Director of protection services

Come to the open -air adventure and stay for this position!

The regional region of Kimat-Stekin is pleased to announce that it is looking for permanent bonds Director of protection services To join their allocated team. This position provides a salary range between 130,093.60 dollars to 149,312.80 dollars depending on experience, pension, and a full set of benefits.


If the amazing landscapes, landscapes and breathtaking views are what you yearn for, then the regional region of RDKS is your place. This area is famous for its chances of hunting and outdoors globally, including skiing, skiing, skiing, aircraft, a 18 -hole golf course, long -distance, and mountain bicycles. The region provides high -quality advanced educational opportunities with Coast Mountain College and University of Nortern BC Satellite Campus. There are also well -developed arts and cultural society, entertainment facilities and library. Terrace, where the role is, is the retail center and regional services for the northwestern part of the British Columbia. The opportunity of adventure is countless in any season. The Kitimat-Stikine is the traditional homeland in Tahltan, Nisga’a, Gitxsan, Wetchuet’en, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian and Haisla. It extends over a geographical area with an area of ​​110,000 square kilometers, as RDKS includes approximately 40,000 people and includes the five municipalities integrated into Terrace, Kitimat, Stewart, District of New Hazelton and the village of Hazelton.

Purpose Statement:
Protection Services Director is responsible for coordinating and managing preventive services and emergency management for the regional region of Kitimat-Stikine. This role develops and implements the annual and long -term service strategies, operational plans, budgets, policies, and regulations to support strategic goals.

Direct reports:

• RDKS Fire Chief
• Supervision of the Emergency Program Management:

In addition to the two direct reports above, this position has final authority over all positions in the Protection Services Department, including those who indirectly progress through the fire head or the emergency program manager:

• Regional Emergency Support Services Coordinator
• Vice President of Fire
• Fire prevention coordinator
• The head of Lake Dies Lake Lake

Main duties and responsibilities:

Emergency Management

• The RDKS emergency program is managed by ensuring the required training, developing comprehensive response plans, and cooperating with a variety of stakeholders to develop preparedness and planning initiatives in emergency situations to comply with the EDMA law.

Fire protection

• Supervising effective management and firefighting departments operations in Thornegil and Dease to ensure the continuous RDKS policies and procedures.
• It is available with relevant fire protection service providers, including but not limited to: Fire Fire Department in the new city of Hazleton, the Ministry of Fire Fire Village Volunteer Village, Fire Control Department, Prince Robert Fire Department, and others in the region to create and maintain aid agreements and mutual services; It guarantees the provision of services to the countryside and provides experience and support at the higher level as required.

Services 9-1-1

• Effectively provides call answers services 9-1-1 and transmission services by building and maintaining positive partnerships and negotiating agreements and budgets of effective services in terms of cost.
• Managing all contracts for maintenance and contracts upon request, establishing the maintenance and repair schedule, and identifying promotions and service problems.
• Work with neighboring societies that are considering entering the RDKS 911 service and connecting to all current users of the RDKS 911, as needed.

The responsibilities of the department

• Employment management, including employment, retaining, scheduling, supervising, training, developing, managing performance and all other people’s management practices.
• Prepare and submit reports to the regional council on emergency alertness, protection services, response, and recovery.
• It develops and implements policies, procedures, agreements, regulations and contracts associated with protection and emergency management services.
• RDKS is a variety of committees related to department service and regional and local meetings.
• It builds and maintains strong business relations with employees in addition to a wide range of external stakeholders including regional and federal ministries, organizational agencies, consulting groups, community groups, member municipalities, first nations, and committees.
• As a member of the senior management team, this position shares responsibility for developing policies and planning and implementing the interlocutor partition initiatives and contributes to achieving comprehensive strategic goals.
• In the event of an emergency, this position will be part of the emergency operations center and provide support to the emergency program manager and the firefighting head as required.
• Regular travel inside RDKS, attendance in the evening and/ weekend meetings are required.
• Performing other duties as required.

Working with others:

• From the outside, this position will need to work with all emergency response agencies, including, but not limited
• Internally, this position works with other RDKS sections as needed, including the higher administrative administration.
• He cooperates with all the stakeholders, first nations, volunteers, media and public public.

Skills and capabilities:

• Decisions – Obtaining information; It defines the main issues and the effects of enlightened and objective decisions.
• Cooperation – works cooperatively with others, inside and outside the institution, to achieve goals to build and maintain useful mutual partnerships, benefit from information, and achieve results.
• Change Management – Understand the need for change and helps to plan and absorb it as creatively and positively as possible.
• Communication – Provides regular, consistent and related information to others and ensures that the appropriate individuals are informed; He carefully listens to others, asks questions or clarification and responds carefully; It communicates in a clear and brief way using the appropriate content, the communication style and the method of communication to suit the needs of the individual or the audience.
• External and organizational awareness – determines and understands how internal and external issues (for example economic, political and social trends) affect the work of the regional boycott.
• Impact and negotiation – Convincing is used to gain support and cooperation from stakeholders, presidents, colleagues, subordinates and other parties to achieve a required course of work in line with the goals and goals of the regional boycott.
• Professional integrity – displays and enhances behavior and behaviors in line with regional boycott standards.
• Leadership – bears responsibility for creating a clear vision of the goals and goals of the team; Supports and stimulates the delivery of high performance; Direct reports allow abilities and job development.
• Occupational Health and Safety – Applies knowledge of the principles and occupational health practices in the regional region of Kitimat Stekin.
• Customer service – It clarifies the commitment to the public service, and serves and satisfies the internal and external clients, who bear themselves responsible for the results of the quality.

Specific training and experience:

• Post -secondary degree in emergency management, firefighting services, public administration, or relevant discipline, in addition to at least five (5) years of experience at a supervisory level, preferably in a local government environment
• A strong understanding and experience in the emergency and disaster management law.
• A strong understanding and experience with the fire safety law, the fire law before BC, and the fires training standards in BC, and the regulation of occupational health and safety.
• He is proficient in writing reports.
• He is proficient in managing departments budgets.
• The work experience cooperatively with First Nations Partners looked at the assets.
• A combined mix of education, training and experience can be considered.

Financial responsibilities:

• This position is responsible for preparing and managing multiple budgets.
• Provide the bill’s mandate, implementation implementation, and registration for salary lists

Work environment:

• Duties are largely carried out in the office environment.
• This position may require travel in a short notice.
• Outdoor work may undergo stormy weather.
• Meetings and workshops may require travel outside the city and overnight, given the geographical area of ​​the regional region.
• Attendance at conferences/meetings outside the required city.

Physical, mental and visual demands

• Comfortable demands, a few exceptional – 75 %
• Limited negative working conditions as this position is primarily in the office environment. Optical concentration/intense listening – 25 %
• Often there is a visual concentration/intensive listening and notes.
• During emergency situations, there will be work in a loud, crowded and dispersed environment with great performance expectations and time pressures.

Licensing/required certificates

Please send your coverage letter, resume and references by mail or email to the regional area of ​​Kimat-Stekin 9:00 am on Friday, 7 November 2025. We appreciate your interest when applying and we recommend that only active candidates will be contacted.


Director of the Department/Human Resources
The Stekin Regional Regional District
Suite 300 – 4545 Lazelle Avenue
Terrace, BC V8G 4E1
Email: hr@rdks.bc.ca