Hybrid Branch Chief chez Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Branch Chief

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): Rockville, Maryland

Salary Range: $167603 - $195200 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Division of Advanced Reactors and NPUF (DANU), Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch (UARL); Supervisor Mehdi Reisi Fard; and Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL), Licensing Projects Branch (LLPB); Supervisor Aida Rivera-Varona The position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

Major Duties:

• As the Branch Chief in DANU and DORL, you will support the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) mission to protect public health, safety and the environment by providing overall management of regulatory activities involving engineering issues, and the infrastructure within the Branch’s scope of responsibility. You will be responsible for implementing organizational change, supervising people, facilitating resolution of policy, technical, and administrative issues, and planning and executing activities. You will also be responsible for the administration of NRC human resources programs relative to employees under your supervision. You will assist the Division Director in the development and maintenance of operating plans, infrastructure documents, and policies. You will also develop and implement management controls to measure individual and branch performance and to achieve agency goals.

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: Experience supervising or providing direction, guidance, or leadership to a technical or projects organization, group, team, on policy or technical issues. Experience participating in managing work processes and/or utilization of resources. Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish goals and objectives. A description of how you possess the specialized experience should be addressed in your resume, responses to the vacancy questions, and additional space provided for supplemental response.

How to Apply: 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. 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.

Application Deadline: 2025-07-21