Clarification from the agency

All NRC Employees are encouraged to apply.

As a Senior Health Physicist in the Radiation Protection and Consequence Branch, Division of Risk Assessment, the individual selected for this position would be responsible for the development and implementation of rules, technical guidance, and procedures in areas related to radiation protection, radioactive effluent, and radiological environmental monitoring for operating and new reactors.  Such duties include but are not limited to: 

• Serves as a senior-level lead Health Physicist and authoritative expert responsible for rulemaking related activities and implementation of the radiation safety cornerstones of the Reactor Oversight Process.
• Performs highly complex technical and regulatory reviews of reactor license applications and amendments.   

• Provides guidance and support to Regional inspection staff in addressing highly complex technical and regulatory issues.   
• Reviews, develops, and implements regulatory infrastructure documents such as regulatory guides, inspection procedures, information notices, regulatory issue summaries, and standard review plans. 
• Uses risk information and risk insights to enhance decision-making consistent with pertinent elements of risk-informed and performance-based regulation. 
• Prepares responses and makes presentations to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), the Commission, upper management, and outside groups on technical issues, concerns, or developed positions.
• Serves as a subject matter expert to interact with scientific groups and committees, members of other Federal, state, and local agencies and national consensus standard, and international committees involving radiation protection, radioactive effluent, radiological environmental monitoring and related programs for nuclear facilities.
• Serves as a mentor in the development of junior staff.  Provides guidance and support to new employees and junior health physicists. 
• Reviews and evaluates radiation health effects on the public and plant personnel resulting from operational events and normal operations.   

Conditions of employment

• This is a Drug Testing position.
• Must be able to meet/maintain security & suitability requirements.
• U.S. Citizenship Required

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.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG-14) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Leading or managing highly complex regulatory activities involving the licensing, inspection, or oversight of nuclear facilities in accordance with NRC regulations. Performing comprehensive technical and regulatory reviews of reactor license applications and amendments. Developing, interpreting, and applying NRC policies, regulations, and guidance related to radiation protection, health physics, or nuclear safety. Conducting in-depth technical evaluations and risk-informed assessments of radiation protection programs, including dose assessments and safety analyses. Serving as a recognized technical authority in interagency working groups, stakeholder engagements, or international forums on matters concerning radiation protection standards, regulatory policy, or nuclear safety.

A detailed description of how you meet this specialized experience should be clearly demonstrated in your resume, responses to the vacancy questions, and any supplemental materials provided.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Detailed knowledge of and experience with implementing the principles, theories, and practices of reactor radiation protection, radioactive effluent, radiological environmental monitoring, and radiation health effects on the public.

(Example: Describe specific training, education and experience that demonstrate your knowledge of the principles, theories, and practices of radiation protection sufficient to conduct technical and regulatory reviews of reactor applications and amendments, and provide guidance and support to inspection staff in addressing complex technical and regulatory issues. Describe your experience in conducting evaluations involving complex technical issues in radiation protection, radioactive effluent, radiological environmental monitoring, and radiation health effects on the public.).

2. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with NRC regulatory programs for reactors including licensing, inspection, and event assessment.

(Example: Describe specific experience, education, and training which demonstrate your ability to identify, evaluate, and address technical issues associated with NRC’s regulatory programs including reactor oversight process and licensing action reviews. Provide examples of your application of NRC rules, procedures, and guidance to address complex issues related to licensing, inspection, and event assessment. Describe how you applied risk insights and risk informed performance-based philosophy to perform analyses).
 
3. Ability to independently organize, plan, coordinate, and conduct special projects and studies.

(Example: Describe specific experience and training which demonstrate your ability to formulate project goals and objectives, develop project plans and resource estimates, evaluate and report progress against established milestones, and coordinate with personnel of diverse technical backgrounds. Describe specific projects of high technical complexity related to radiation protection you have led or participated in and describe your role and level of responsibility for completing project tasks and milestones. Describe the results of these projects including any publications, awards, or other recognition.

4. Demonstrated ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and to coordinate with other NRC offices, other government agencies, the public and industry groups on varied complex technical and regulatory issues.

EXAMPLE: Describe experience in making oral presentations and preparing written documents, and the various levels of individuals for which presentations were made. Discuss examples where you have used skills in communicating complex technical and regulatory issues to NRC staff and management, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, general public, governmental agencies, the industry groups or others. Discuss how your oral or written communications have played a role in the understanding or resolution of issues

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.  Applicants may use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

How you will be evaluated

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.

• Include a performance appraisal as proof of federal employment.
• Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable education and your contact information. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade.
• Your SF-50 shows a federal position you've held, grade level and duty location. Your SF-50 can support position changes, conversions or separation for employment eligibility.

As an NRC employee, you are required to submit your most recent Rating of Record (Performance Appraisal) or a statement saying that one is not available. Additionally, you must also submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

NOTE: Your complete application includes your resume, your responses to any vacancy questions, and if necessary, documents which prove your eligibility to apply.

Your resume is crucial in our evaluation of your qualifications. Resumes should clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge, and abilities. Please limit your résumé to 2 pages. To ensure your resume contains all required information, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, please ensure it contains all the required information, and you organize it so we can associate the following information with each experience/position:

1. Job title
2. Name of employer
3. Beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year) format
4. Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. We will pro-rate part-time employment in crediting experience.
5. Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable).
6. Series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

 If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 

Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information (age, date of birth, marital status, protected health information, religious affiliation, social security number, etc.) or other inappropriate material on your resume or cover letter. If your resume contains prohibited information as listed above, your application will be determined ineligible, and you will not receive consideration for this position. We will not access web pages linked on your resume or cover letter, links to social media such as LinkedIn, to determine your qualifications. Cover letters are optional.

All supplemental documents can now be collected electronically and should be submitted before the closing date of this vacancy announcement.  You have two 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:
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