Emergency Management Monitoring Officer

Apply By:Friday, August 14, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response

Division:

Emergency Response Division

City:

Toronto

Position(s) language:

Job term:

4 Temporary (6 months with possible extension)

Job code:

$1,596.46 - $1,950.31 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

Consider this rewarding position with the Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response and come make an impact to the public safety of Ontarians at the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). In this position, you will provide leadership, emergency management subject matter expertise, support, guidance, and advice to Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) Duty Officers, PEOC staff, and emergency management stakeholders.

About the job

In this role, you will:

• monitor and respond to evolving situations inside and outside of Ontario and identify potential or actual threats which may impact public safety
• communicate with PEOC partners and stakeholders
• develop response plans and create various information products for senior management and elected officials
• draft and issue public alerting messages to broadcasters and via cellular carriers
• monitor and analyze social media, news, and situation reports related to actual or potential events
• determine the appropriate response and coordinate notifications to appropriate federal departments, provincial ministries, municipalities, First Nations and other agencies
• develop, conduct and review training for PEOC Duty Officers
• provide emergency management advice to stakeholders and partners, based on legislation, plans, policies and procedures
• develop and present written and verbal reports, briefings, recommendations, and situational awareness products
• represent the Provincial Emergency Operations Unit or Emergency Management Ontario in internal and external meetings committees, working groups, teams, projects, seminars, and conferences

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

• a valid Ontario class G driver's license (or equivalent) to be able to access sites that may not be accessible by public transit
• willing to work irregular and extended hours particularly during emergencies and be on-call on a regular basis, often on short notice
• obtain provincial security clearances

Please note you may be required to:

• wear a uniform and personal protective equipment in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• travel within Ontario and occasionally to other provinces, territories and the USA
• obtain federal security clearances for certain projects or incidents

Emergency management and technical knowledge:

• You have knowledge of Ontario's operational environment including the province's physical environmental characteristics, natural, technological and human caused hazards, critical infrastructure sectors, political landscape, economic, social, information and cyber
• You have knowledge of emergency management (EM) theory, research, issues, doctrine, and legislation to assist and advise communities, senior management, and other emergency organizations regarding specific responses to emergencies
• You can develop emergency plans, develop and present effective training and educational materials
• You have knowledge of provincial and federal emergency management (EM) related programs
• You have knowledge of First Nations emergency management planning and response factors and considerations such as risks, hazards, operating environment, roles and responsibilities and capabilities of key partners
• You have understanding of national, international and other jurisdictional emergency management organizations, structures, mandates and processes

Analytical and judgment skills:

• You can conduct research, assess potential or actual emergency situations and provide advice, options and recommendations
• You can identify gaps in response and provide appropriate options
• You can apply judgment and common sense in provision of advice in emergency situations

Communication and interpersonal skills:

• You have superior oral and written communications skills to convey complex ideas, develop briefing materials, presentations, briefing notes, and business cases
• You demonstrate strong relationship building, interpersonal and political acuity skills to maintain positive working relationships with staff, management, and a wide array of internal and external stakeholders across all levels of government, industry and the private sector
• You demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity especially when working with people with diverse cultural backgrounds

Organizational, planning and critical thinking skills:

• You have organizational skills to plan and schedule activities
• You demonstrate operational and strategic planning skills and critical thinking to apply knowledge of hazards, risk assessments, situational factors and variables to understand situations, conduct ad-hoc or deliberate planning, make decisions, and develop courses of action

Computer skills:

• You have understanding of Microsoft office suite of applications, database systems, internet research, telecommunications systems (example: landline, cell phone, satellite phone, GPS units),
• You have the ability to learn and use other specialized systems (example: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)), and audio/visual technologies

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 us.
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
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 6 months, 25 Morton Shulman Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region, Criminal Record Check
• About security checks:
  A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
  If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
  Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.
• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

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