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The position is located in the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety & Safeguards, Division of Material Safety, Security, State, & Tribal Programs, Material Safety & Tribal Liaison Branch.
The supervisor is Booma Venkataraman
This position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208
This position IS not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements
This position IS subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements
Learn more about this agency12/23/2022 to 01/23/2023
$126,233 - $164,102 per year
GG 14
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - Less than 20%.
Yes—Travel expenses associated with interview and/or relocation expenses associated with job offer may be paid to the extent allowed by Federal Travel Regulations.
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
Excepted
14
No
Yes
NMSS/MSST-2023-0001
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Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Native Americans or Alaskan Natives with a tribal affiliation.
Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Accepting applications from permanent Federal employees who have completed a probationary period; reinstatement eligibles; current NRC employees on a permanent appointment or NRC competitive TERM appointment; applicants under the Schedule A Appointment Authority; and veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated from the Armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service. NRC employees are encouraged to apply.
As an Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager, you will serve as a lead in the development and implementation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission policies and programs involving areas of cooperation and coordination with State and local governments, Federally recognized Tribes, and/or interstate organizations in the licensing and regulation of nuclear power facilities and materials
Such duties include but are not limited to:
1. Regularly communicate with the Regional State Agreement Officers and Regional State Liaison Officers and provide programmatic direction, oversight, and advocacy for those programs.
2. Will work closely with State regulatory officials, representatives of interstate and regional organizations, as other Federal agencies, and/or Federally recognized Tribes, involving interpretation, acceptance, implementation and, when necessary, modification of NRC policies and programs affecting the States.
3. Participate, as needed, in the NRC’s Incident Response program on Liaison Team as either the State or Federal Liaison Officer.
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the NRC will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. The NRC will request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
In order 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.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
1. Ability to interact and work effectively with management and staff at all levels of the organization to achieve cooperation and collaborative agreement among parties with diverse and often conflicting viewpoints or objectives.
(Provide examples where your actions to negotiate, achieve cooperation and develop collaborative agreement resulted in successful solutions to problems or projects. Describe techniques you have used to develop effective working relationships. Describe any situations where you worked in a team or group atmosphere; formulated balanced and well-founded recommendations, and established effective work-relationships with colleagues, supervisors, other government, and/or industry officials. For each example, describe the significance or complexity of the activity, the role you played, e.g., author, principal contributor, team member, etc., why the interactions were effective, and the results or outcomes of your actions.)
2. Demonstrated experience with prioritizing, planning, scheduling, managing, and resolving problems associated with large and complex projects.
(Describe specific work experience, training, and developmental assignments which demonstrate your project management skills in the above areas. Give examples of any projects where you were the lead. Describe the types and complexity of projects you have managed including defining the objectives of the project, estimating resource needs, establishing and maintaining a schedule, resolving problems, and directing the efforts needed to reach the objectives and successfully complete the project. Describe professional experience with problem identification and resolution and give instances where your problem solving and conflict resolution skills were demonstrated.)
3. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, theory and practices in the field of engineering, health physics, or byproduct materials regulation to identify, analyze and develop conclusions regarding assessments of regulatory programs or licensee performance in implementing radiation safety programs and controls. (See examples below)
Describe specific experience, education, training, and accomplishments demonstrating knowledge and skills in the areas of engineering, health physics, or byproduct materials regulation and demonstrated ability to identify safety issues and recommend sound regulatory approaches as they relate to regulatory programs or licensee activities or operations. This should include how the knowledge was used in developing conclusions regarding assessments of licensee performance or on the acceptability of a licensing action.
4. Demonstrated skills in gathering technical or regulatory information and communicating/distributing such information, ideas, and advice in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing. (See examples below)
Describe your experience in gathering complex technical or regulatory information from an organization outside your own office or division and passing that information on to others. Examples of information gathering include attendance at meetings (management and/or project level), conference calls, or research. Examples of information distribution include oral and written communication. Describe specific experience, training, and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to communicate information, both orally and in writing. Describe the various types and levels of individuals you communicate with, what kind of information was provided and for what purpose. Where relevant, describe in what way you promoted the communication/distribution of the information either internally and/or externally. Describe the type of original writing you routinely generate, i.e., memoranda, letters, reports. What were your most challenging or difficult writing assignments/ Specify the reasons why.
5. Ability to function as an effective representative of the agency in interactions with members of the public or organizations outside the NRC.
Describe specific experience or education that demonstrates or supports your ability to represent the agency effectively in interactions (e.g., meetings, conference calls, drop-ins, organizational conferences) with members of the public or organizations outside the NRC (e.g., State and local governments, interstate organizations, Federally recognized Tribes, other Federal agencies, and/or non-government organizations) including professionally representing the positions of your organization to those groups. Describe any situations where the interactions were with external stakeholders who held conflicting viewpoints or objectives from your organization. Describe techniques you have used to develop effective working relationships with these groups/individuals. For each example, describe the significance or complexity of the interaction, the role you played, e.g., meeting leader, technical leader, facilitator, etc., why the interactions were effective, and the results or outcomes of your actions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: experience which demonstrates knowledge of the principles of good project management and reflects progressively responsible experience demonstrating effective communication, collaboration, and/or liaison skills.
General Engineering Series 0801:
Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2)
include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or
physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f)
nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and
mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their
applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT) 1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any
State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by
means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of
their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated
eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2 examination or any other written test required for professional
registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of
Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the
courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as
described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics,
chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has
had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an
established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g.,
in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)
General Physical Science Series 1301:
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The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.
Based on the staffing needs of the agency/area of consideration, additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skill and ability related to the job requirements. If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager.
Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position.
List of supplemental material that may be applicable:
If you are a NRC employee you are required to submit your most recent Rating of Record (Performance Appraisal) or a statement saying that one is not available, as well as your most current SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).
If you are a current/reinstatement eligible Federal employee with status (Tenure Group 1 or 2), you will be considered under our merit promotion procedures and must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) to verify competitive status or reinstatement eligibility.
Veterans' Preference documentation, if applicable (e.g. DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; Current Active Duty members must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions dated within 120 days; SF-15 Form and related documentation; VA letter.) You can find additional information about Veterans' Preference at http://www.fedshirevets.gov/.
If you are applying to a position that requires a college degree, you must submit your College Transcripts.
All supplemental documents will now be collected electronically and should be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement. You have three choices for submitting your supplemental documents:
1. Use the "USAJOBs" feature to download documents from your USAJOBs portfolio; or
2. use the "Upload" feature to upload documents directly from your computer. The following types of documents can be uploaded:
.gif, .jpeg, .png, .rtf, .pdf, and .doc; or
3. use the "Fax" feature to print the Fax Cover Sheet and fax it, along with your supplemental documents to 1-571-258-4052.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
We strongly encourage you to read the entire announcement before you submit your application for this position.
Your application for this vacancy must be received online via the USAJOBS application system BEFORE 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to submit a complete online application, you will not be considered for this position.
The NRC requires that applicants submit resumes built using the USAJOBS Resume Builder tool. The Resume Builder tool is activated upon selecting "Build New Resume" under the "Resumes" section of your USAJOBS account.
Resumes uploaded to your USAJOBS jobseeker account that have not been built using the USAJOBS Resume Builder tool WILL NOT be accepted and you WILL NOT be allowed to further advance through the NRC application process.
To ensure you are using the correct resume type when applying to our vacancies, please make sure that the resume you are using during the application process is listed with a format type of "USAJOBS Resume" and a source type of "Built with USAJOBS Resume Builder. Verifying this information on your USAJOBS resume before applying will ensure the successful submission of your application to the NRC job vacancy.
Paper applications will not be accepted unless hardship circumstances can be demonstrated. Requests for extensions WILL NOT be granted. If applying online poses a hardship for you, the Human Resources Specialist listed on the announcement will provide assistance to ensure that applications are submitted online by the closing date. Applicants must contact the Human Resources Specialist during business hours BEFORE the closing date of the announcement and speak to someone who can provide assistance for your online submission.
You must answer any job specific vacancy questions. You will be rated based on your responses to any vacancy questions and especially the information provided in your resume. Breadth, recency, and length of experience in the field; training, awards, and commendations; past and current performance; and community or outside professional activities will be considered to determine your level of knowledge, skill or ability for this position. Abbreviated responses to the vacancy questions, such as “significant experience” or “see resume” do not provide enough information and should not be used. You will not be considered for this position if you leave any of the vacancy questions unanswered.
To begin the application process, select the "Apply On-line" button to the right on this screen. Then follow the prompts to login/register, submit all required supplemental documents, and complete the application process.
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