This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)/PMDA, International Program Team (IPT) The supervisor is Michael S. Brezovec.  This position is Non Bargaining Unit This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.  

Duties

The successful candidate will serve as a Senior International Relations Officer. Serves as the point of contact between RES management and staff and designated staff in other NRC offices, Executive Branch agencies, foreign regulatory bodies, and stakeholders in assigned countries to plan and implement international nuclear safety and security cooperation and assistance activities. Plans, manages, organizes, assigns, and coordinates RES international activities.  Responsibilities include: initiating and renewing bilateral and multilateral International Cooperative Research Agreements with over thirty countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Coordinates, implements, and plans policy, technical and logistical activities for assigned countries and international organizations in support of the NRC international nuclear safety and security cooperation and assistance activities. Recommends and formulates policies and procedures regarding International Cooperative Research Agreements, with particular emphasis on RES Code Sharing Programs.  Acts as an advisor or mentor to junior staff within the team

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires.
• This is a Drug Testing position.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (14)  in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as experience that demonstrates the knowledge to coordinate activities related to international nuclear safety and security cooperation and assistance; taking a leadership role implementing cooperative activities with other countries; and acting as a senior advisor or mentor to less senior staff. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Demonstrated ability to lead and provide guidance to others, including initiative, attention to detail, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and be responsible for the review of work activities to support international nuclear safety and security cooperation and assistance programs. Demonstrated ability to independently plan, coordinate, and manage complex, international activities. Demonstrated ability to anticipate problem areas and/or international policy issues and to develop tasks leading to their resolution. Ability to communicate information, ideas, and advice in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing, with colleagues, senior level management, members of the public, representatives of international organizations or other Federal or State agencies. Demonstrated knowledge and work experience with U.S. nuclear energy, safety and security policy and international cooperation and assistance programs.  In addition to the basic requirements, to qualify for this position you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume.

Education

Degree: major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. OR Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR Experience: four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs.

Evaluation of Experience:  Qualifying experience that provided an intimate knowledge of a foreign country or geographic area may have been gained through residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary or inter-national relief work, or other experience in foreign countries. It may also have been gained through teaching college-level courses in international relations or problems associated with a specific foreign geographic area.

To qualify for positions at grades GS/GG-12 and above on the basis of experience, this experience must have included either (a) responsibility for the direction and coordination of research, analysis, or other professional work in one or more of the fields listed in A above, or (b) specialized professional work involving a high level of difficulty and responsibility in one or more of these fields.

Contacts

• Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Chief Human Capital Officer Attn: Darlene Negrin: Mail Stop TWFN-02A77M Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
• Name: Darlene Negrin
• Phone: 301-287-0559
• Email: [email protected]