Director, Safety, Security and Emergency Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Participates as a member of the VP’s leadership team, providing input to development of division’s overarching strategies and sharing responsibility for achievements and success.
- Acts as a strategic advisor to the VP and the Senior Team on the Institute’s most critical health, safety, security and emergency management, and risk-related matters. Provides advice on risk exposure, emerging issues, and strategic priorities, and delivers reports, presentations, and recommendations on risks, opportunities, achievements, key initiatives and portfolio performance.
- Develops strategies, plans, and policies for all areas of accountability to foster a positive culture of safety, preparedness, prevention, and resilience, a healthy occupational environment, secure campus and systems, and an inclusive campus community. Promotes a community-centred and service-oriented approach to campus safety through prevention, education, collaboration, and meaningful engagement.
- Provides strategic direction to the Institute’s health, safety, fire safety, security, emergency management, and business continuity programs. Oversees compliance with international, federal, provincial, and institutional requirements related to all areas of accountability. Directs planning, due diligence, quality assurance, and risk management activities to protect the Institute’s people, assets, operations, and reputation.
- Provides strategic direction to the Institute’s occupational health, safety, and fire safety programs, including accident investigations, first aid, safety training, WSBC claims management, prevention initiatives, environmental and hazard management, and related audits and assessments.
- Provides strategic direction to the Institute’s security and threat programs, including behavioural threat assessment, violence prevention, crime and loss prevention, security incident and threat investigations, and physical security systems such as alarms, access control, key management, surveillance systems, and related technologies. Leads the Institute’s response to critical incidents and traumatic events.
- Provides strategic direction to the Institute’s emergency management programs, including emergency planning, preparedness, response, disaster recovery, business continuity, and emergency response team training and exercises. Directs the operation of the Institute’s emergency response centre during incidents and emergencies.
- Ensures an integrated and strategic approach to programs planning, development and service delivery. Fosters equitable, accessible, and inclusive programs that meet the diverse needs of the campus community and drives ongoing evaluation and continuous improvement to enhance effectiveness and support institutional priorities.
- Provides strategic direction to critical communications and interactions across the campus community, and with external agencies, first responders, contractors, regulatory bodies, and community partners.
- Directs the collection and analysis of operational data, intelligence, performance measures, emerging trends, technologies, and industry development to support strategic decision‑making, evaluate program effectiveness, identify emerging risks, and drive continuous improvement across the portfolio.
- Chairs and/or participates on health, safety, security and emergency management committees, providing strategic guidance and expert advice related to areas of accountability.
- Manages directly and indirectly reporting staff, overseeing and participating in selection, coaching, mentoring, development, performance management and all other people‑management practices.
- Undergraduate degree in occupational health and safety, emergency management, security…
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