direction and oversight during emergency events (i.e. subject matter expert) to assist the organization in delivering emergency services, maintain existing services, and return to secure operations following an event.
- Support emergency response after regular working hours, on weekends and statutory holidays as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned to meet Departmental and Corporate objectives.
- Collaborate with other Regional Emergency Management partners.

Qualifications:

- Post-secondary degree in Health Administration or a related discipline in Disaster and Emergency Management and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in an emergency management role.
- Successful completion of Basic Emergency Management and/or Incident Management courses from a provincial/territorial agency.
- Demonstrated knowledge of emergency management program develo

📌 Specialist Emergency Management (Brampton)
🏢 Region of Peel
📍 Brampton