Job Description

Title: Regional Manager- Emergency Management
Location : Remote (Whitehorse, Yukon)
Employment Status : Temporary Full Time (12 months)
Salary Band : $ 65,325 - $ 81,656 / 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 Canadas Best Employers 2024, we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.
In this role, you will :

• Participate and contribute to annual operational budget and planning requirements with particular emphasis on risks relevant throughout Yukon.
• Lead workforce planning and readiness assessments related to volunteer capacity.
• Oversee, develop, and lead volunteer sourcing initiatives to achieve set targets within an assigned geographic area as part of the defined recruitment strategies and tactics.
• In collaboration with relevant individuals, identify regular and response-specific training needs and implement training plans across the geography.
• Implement Red Cross emergency response plans in Yukon Territory.
• Ensure 24/7 response capacity throughout the geography to ensure emergency response capacity.
• Monitor service delivery and identify gaps in different services, paying close attention to agreement areas.
• Ensure that programs remain accountable to impacted individuals through following CRC risk management, monitoring, and evaluative feedback processes and standards.
• Develop and maintain key strategic and operational relationships with external partners, as assigned by the EM Senior Manager, Director, and other applicable managers.
• Contribute to a healthy and safe working environment and other organizational initiatives in the workplace.
• Work with Supply Chain Management, Logistics team to ensure vendor and supplier agreements are secured to operationalize readiness, response, and recovery activities.

What we are looking for :

• Completion of a bachelors degree in a related field, and a minimum of 5 years of job-related work experience in Emergency / Disaster Management or Community Development or Social Sciences, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A graduate degree is considered an asset.
• Language - must be able to read, write and deliver services as appropriate to the operation in English. Additional languages are considered an asset.
• Strong understanding of current Emergency Management systems, practices, protocols.
• Leadership and supervision skills and experience: ability to manage change, motivate team members, manage teams effectively, demonstrated ability in prioritization of responsibilities, ability to give clear instructions and delegate, ability to problem solve, provide coaching and feedback to personnel.
• Conflict Resolution Skills: active listening, mediation/negotiation, developing solutions & options with a win/win approach, appropriate assertiveness toward problems, and managing emotions.
• Coordination skills: champion collaborative opportunities, flow of information, strategic thinker, facilitation/mediation, meshing work plans/prioritizing.
• A proven track record of working with diverse populations, and multicultural and Indigenous settings.
• Demonstrated program planning and evaluation skills including strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) is required.

Working conditions :

• The majority of the work is performed in an environment which is mostly clean and comfortable.
• Able to work non-traditional hours and extended hours and respond to after-hour emergency/disaster-related requests.
• Must be available to travel to response/recovery operations as required.
• Potential for responding to disaster areas, as well as challenging and unstable conditions (environmental, physical, social, etc.) and uncomfortable conditions (noise, odours, smoke, humidity, vulnerable beneficiaries). If working in a response site, health and safety considerations will be outlined prior to the assignment.
• If driving for society business, a valid driver's license is required with a satisfactory drivers abstract.
• 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).

The official languages recognized within the Canadian Red Cross are English and French however demonstrated skills and ability to communicate in an or multiple Indigenous language(s) or ability to communicate and adapt within Indigenous protocol is highly desirable.
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