Organization Location:  Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Supervising Executive:  Shana Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, NMSS  Area of Consideration:  All Groups of Qualified Individuals Within the Civil Service Salary:  This is a Tier 3 (NRC Pay Group C) SES position Financial Disclosure:  This position is subject to Public Financial Disclosure Reporting requirements and NRC prohibited securities ownership restrictions

Duties

The Deputy Director, DFM assists the Division Director in planning, developing, and implementing nationwide health, safety, and security, regulatory activities and environmental responsibilities associated with spent nuclear fuel storage and transportation, nuclear material transportation packaging certification, the licensing, certification, and inspection of nuclear fuel cycle facilities, nuclear material control and accounting, and international safeguards.   Duties may include, but are not limited to: 

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Background investigation leading to a security clearance is required for
• This is a Drug Testing Position

Qualifications

You must have substantial supervisory or leadership experience which demonstrates the ability to successfully carry out the roles and responsibilities described above, typically evidenced by experience in progressively more responsible supervisory or leadership positions. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. Applicants who do not meet or do not demonstrate possession of the ECQs and PTQs in their application will be eliminated from further consideration. All applicants must submit an online resume and online written statements (narrative or bullet format acceptable) describing your accomplishments against each of the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately and are required to respond to all ECQs. Abbreviated responses to the ECQs, such as "significant experience" or "see resume" do not provide enough information and will not be accepted. You will not be considered for this position if you leave any of the ECQs and vacancy questions unanswered.   EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants must submit online written statements (narrative or bullet format acceptable) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately and are required to respond to all ECQs. Note: Current career SES members, former career SES members eligible for reinstatement, and SES Candidate Development graduates (with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Review Board (QRB) certification) are encouraged, but not required, to address the ECQs to be considered. Use the following approach to describe your accomplishments: Challenge-Context-Action-Result (CCAR) Model Use one to two examples of relevant experience for each ECQ. The number of examples is not as important as ensuring that your experience matches the ECQ criteria. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal. Context - Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale). Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result - Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments (e.g., Led the development and implementation of….) and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.). Please limit your written statements to the space provide (8,000 characters) per ECQ. You must provide the names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of responsible individuals who can verify the information provided for each ECQ. Additional information on the ECQs is available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Example ECQ statements are available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf. Executive Core Qualifications: ECQ 1 - Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision ECQ 2 - Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building ECQ 3 - Results Driven:   The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs) All applicants must submit online written statements (narrative or bullet format acceptable) of accomplishments that would satisfy the following PTQs. You must address each PTQ separately. Please limit your written statements to the space provided (8,000 characters) per PTQ, attached ecamples will not be accepted, please use the space provided/. PTQ 1 -Applied knowledge of the design, construction, operation, and/or oversight of fuel cycle facilities, and/or nuclear materials in use, storage, and/or domestic and international transportation; safety systems used in nuclear applications; and/or security and safeguards principles, concepts, theories, and methods. Demonstrated experience, knowledge, and understanding of scientific and engineering disciplines sufficient to assess significant safety and security issues, and to set strategic direction for licensing, oversight, nuclear security and safeguards topics. PTQ 2 – Demonstrated experience with licensing, rulemaking, oversight programs, and policy development methods, including the ability to evaluate, develop, coordinate, and administer programs with interdisciplinary implications.  Broad knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply nuclear safety and standards, regulations, inspections, codes, and guides to ensure that the design, construction, and operation of nuclear facilities and the use of nuclear materials, will not endanger the health and safety of the public or environment. Substantial knowledge and understanding of national nuclear policy, the regulatory program and process, and the regulated industry, as well as a sound understanding of agency interactions with diverse stakeholders and partners (e.g. Tribal Nations, State and local government). Recognized expertise in leading complex analyses and weighing qualitative and quantitative risk insights to establish agency positions.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Attn: Executive Resources Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
• Name: Amanda Noonan
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]