Nuclear Security Expert

POSITION SUMMARY

• Communicate strategic policy operations and technical goals and objectives to the Director and Sr. Federal staff to ensure necessary coordination.
• Support fastpaced initiatives that evolve with changing demands from mission partners that provide timely information to U.S. and partner nations leaders enabling rapid decision making.
• Assist with crisis management informing public health and safety and providing data to support attribution in the event of a nuclear or radiological incident.
• Collaborate with US embassies and neighboring countries to establish diplomatic ties and facilitate communications in order to streamline procurement deployment installation processes and ensuring adherence to established standards norms and protocols.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide advice and guidance on CONUS and OCONUS activities to include strategic messaging with the IAEA.
• Assists with coordinating activities to maximize effectiveness of support.
• Provides strategic and technical expertise and analysis to office leadership and staff to assist their planning and decisionmaking processes.
• Resolves technical policy and procedural problems.
• Works to strengthen U.S. national security and energy security objectives by working cooperatively with foreign counterparts and supporting DOE/NNSA programmatic initiatives.
• Provide insights on foreign policy and technical developments.
• Facilitate coordination and cohesion with other CONUS mission partners as well as OCONUS Member States and other countries providing assistance.
• Brief Management and interact at leadership levels; interactions will include working directly with interagency DOE/NNSA laboratories and international partners.
• Facilitate negotiations between the U.S. Government (USG) and mission partner countries to establish frameworks for cooperation communication and the potential development of MOU/As.
• Identify navigate and comply with international regulations legislation treaties and protocols related to response operations data collection and sharing.
• Plan coordinate and manage operations with the Crisis Management team DOE Watch Officers & NNSA Emergency Response Officers DOE laboratories and the interagency partners.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum masters degree and 7 years of related nuclear security nuclear safety or emergency response experience or other area within USG exemplifying ability to learn and be effective in executing required responsibilities.
• Familiarity with crisis management nuclear security nuclear and radiological risk and emergency response.
• Ability to manage a diverse technical portfolio of tasks and people.
• Ability to organize and support project management goals.
• Ability to work well in a rapidly changing and often uncertain environment.
• Demonstrated good judgment professionalism and ability to work well with people.
• Highly organized.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with the IAEA US Embassies DoS DoD.
• Familiarity with or experience in international emergency response.
• ActiveDOEQ or DoD Top Secret security clearance

LOCATION: This is a fulltime onsite position in Washington DC 20024 USA. Telework options are available with a requirement to be in the office at least three days a week based on the level of inperson meetings and office needs.

SALARY:

• Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data internal equity and the candidates related knowledge skills and abilities for the position.

BENEFITS

• Hybrid remote/office work environment
• Employer Paid High Quality Employee Medical Dental & Vision Care
• LowCost Family Health Care offered
• 11 Federal Holidays and 3 weeks vacation
• 401k with Generous Employer Match
• Crosstraining opportunities

About MELE Associates Inc.

With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville MD Washington DC and Albuquerque NM MELE is a veteran and minorityowned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical engineering and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies including but not limited to the Department of Energy the Department of Defense the Department of Homeland Security the Department of Justice INTERPOL and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELEs services include National Security and Intelligence CBRNE Defense and Security Facility Management and Engineering Law Enforcement and Emergency Response Training Technical Analytica and Program Management Support and IT/Cybersecurity.

MELE Associates Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. MELE Associates Inc. is an EVerify employer.