Title : Senior Advisor, Readiness & Operational Planning

Employee Working Location : Remote (BC, Canada)

Employment Status : Permanent Full-time

Salary Band : $ 70,207 - $80,000 / year

The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2024, we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

In this role, you will :

Responsibility 1 - Emergency Management Operational Planning, Budgeting and Reporting

• Ensure the development of a provincial EM work plan that is regularly updated based on evolving program priorities and levels of resourcing.
• Lead the provincial EM team through the development of the 3 year plan.
• Work with Director/Sr. Manager, as well as the finance team to develop the annual budget and related documentation including capital request when applicable.
• Develop a reporting framework and produce reports to provide regular information to stakeholders such as municipalities, provincial government, donors, and senior leadership.

Responsibility 2 - Emergency Management Monitoring and Support

• Develop, implement and monitor a province-wide accountability framework that ensures compliance with performance indicators, financial accountability and operational readiness indicators for EM program.
• Monitor, track, and diarize EM contracts and formalized agreements including tracking obligations, contract management/performance, termination dates and ensure legal review of contracts/agreements and renewals as required.
• Develop and implement reporting standards and mechanisms to ensure the professional and timely communication of program achievements in relation to establish targets and objectives.

Responsibility 3 - Emergency Forecasting

• Consolidate an annual picture of risks specific to the geography (hazards, vulnerability and capacity).
• Collect, collate and analyse forecast and hazard/risk information from a variety of external sources, including government partners, academia and the private sector where relevant.
• Produce province and territory specific quarterly, annual and strategic (3-5 year) dashboard of planning assumptions, translating hazards and risks into specific, measurable forecasting to help geographic and service line leadership anticipate change and promote participation in readiness planning.

Responsibility 4 - Translate Requirements into Emergency Readiness Plans

• Co-design and lead annual and seasonal scenario-based planning processes based on the annual and quarterly planning assumptions/forecasts, including building out a mock workforce plan and assessing readiness gaps and risk mitigation strategies across all service lines within the geographies.
• Support the development and implementation of new and revised emergency readiness planning tools, processes and plans, including Readiness Standards and contingency plans, and act as a regional champion for tool implementation.
• Work in collaboration with Quality Management to analyse evaluations and other lessons learned sources to identify opportunities for improved readiness, including clarifying operational strategies, the requirements for capacity, intervention tools and the Red Cross service offerings, closing the cycle by feeding back into future readiness planning.

Responsibility 5 - Research and Advisory Support

• Identify key planning issues, make recommendations and develop related decision papers / project charters in consultation with departmental personnel and other programs' personnel.
• Lead strategic development projects, supervise project personnel and ensure implementation of project objectives.

Responsibility 6 - Emergency Response

• Provide support to domestic response in the event of major disasters, which may include coverage for response planning roles, business continuity, or other operational roles during activation.
• Work with EM leadership in support development of a Response or Recovery Strategy (Event Strategy), Service Delivery Plan, service agreements, and Business Continuity Plan as required.

What we are looking for :

• Bachelor's Degree in a related area of study and 3 to 4 years of job-related work experience in emergency management, disaster risk reduction, emergency readiness planning, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a field related to emergency management.
• Fluency in English is required, French and additional languages are considered an asset.
• Strong leadership skills including in complex, high pressure environments.
• Superior interpersonal relations, communication, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Work independently with confidence in problem solving, making decisions, and exercising judgement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead program planning and budgeting initiatives.
• Oral communication skills to deliver presentations to large audiences, senior decision makers, and diverse groups and stakeholders/partners.
• Ability to read, interpret and synthesize large amounts of new information to produce reports, proposals, and options.
• Superior written communication skills to create a variety of documents, including briefing notes, plans, procedures, executive-level correspondence, reports and proposals.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research and analysis in support of executive decision-making.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications with a strong knowledge of computer software for the development of project plans, presentations, documents and records management.
• Knowledge of current emergency management theories, practices research, issues and trends, and relevant legislation and regulations is an asset.

Working conditions :

• The majority of the work is performed in an environment which is mostly clean and comfortable.
• Travel throughout the region and province, occasional travel outside the province required.
• Able to work non-traditional hours, and be on-call and respond to emergency/disaster related requests.
• Potential for responding to disaster areas, as well as difficult and unstable conditions (environmental, physical, social, etc.) and uncomfortable conditions (noise, odors, smoke, humidity, vulnerable beneficiaries). These stressful rapidly changing environments with limited information to make decisions have the potential to affect the physical and psychological state of the responders on site.
• If working in a response site, health and safety considerations will be outlined prior to the assignment.
• Eligibility to work in Canada: At this time, we welcome applications from candidates eligible to work in Canada. If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, we encourage you to carefully review your visa to find out whether you are eligible to work in the job you are considering applying for. Refer to our FAQ for more information.
• If you are selected for this role, you will be required to complete a successful pre-employment screening process which includes a satisfactory Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC).

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Salary Band:
$70,207 - $80,000