Nuclear Safety Officer

The Nuclear Safety Officer plans and coordinates projects to support the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety's programmes aimed at strengthening nuclear installation safety. The role involves project planning and implementation, leading technical meetings and missions, and providing expert technical input to safety standards and capacity building activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects of internal and external experts to develop, implement and evaluate safety standards.
• Provide Member States with advice and assistance in the application of safety assessment methodologies and safety standards, including to organize peer review missions to determine the effectiveness of regulatory oversight and to formulate an action plan for the Member State to address identified deficiencies.
• Provide advice and assistance to Member State and industry association reviews of operating organization management systems, safety culture, human resources management and scientific and technical capacity including participation as an expert advisor and technical expert on Member State and industry association review missions.
• Organize and manage capacity building projects, including education, training and exercises at the national, regional and international levels to address all the nuclear safety related areas, including safe operation, emergency preparedness and response, and regulatory effectiveness.
• Provide expert technical input and maintain / operate nuclear safety information systems such as the Incident Reporting System (IRS), and Incident Reporting System for Research Reactors (IRSRR) and Fuel Incident Notification and Analysis System (FINAS); provide support and relevant expertise for the Incident Emergency System (IES); and participate in associated training events and exercises.
• Participate as an active member and IAEA representative in professional meetings, conferences and projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree - University degree in engineering/physical/nuclear/chemical/mathematical/behavioural science/social psychology or a related field, with two additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Master's Degree - Advanced university degree in engineering/physical/nuclear/chemical/mathematical/behavioural science/social psychology or a related field.
• Minimum of seven years of relevant professional experience, including experience in an international environment.
• Experience applying nuclear safety principles and state-of-the-art nuclear safety techniques.
• Experience organizing and leading technical meetings, capacity building missions, and other expert and advisory missions.
• Experience drafting and finalizing publication of relevant technical reports guidelines, manuals, publications and other resources.
• Experience in international projects an asset, particularly with developing countries.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries and the ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Excellent oral and written command of English.
• Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Skills

• Nuclear Safety Principles
• Nuclear Safety Techniques
• Project Planning
• Technical Meeting Leadership
• Capacity Building Missions
• Technical Report Preparation
• Safety Standards
• International Project Management
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• Expert Advisory Missions

Languages

English