Risk Reduction Education Specialist

Job title: Risk Reduction Education Specialist

Job description: Job Information

Job Title: Risk Reduction Education Specialist

Job Requisition ID: 31394

Ministry: Municipal Affairs

Location: Edmonton

Full or Part-Time: Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Scope: Limited

Closing Date: August 17, 2022

Classification: Subsidiary 02B 3625 Program Services 3 Market Adjustment

About Us

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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs assists municipalities in providing well-managed, collaborative and accountable local government to Albertans. Our main responsibilities are:

• funding supports for municipalities
• a system that strives to ensure appropriate safety standards for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment
• protections for new home buyers and required licensing for home builders
• province-wide support for access to public library services for Albertans
• a comprehensive approach to managing emergencies in the province through the Alberta Emergency Management Agency
• management of about 2.6 million acres of public land in the province’s three Special Areas
• independent review and decisions on local matters by the Land and Property Rights Tribunal

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), under the authority of the Emergency Management Act, leads the coordination and co-operation of all organizations involved in emergencies and disasters. This includes emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Our agency also works to ensure vital public services, such as government services and first responders, are available during a crisis.

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Role

The Government of Alberta, Municipal Affairs, and Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) is currently looking for a Risk Reduction Education Specialist to join their busy team. If you are looking for a challenging yet exciting opportunity, look no further and apply now!

Reporting to the Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Public Education, the Risk Reduction Education Specialist plays a key role in creation of public education materials, communications and multimedia content to contribute to the unit goal of increasing individual and community resilience and contributing to disaster risk reduction behavior in Alberta. This position works closely with a number of internal partners including Communications and Public Engagement (CPE) staff, Public Service Commission (PSC) staff and other ministry partners to create innovative programming, tools and resources to increase risk literacy for GoA staff and the public and inspire preparedness action.

The Risk Reduction Education Specialist is a member of a highly collaborative team who work together on the development of the stakeholder engagement strategy, communications strategy, program development, public education and research initiatives. By working closely with the Personal Preparedness Program Consultant, Community Partnerships Officer and Research Analyst the unit builds public interest and engagement in disaster mitigation, prevention, preparedness, and resiliency.

The Risk Reduction Education Specialist works with team members in the creation and successful production of online events, e-learning content and facilitated engagement and learning sessions. This involves contributing to the creation of preparedness programming and public education materials built for a variety of stakeholders with varying needs and access to resources. Considerations must be made for both internal and external partners, such as associations, non-government/not-for-profit organizations, community/volunteer groups, schools and the private sector to contribute to program development and gain buy-in for the program, and create an engaged group of resilience builders in Alberta. Communication development involves the provision of accurate and timely information to stakeholders so they are empowered to take action towards being prepared for emergencies and disasters. This position also plays a key role in providing performance reporting and analytics for communications tactics, website traffic and social media content generated through personal preparedness program initiatives.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

University graduation in a related field (e.g. Education, Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, and English), plus 2 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency:
Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

Desired:

• Knowledge of the Emergency Management Act, the Government Emergency Management Regulation, the Alberta Emergency Plan, and the Provincial Operations Centre’s operating guidelines.
• High-level oral and written communications skills. Position is required to develop verbal and written briefings, communications plans and presentations.
• Experience leading projects or programs, preferably in a multi-stakeholder or decentralized operating environment.
• Highly proficient writing skills for essentially error free writing where tone is mature, consistent, and suitable for topic and audience for various work related documents, and presentations including technical papers and plain English documentation.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills in Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Explorer.
• Experience working with the media would be considered an asset.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

• Drive for Results-Responsible for development of the annual risk reduction communications plan, which is informed by research and analysis of previous strategies, developed in partnership with the team and works towards measurable outcomes which build on past experiences.

• Build Collaborative Environments-Responsible for preparing, developing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating both internal and external public education content. Requires leveraging the skills and knowledge of subject matter experts internal and external to government and a close working relationship with both Public Service Commission and Communications and Communications and Public Engagement.

• Develop Networks-Responsible for providing preparedness education, including creating new communication channels or leveraging existing ones. This requires strong stakeholder relations and communication skills with a varied group of partners, many of which will be new to the field of emergency management.

• Creative Problem Solving – Works with internal and external stakeholders to understand the barriers to preparedness and develop education, communication and marketing strategies motivate community leaders to champion the Be Prepared program and for Albertans to take preparedness action.

Salary

$2,556.10- $3,355.81 (bi-weekly) $66,714.21- 87,586.64 (per year)

Notes

Permanent opportunity located in Edmonton

Hours of work: 36.25 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Applicants are advised to provide a cover letter summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.

What we offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service –
• Pension plans:

• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) –
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) –
• Leadership and mentorship programs
• Professional learning and development
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreements
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It is recommended that applicants who have obtained educational credentials from outside of Canada and have not had them previously assessed, obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) . Applicants are encouraged to include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

Closing Statement

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.

We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates’ qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

If you require any further information on this job posting or a copy of the role profile, and/or require a disability related accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Deborah Babu at .

If this competition is closed as per the closing date noted above, please continue to check for a listing of current career opportunities with the Government of Alberta.

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