Emergency Communications Officer (911)
Your Opportunity:
Emergency Health Services (EHS) has an exciting role for an Emergency Communications Officer (ECO) in Calgary through our Casual Recruit Training Class. If you're a great communicator while both talking and listening, keep a cool head under pressure, can be the calm, confident voice on the phone with 911 callers while collecting necessary information to dispatch emergency crews, can quickly and accurately transcribe calls, prioritize tasks on the fly, and clearly relay essential information, then EHS Dispatch is looking for you! Candidates undergo a multi-step screening process. Step one is an online prioritization assessment, step two is testing to assesses your listening and typing accuracy, and step three is a job interview. Successful candidates will receive paid on-the-job classroom training, followed by buddy shifts with an experienced ECO before working independently.
Description:
As an Emergency Communications Officer, you will provide safe and effective emergency medical call taking and dispatch services to ambulances. Through established guidelines, you will evaluate and process emergency and non-emergency calls, be responsible for making key decisions and contribute to the EMS dispatch process and strategies.
- Transition Company: Emergency Health Services
- Classification: EmergencyCommunOff(911)2190
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Emergency Health Services Dispatch, Communications & Deployment
- Primary Location: Quarry Crossing
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.00
- Posting End Date: 10-NOV-2025
- Employee Class: Casual/Relief
- Date Available: 02-FEB-2026
- Hours per Shift: Varies
- Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
- Shifts per cycle: Varies
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: Other
- Minimum Salary: $27.91
- Maximum Salary: $34.61
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certification required; where the successful candidate does not currently hold EMD certification, the certification course will be provided upon hire.
Additional Required Qualifications:Current CPR/BLS (Basic Life Support) certification is required prior to start of training.
Preferred Qualifications:As required.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
