Head of Emergency Planning

Qatar Foundation

Qatar

Ref: KP038-40

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

- Ensure the implementation of QF emergency response plan in accordance with QF HSSE Management System.
- Participate in the HSSE MS audits to ensure that all QF affiliated entities and centres are in compliance with HSSE MS emergency response requirements.
- Act as the emergency planning technical authority within the organization.
- Ensure the readiness of QF internal emergency response capability for QF-HQ.
- Ensure that all QF-HQ related emergency plans; procedures/processes are kept current and are up to date.
- Develop, review and approve the development of strategies, plans and procedures, ensuring that they are consistent with HSSE MS requirements and where applicable industry best practices.
- Ensure the integration between QF emergency response pan and other QF entities plans.
- Provide technical input and contribute to HSSE Directorate business continuity plan.
- Participate in the regular review and testing program for the HSSE directorate Business Continuity Plan.
- Manage and facilitate exercises to validate the overall QF emergency planning and crisis management framework, QF-HQ plans and procedures.
- Coordinate and liaise with government agencies to ensure alignment of actions and efforts when responding to emergencies with the education city.
- Plan and execute Education City annual exercise with other government agencies.
- Share and disseminate lessons learned from exercises, drills and real incidents within the organization.
- Comply with and enforce QF health, safety, and environment policies, procedures, legal regulations and objectives applicable to areas of responsibility to ensure that work is performed in a safe, healthy and environmentally-sound manner

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in emergency planning or an equivalent Engineering Discipline
- A minimum of 6-8 years’ experience of relevant full-time work experience, with at least 3 years at supervisory level; operational experience with emergency services is a plus factor.
- Experience in managing emergency response capability, development of plans and standard operating instructions and procedures.
- Good writing skills and persuasive oral communication skills with English and preferably in Arabic as well.
- Possesses command and control training and skills.
- Strong knowledge of technical standards, international standards guidelines, benchmarks and best practice.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications.

About the Company

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, non-profit organization that serves the people of Qatar by supporting and operating programs in three core mission areas: education, science and research, and community development.

The Foundation strives to nurture the future leaders of Qatar. By example and by sharing its experience, the Foundation also contributes to human development nationally, regionally, and internationally. In all of its activities, the Foundation promotes a culture of excellence in Qatar and furthers its role in supporting an innovative and open society that aspires to develop sustainable human capacity, social, and economic prosperity for a knowledge-based economy.

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