Job opportunity
Emergency Management Program Specialist
The Salvation Army International
Build regional emergency readiness through disaster planning, training, and response coordination with The Salvation Army in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
This hybrid Emergency Disaster Services Specialist supports planning and delivery across the Atlantic Division. The work combines emergency management principles with procedures, manuals, training initiatives, and operational resources. You will help strengthen organizational readiness while supporting staff, volunteers, vehicles, equipment, reporting, and required documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement regionally tailored disaster response strategies
Plan and facilitate emergency disaster services training initiatives
Lead volunteers and response personnel during emergency deployments
Support recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and personnel development
Monitor budgets, records, statistics, reports, and program operations
Requirements:
Post-secondary diploma in disaster and emergency management or related field
Minimum three years of frontline emergency experience
Ability to complete National Disaster Training Program courses
Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
Use emergency planning, training facilitation, reporting, and workforce coordination skills to advance Atlantic Division readiness.
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Apply on source site This hybrid Emergency Disaster Services Specialist supports planning and delivery across the Atlantic Division. The work combines emergency management principles with procedures, manuals, training initiatives, and operational resources. You will help strengthen organizational readiness while supporting staff, volunteers, vehicles, equipment, reporting, and required documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement regionally tailored disaster response strategies
Plan and facilitate emergency disaster services training initiatives
Lead volunteers and response personnel during emergency deployments
Support recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and personnel development
Monitor budgets, records, statistics, reports, and program operations
Requirements:
Post-secondary diploma in disaster and emergency management or related field
Minimum three years of frontline emergency experience
Ability to complete National Disaster Training Program courses
Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
Use emergency planning, training facilitation, reporting, and workforce coordination skills to advance Atlantic Division readiness.
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