Director, Regional Field Services

Ontario Public Service Leadership | Leadership dans la fonction publique de l’Ontario; Toronto; On-site; CAD 152,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government organization is seeking a Director of Regional Field Services to provide strategic leadership in emergency management. The role involves working collaboratively with municipalities and indigenous communities, ensuring readiness for emergencies, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture. Candidates should have a strong background in transformational leadership and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on diversity and equity.

Qualifications

• Proven abilities in leading through transformational change.
• Experience in emergency management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to field service staff.
• Direct implementation of emergency management initiatives.
• Foster relations with internal and external partners.

Skills

Transformational Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Negotiation

Crisis Management

Job description

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Base pay range

CA$152,593.00/yr - CA$192,232.00/yr

Apply By: Friday, May 30, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Provide emergency support for Ontarians in their most vulnerable moments.

As Director, Regional Field Services, you will provide strategic leadership to a geographically dispersed team of managers and field staff that support municipalities and indigenous communities develop their emergency management programs and services. Your field services team will also be key participants in supporting the Provincial Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) emergency response activities. Your transformational leadership will empower you to direct field services based on the following four functions: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response, as outlined in the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and associated Order in Council assignments, is responsible for assisting, monitoring and coordinating the development of emergency management programs of municipalities and provincial ministries, nuclear and radiological emergency response planning, and coordinating the provincial response to emergencies. These responsibilities are in part supported through regional field services.

You will ensure the ministry and the province are ready to respond to an emergency with a focus on protecting lives, infrastructure, property, and the environment and helping to ensure the continuity of government operations and critical assets.

Being a senior leader within the ministry, you will create and foster relations with internal partners, functional partners across the Ontario Public Service (OPS), external stakeholders, indigenous partners and functional authorities. As a member of the Ministry's leadership team, you will lead and be accountable for fostering an anti-racist and inclusive workplace, where all staff feel safe, supported, and can fully contribute and progress in their careers.

About the job

Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, as Director, Regional Field Services you will:

• Provide direction to field service staff across the province in support of the core EMO programs and to municipalities and indigenous partners as required.
• Work collaboratively with functional authorities and ensure program results are achieved.
• Shaping the evolving nature of field services in partnership with Ontario Corps.
• Assume accountability for the delivery of effective emergency management.
• Direct the implementation of key initiatives that support emergency management preparedness.
• Support the development of municipal mitigation, response and recovery policy and programs.
• Oversee the provision of accurate and consistent advice, direction, assistance, and recommendations to municipal and regional EM staff for all aspects of emergency management activities.
• Provide support for municipal and indigenous development and delivery of innovative and specialized education, exercise, and training programs toward emergency management preparedness.
• Establish an effective network and communication channels and maintain close working relationships with internal and external partners.
• May be required, on a rotational basis, to exercise independence and decision-making in the PEOC (Provincial Emergency Operations Centre) to command a provincial emergency response during emergencies and providing immediate and decisive advice and assistance to ministry senior management, client groups/stakeholders in a 24//7 operation to ensure effective and efficient delivery of provincial emergency management response programs.

What you bring to the team

You are a seasoned people leader with proven abilities in:

• leading through transformational change with a track record of championing the adoption of innovative methods and technologies that drive true transformative business practices and solutions while taking measured and appropriate risks related to innovation.
• leading and influencing people, while promoting improved program delivery and development.
• creating a culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism, and equity in the workplace.
• demonstrating resiliency, leading, and motivating high-performing and multi-functional teams in a fast-paced, highly visible, and demanding environment, while promoting employee wellbeing and engagement.

Relationship Management, Stakeholder Engagement, and Communication

You are an effective communicator, negotiator, and consensus builder with proven abilities in:

• fostering collaborative internal and external relationships to promote a seamless integration of program design and service delivery.
• demonstrating political acuity while delivering strategic and confidential advice to the senior leaders and other various stakeholders.
• working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to advance shared priorities and manage complex issues.
• facilitating respectful and productive relationships with first nations, municipal and Ontario Corps partners.
• building and managing relationships with external partners and stakeholders based on transparency, accountability, and trust.
• managing complex, politically sensitive issues within the context of multiple interests, with high public profile and scrutiny.

Job Specific Knowledge

You are a seasoned emergency management leader with proven:

• experience leading the development of resources, tools, and best practices for emergency mitigation, response and recovery policy and program recommendations that extend across a diverse spectrum of issues, situations, geographic areas, natural and man-made events.
• knowledge of emergency management legislation, regulation, orders in council and other authorities, emergency management framework and emergency prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
• knowledge of best practices in practices in emergency management on
• the negative impact of natural, technological, or human-caused emergencies and disasters on life and property.
• awareness of nuclear and non-nuclear emergency management safety legislation, regulations, and standards.
• experience conducting consultations under Section 35 Duty to Consult with Aboriginal communities.
• experience developing and implementing evaluation frameworks and risk assessment models including emergency management plans, policies, and processes.

Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact [e-mail]. All information discussed related to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

Additional information:

This position has frequent travel with extensive hours during activation of the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Government Administration

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