JPO- Associate Nuclear Safety Officer (RAS)

Position: ID: NS201902-P2

Position and Grade: Associate Nuclear Safety Officer (RAS), P2

Organizational Unit: Regulatory Activities Section Division of Nuclear Installation Safety Department of Nuclear Safety and Security

Duty Station: Vienna, Austria

Type/Duration of Appointment: FT – JPO, 1 year, with a possible extension of one additional year

The Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS) formulates and implements the IAEA's nuclear safety and security programme, which encompasses the Agency's activities to protect people and the environment from radiation exposure, and responds to the safety and security related needs of its Member States. The objective of the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI) is to achieve and maintain a high level of safety of nuclear installations worldwide that are under design or construction or in operation. The Division does this by establishing standards of safety for the protection of health, including standards for nuclear power plants and other nuclear installations and facilities, and by providing for the application of these standards through, among other things, support for the IAEA's Technical Cooperation programme, the rendering of safety review services, the promotion of education and training, the fostering of information exchange and the coordination of research and development. In addition, the Division helps ensure safety at nuclear installations by promulgating international safety instruments such as the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors. NSNI comprises five Sections:

The main objective of the Regulatory Activities Section (RAS) is to help enhance effective regulatory infrastructures for nuclear safety in Member States based on IAEA safety standards and the use of selfassessment. The Section's activities include safety review and advisory missions to Member States, the development and revision of safety standards, support for effective regulatory development for countries embarking on new nuclear power programmes, development of training programmes for regulators, and organizational aspects related to the Convention on Nuclear Safety.

The Associate Nuclear Safety Officer (RAS) provides analytical, scientific, engineering, or project support and assistance to the professional staff in the Regulatory Activities Section and assists them in carrying out their role and responsibilities through: organizing inputs from experts, collating and preparing technical material for use in meetings for safety standards development, assisting in preparing technical presentations, technical meetings, consultant meetings and peer review services. The incumbent will work with international and multidisciplinary teams and will be expected to co-ordinate some of the section’s activities with other sections. He/she will have a focus on the organisation and technical support to the Small Modular Reactors Regulators Forum meetings.

The Associate Nuclear Safety Officer (RAS) is:

The Associate Nuclear Safety Officer (RAS) consults with and provides services to the members of the Regulatory Activities Section team according to approved work processes by ensuring that project schedules are met and by contributing analyses and technical data to professional Section staff. The incumbent will work with international and multidisciplinary teams and will be expected to coordinate some of the section’s activities with other sections.

Provides analytical, scientific, engineering technical, and project support to the professional staff in the Regulatory Activities Section, through: