Manager, Protection, Parking Helideck Services; PPHS

Req :
Department/Program: Protection & Bus Cntnty Srvs, Facilities, Protection & Business Continuity
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: Management, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $38. hourly - $47. hourly
Closing Date:
January 09, (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 2

SLGBTQIA+. 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 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.

We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our , and enjoy access to enhanced 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 Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki 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 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, 2

SLGBTQIA+ 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…