Government of Nova Scotia

Learning and Development

• Provide strategic leadership in planning and coordinating annual training and exercise activities for internal and external partners
• Coordinate internal and external training, exercise, and professional development initiatives
• Build and maintain relationships with internal branches, municipal partners, provincial and federal agencies, community organizations, training providers, and stakeholders
• Coordinate training, exercise, and event planning, including timelines, roles, responsibilities, deliverables, logistics, communications, and approvals
• Plan and coordinate DEM events, including agendas, logistics, materials, participant information, facilitation supports, and follow-up
• Arrange venues, registration, accessibility requirements, materials, equipment, technology, and participant coordination
• Identify risks, barriers, dependencies, and resource constraints and support mitigation strategies
• Source and coordinate instructors, venues, materials, tools, external courses, training providers, and other resources
• Coordinate funding requirements, training grants, procurement needs, and resource requests
• Maintain and publish annual public training, exercise, and event calendars
• Coordinate technology readiness, including virtual platforms, registration tools, presentation equipment, collaboration tools, and learning management system access
• Develop and implement programs and associated policies and procedures
• Manage relationships with internal clients and stakeholders, including senior management
• Support responsible management of human and financial resources, monitor expenditures, and follow procurement requirements

Manager, Training and Exercising Coordination

Administrative Assistant

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Regional Service Delivery Manager and other regional leaders
• Manage calendars, meetings, agendas, minutes, correspondence, reports and follow-up items
• Prepare confidential correspondence across programs
• Process and track invoices, expenses and operational costs
• Respond to enquiries and connect employees, candidates, service providers and members of the public with appropriate contacts
• Coordinate recruitment activities, including interview scheduling, candidate communications, interview materials and hiring records
• Coordinate office maintenance requests and address facility needs
• Distribute and track laptops, monitors and other equipment across offices
• Coordinate Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy requests
• Coordinate staff training and engagement events
• Support administrative projects, candidate inventories and hiring processes across the Eastern Region
• Occasionally travel between office locations

Manager, Training and Exercising Coordination

Administrative Assistant – Secretary 2