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Duties

As the "Director, Office of Nuclear Incident Response" you will have the following duties: Leading, managing, and executing all programmatic and operational nuclear and radiological incident response activities and requirements of the Office, in close coordination with U.S. interagency stakeholders and international partners. Managing the administration of national capabilities to counter nuclear terrorism and respond to nuclear and radiological incidents, including oversight of operationally focused scientific and technical staff within response assets/capabilities at the NNSA laboratories, plants, and sites that support crisis response and consequence management activities. Serving as the senior incident response operational advisor, providing advice to senior NNSA/DOE leadership on complex radiological response issues during actual or simulated radiological or nuclear emergency situations. Analyzing, developing, and implementing national-level policy for national security, nuclear incident response, and countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Ensuring that the Office's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are consistent with the NNSA Strategic Plan and integrated into the teams' work efforts; oversees the direction and exercising of deployed assets. Providing direction for evaluating program performance against established metrics, and ensure that program planning, performance, budget and reporting documents comply with policy and operational requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

Resume-Based Resume: Applicants must show possession of the ECQs and any technical qualifications via resume. Your resume presented will reflect that you possess the ECQs and give a synopsis of your accomplishments. The application process used to recruit for this position is the RESUME BASED method. Although applicants cannot address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) separately, evidence of each must be clearly demonstrated in the five (5) page resume and throughout the entire application package. Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) must be addressed in a separate narrative. A sample 5-page executive level resume documenting ECQs can be viewed at this link http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): The five (5) ECQs described below were designed to asses executive-level experiences and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. ECQ 1: LEADING CHANGE: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals and establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2: LEADING PEOPLE: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals and provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3: RESULTS DRIVEN: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations, and make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4: BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5: BUILDING COALITIONS: 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required by law to review the executive core qualifications of each new career appointee to the Senior Executive Service (SES) prior to appointment. Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs): A supplemental narrative must be uploaded and attached to your application addressing each MTQ listed below. No more than one (1) page per MTQ is allowed; additional informational information will not be considered. MTQs must provide specific examples that address relevant experience and accomplishments. Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following MTQs: MTQ 1: Please describe your knowledge, experience, and qualifications in incident response and the U.S. capabilities to respond to the full range of nuclear and radiological incidents domestically and internationally, in close coordination with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders. MTQ2:Please describe your experience leading, managing, and administering national capabilities, including those to counter nuclear terrorism and respond to nuclear incidents. Direct leadership experience managing operationally focused scientific and technical personnel within response assets/capabilities that support crisis response and consequence management activities. MTQ 3: Please describe your experience analyzing, developing, and implementing national-level policy for national security, nuclear incident response, and/or countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Failure to submit a narrative statement addressing each of the MTQs will cause your application to be deemed incomplete and not be considered.

Education

This position does not have a education requirement.

Contacts

• Address NNSA - Deputy Under Secretary for Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation 24600 20th St SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5507 US
• Name: Morgan Williams
• Phone: 202-586-0038
• Email: [email protected]