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# Emergency Preparedness Specialist

        - Emergency Preparedness Specialists discover and assess safety issues and contribute directly to successful technical operating procedures and probabilistic risk assessment solutions.
        - Final safety analysis reports and emergency radiological assessment plans for new and existing NRC-licensed facilities developed by Emergency Preparedness Specialists are key contributors to the overall nuclear emergency preparedness evaluations of facilities.

#### Skill set consistently found in this position

                      - ​​Foremost, Emergency Preparedness Specialists are analysts and advisors.
                      - They are detail-oriented and have knowledge of the significance of their role in the emergency preparedness nature of the commercial nuclear landscape.
                      - Their analysis skill and their ability to reasonably evaluate and resolve issues contribute to sound decision-making when safety concerns and problems occur.
                      - They are superb questioners, wonderful listeners and excellent communicators, able to explain complex technical situations both orally and in detailed written reports.
                      - They are team-players, often being part of joint trouble-shooting efforts involving other NRC staff, local government officials and private sector stakeholders.
                      - Emergency Preparedness Specialists have the ability to stay focused and calm in adverse situations, often providing timely and accurate technical guidance and advice to senior-level agency management during stressful times.
                      - Their knowledge base is broad and crosses multiple offices within the NRC organizational structure.
                      - They are proactive seekers of information needed to support their recommendations.
                      - They must be reasonable and must understand the value of research and total fact-finding to provide the guidance and direction necessary to resolve safety issues of the highest magnitude.
                      - They are impartial evaluators of licenses’ efforts to plan and prepare for radiological emergency response situations.
                      - Incumbents are critical thinkers and know the importance of options and alternative solutions when providing recommendations.
                      - They are situationally aware with an ability to include in their final recommendations the viewpoints of multiple, diverse stakeholders involved in each emergency response effort.

#### Career level of this position

#### Major duties and responsibilities

                      - ​​Supports the overall nuclear emergency preparedness efforts of new and existing NRC-licensed facilities by performing regulatory and technical reviews of safety reports and radiological emergency plans
                      - Participates in inspections as part of the assessment and appraisal process associated with the emergency preparedness programs of nuclear facilities
                      - Makes recommendations to resolve problems associated with safety issues impacting emergency preparedness plans and programs of NRC-licensed facilities
                      - Guides decision makers who are required to react to licensees’ radiological emergency response efforts
                      - Advises agency management
                      - Performs regulatory and technical reviews of safety and radiological emergency plans
                      - Analyzes facts, draws conclusions, presents alternatives
                      - Prepares studies and reports
                      - Presents problem-solving options
                      - Participates in nuclear facility safety and emergency preparedness matters
                      - Coordinates input and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders
                      - Conducts special studies related to developing rules and regulations pertinent to the emergency preparedness efforts of the agency
                      - Makes presentations, such as emergency preparedness testimony at licensing hearings

#### Locations

                      - ​Headquarters—Offices/Divisions, Rockville, MD
                      - Regions—King of Prussia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Lisle, IL; Arlington, TX

#### Qualities contributing to success in the role

                      - ​Diplomacy and the ability to collaborate with outside agencies
                      - Project management skills are a vital ingredient to successful job performance
                      - Planning ability
                      - Research ability
                      - Analytical and evaluative abilities of safety-related technical issues and data
                      - Organizational ability
                      - Attention to detail
                      - Ability to self-manage
                      - Ability to resolve issues in a fair and impartial manner
                      - Exceptional written communication and formal presentation skills
                      - Interpersonal skill at all levels
                      - Knowledge of the principles and techniques of radiological accident technology and probabilistic risk-assessment procedures
                      - Knowledge of plant operations
                      - Knowledge of NRC-licensed facilities environmental characteristics
                      - Knowledge of agency policies, rules and regulations relative to emergency preparedness and safety, especially in terms of the licensing of facilities
                      - Effective listening ability

#### Route to or from this position

                      - Risk Assessment Analyst
                      - Program Analyst
                      - Management Analyst
                      - Engineer
                      - Physical Scientist

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