Job Description
Foreign Affairs Specialist
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Summary
The Foreign Affairs Specialist (UNVIE Nuclear Energy Attaché) position is located within the International Operations division of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. The duty station of this position is in Vienna, Austria at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations (UNVIE). The DOE UNVIE Nuclear Energy Attaché represents the Secretary of Energy and DOE and provides a DOE-wide perspective.
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Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
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Current federal employees of this agency.
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Current Department of Energy federal employees with competitive status only. DOE/NNSA employees with CTAP or RPL eligibility.
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Duties
As a Foreign Affairs Specialist, you will:
Support the UNVIE missions of ensuring the safe and secure use of nuclear power, preventing nuclear proliferation, and combating international terrorism. Promote U.S. Government (USG), Department of Energy (DOE), and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) civil nuclear energy safety and security goals at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Represent the Secretary of Energy and the NNSA Administrator in supporting the UNVIE mission of promoting safe nuclear energy and preventing nuclear proliferation. Advocate for the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, the DOE Office of Environmental Management, the NNSA Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE's national laboratories, and other program office program objectives and initiatives, and serves as an authoritative advisor.
Resolve problems or issues from technical, policy, and procedural perspectives, such as civil nuclear energy development and safety, securing nuclear materials, halting the growing accumulation of fissile materials resulting from military and civilian nuclear programs, and supporting programmatic initiatives.
Explain and advocate DOE positions within the Embassy community and discusses and negotiates USG and DOE positions with senior IAEA officials and other diplomatic and government officials by addressing nuclear energy and nonproliferation challenges through transformative science and technology solutions, separating complex substantive programs and issues into technical, political, economic, and administrative components.
Lead negotiation; facilitate DOE and national laboratory participation in official visits/meetings with IAEA officials and other officials represented in Vienna, and reviews and evaluates proposals. Identify exceptional opportunities for collaboration between DOE and other nation(s).
Network with IAEA officials and Member State delegates in order to achieve DOE and NNSA civil nuclear energy safety and security program goals and to remain abreast of current and prospective energy - and economic-related issues, concerns, and developments.
Facilitate DOE and national laboratory participation in official visits/meetings with IAEA officials and other officials represented in Vienna. Provides authoritative support to significant numbers of world class scientific, technical, and subject matter experts on TDY from DOE HQ and the U.S national laboratories and to Congressional delegations.
Relocation/PCS to and from the overseas duty station will be paid for by the Department of Energy/NNSA, however, relocation to Washington, DC prior to the relocation/PCS to the overseas duty station to accept the position, is not funded.
This vacancy is also being announced in the Excepted service under announcement 24-03136-12454220-EN-DOE. You must apply to both, to be considered for both.
The salary indicated above is the base salary range for the NNSA NQ-04 pay band (General Schedule, GS-15 equivalent) in the federal service. The applicable foreign allowances will be applied to the base salary when located at the foreign post. Prior to relocation to the overseas duty station, the appropriate U.S. locality pay will be applied to the base pay.