Manager, Protection, Parking, & Helideck Services (PPHS)

Company : IWK Health

Req ID : 214133

Department / Program : Protection & Bus Cntnty Srvs Facilities Protection & Business Continuity

Location : Halifax

Type of Employment : Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Start Date : ASAP

Union Status : Management Management / Non Union Bargaining Unit

Compensation : $38.3620 hourly - $47.9524 hourly

Closing Date : January 09 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23 : 59 Atlantic Time)

This is not a designated position however preference will be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous Black / African Nova Scotians Persons of Colour Immigrants / Newcomers Persons with Disabilities and / or 2SLGBTQIA. Please self-identify on your application.

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax Nova Scotia providing tertiary and primary care for two million children youth adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees physicians volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each others talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home align our work to our values and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mikmaki the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mikmaq people. Working in Mikmaki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long deep and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination but have more work to do to build that trust acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous Black / African Nova Scotians Persons of Colour Immigrants / Newcomers Persons with Disabilities 2SLGBTQIA to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients families and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Facilities Protection & Emergency Management the Protection Parking & Helideck Services (PPHS) Manager provides strategic and operational oversight of the delivery of enterprise-wide high-quality 24 / 7 : disaster / emergency response helideck operations parking safety protection and security services for IWK Health.

The PPHS Manager is responsible for strategic planning and ongoing improvements associated with enterprise-wide protection of people and property and safety. The PPHS manager directly oversees protection / security services at the main campus and the AIS / CIS inpatient community site while providing various levels of support to the other multiple community site locations throughout Nova Scotia.

The PPHS Manager engages in extensive stakeholder consultation for the purposes of developing comprehensive and cohesive strategic and operational plans and identifying optimal solutions for safety and security issues and related projects. Including ongoing improvements associated with departmental operations and finances including helideck operations security systems and parking systems. This includes overseeing staff recruitment training orientation daily activities performance management and incident investigations / interviews. As well as managing a development maintenance and improvement program for all related policies procedures guidelines and technology-based systems.

The PPHS Manager provides 24 / 7 situational leadership strategically preparing for and operationally during security / emergency related situations liaising with all levels of IWK leadership internally and various levels of federal provincial and municipal governments externally (such as Transport Canada police / RCMP fire services Department of Health and Wellness etc.).

Hours of Work

• 75 hours biweekly typically 8-4 M-F.
• Flexibility in schedule and periods of On Call may be required to manage a 24 / 7 service.

Your Qualifications

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview / testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management / Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions bargaining units or employment status are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority benefits and vacation entitlement and / or usage prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

I f you are an employee ofIWK Health please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Electro Mechanical,Instrument Maintenance,Adobe Dreamweaver,Document Control Management,E-Commerce

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1