Description
Title: Coordinator, Civil Security Emergency Response Reserve (RIUSC) (deployment role)
Location: In-person, Quebec
Employment Status: Casual
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.
The incumbent will oversee and coordinate all activities supporting disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations, and will collaborate with the Organisation municipale de sécurité civile (OMSC) and the CRC to facilitate service delivery. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Team Operational Capacity Development, they will contribute to the planning and implementation of logistical and human resource activities and ensure the overall quality of services provided in support of disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations through RIUSC assignments or according to deployment needs.
In this role, you will:
Responsibility 1: Overall coordination
Responsibility 2: Health and safety management
Responsibility 3: Planning, monitoring, and evaluation
Responsibility 4: Communication and representation
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Location: In-person, Quebec
Employment Status: Casual
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.
The incumbent will oversee and coordinate all activities supporting disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations, and will collaborate with the Organisation municipale de sécurité civile (OMSC) and the CRC to facilitate service delivery. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Team Operational Capacity Development, they will contribute to the planning and implementation of logistical and human resource activities and ensure the overall quality of services provided in support of disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations through RIUSC assignments or according to deployment needs.
In this role, you will:
Responsibility 1: Overall coordination
- Develop a service delivery plan, ensure its implementation, and coordinate the delivery of all services supporting disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations.
- Lead briefings
- Manage logistics and personnel.
- Ensure liaison and coordination with the OMSC.
- Ensure compliance with the standards, framework, and procedures established by the CRC in Quebec and the RIUSC.
- Supervise RIUSC responders from the Association québécoise des bénévoles en recherche et sauvetage (AQBRS) and/or any additional organization involved in activities supporting disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations.
- Ensure that services meet the immediate needs outlined in the RIUSC deployment notice.
- Be available to mobilize during the deployment of RIUSC (based on seasonal availability).
- Participate in mandatory annual training sessions.
Responsibility 2: Health and safety management
- Maintain a healthy and safe environment for staff and impacted people.
- Ensure the health and safety of personnel and impacted people.
- Ensure that safety guidelines and procedures are communicated to all responders, and that they are understood and followed.
- Ensure that personal protective equipment (PPE) is available and used as required. Coordinate with the logistics team as needed and liaise with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) team to support OHS analysis within the scope of various assignments.
Responsibility 3: Planning, monitoring, and evaluation
- Collect, assess and analyze data about the service delivery.
- Continually assess the capacity (material, financial and workforce) of the team under their supervision to meet the RIUSC deployment requirements, and report results and gaps to the Field Operations Team (FOT) RIUSC coordinator.
- Regularly inform the Field Operations Team (FOT)- RIUSC coordinator and the OMSC focal point about activities and share statistics, problems and successes against established standards
- Provide recommendations on the delivery of services to disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations within the RIUSC.
Responsibility 4: Communication and representation
- Establish and maintain regular communication and strong cooperation with local authorities and other RIUSC stakeholders.
- Represent the RIUSC support services for disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations before local and regional partners or appoint a representative for coordination meetings, as required.
- Represent the RIUSC’s support services for disaster-affected individuals and vulnerable populations and provide communications support to media as needed and in collaboration with the communications officer assigned to the site.
