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Job opening: Attorney

Salary: $117 962 - 181 216 per year
City: Rockville
Published at: Sep 27 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
These positions are in the Office of the General Counsel, Divisions of Reactor Programs (RP); Materials, Fuel Cycle, and Waste Programs (MFW); and Security and Enforcement (SE). The supervisors are Susan Vrahoretis (RP), Mauri Lemoncelli (MFW), and Shannon Rogers/Patrick Moulding (SE).  These positions ARE Bargaining Unit AND Subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements & security ownership restriction reporting requirements. This is an Open Until Filled Vacancy.

Duties

Depending on placement, duties will be performed with a high degree of independence and will include representation in agency adjudications or before administrative tribunals, providing advice in non-adjudicatory contexts, and advising and providing legal services related to:

Requirements

  • This is a Drug Testing position.
  • Subject to OGE Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements.
  • Also subject to NRC's Prohibited Securities rule.
  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires.

Qualifications

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. Specialized experience GG 13: includes experience that is defined as attorney or judicial work experience in a federal or state government legal office, federal or state judiciary, or the private practice of law, which provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of these positions.  Minimally qualified candidates will have multiple years of work experience, including substantial regulatory and statutory interpretation and/or litigation experience sufficient to perform with an adequate degree of independence or with assistance on complex and major assignments. GG 14: includes experience that is defined as attorney or judicial work experience in a federal or state government legal office, federal or state judiciary, or the private practice of law, which provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of these positions. Minimally qualified candidates will have multiple years of work experience, including substantial regulatory and statutory interpretation and/or litigation experience sufficient to perform independently on complex and major assignments. Typically, at least one year of this work experience should be comparable in complexity and responsibility to the kind of work normally assigned at the grade 13 or 14 levels in the Federal government, or equivalent. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Ability to provide legal advice and support to the General Counsel, the Commission, and the Commission staff on all aspects of:     a. Licensing and regulation for materials, fuel cycle, spent fuel storage and disposal, fuel packaging and transportation, and decommissioning activities (for the MFW division);     b. Reactor licensing and regulation for operating reactors, new reactors, advanced reactors, reactor license transfers, license renewal, design certification, reactor decommissioning, and research and test reactors (for the RP division); and/or    c. Cybersecurity, safeguards, and physical security of NRC-licensed facilities and materials, allegations of wrongdoing, investigations, and enforcement of agency requirements (for the SE division). 2.  Ability to effectively identify, interpret and analyze Federal laws, statutes, regulations, and cases as they relate to agency adjudicatory processes and complex legal issues in various areas of law 3. Excellent written and oral communication skills, particularly in connection with providing legal opinions and advice. 4. Experience in administrative law, security and enforcement practice, regulatory practice, or environmental law, and possess litigation experience (civil, criminal, trial, and/or appellate) in one or more of those practice areas. A description of how you possess the specialized experience and ideal candidate language should be addressed in your resume or in the space provided for your supplemental response. You should also indicate if you are applying for placement only in a specific division or divisions, or if you would like to be considered by all three divisions. You must meet the qualifications for this position no later than 30 days after the date you submit your application and before placement in the position.

Education

You must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a J.D., LL.B., or equivalent degree, and you must be an active member in good standing of the Bar of a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia. 

Contacts

  • Address NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Human Resources Attn: Natasha Thomas Washington, District of Columbia 20555 United States
  • Name: Natasha Thomas
  • Phone: 301-415-7000
  • Email: [email protected]

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