Technical Assistant

Summary

This vacancy announcement will be used to fill multiple Technical Assistant vacancies in multiple offices at the NRC.

This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Duties

The successful candidate will perform the full range of Technical Assistant duties.
Such duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing leadership and support at the Division level for a broad variety of program management resource assessment scheduling program evaluation policy development and other review activities related to division workload responsibilities.
• Providing expert guidance and advice for the Division management in assessing and resolving issues within the division. Provides overall coordination within the Division with the other divisions in the office and with business line partners as needed.
• Accomplishes special projects requiring coordination among various branches within the division. Provides administrative coordination among other divisions in the office business line partners and other offices.
• Coordinating resolution of policy and programmatic issues that affect the division and provides policy advice and assistance to the Division management and to other members of the division. Develops and provides oversight of division activities and documents for human resources management budget formulation and execution contracts program planning and monitoring and information technology to ensure consistent implementation of policies.
• Assisting Division management in the preparation of presentations reports and special studies involving issues or work activities that have a significant impact on budgeted staff resources. Gathers data from a wide variety of sources and subjects this data to analysis in order to produce the essential information in a cogent interesting and convincing fashion.
• Preparing responses to certain categories of assigned principal correspondence for the Division management including communications from Members of Congress state and local officials foreign officials Tribal leadership non-governmental organizations and others.
• Performing special projects as assigned by the Division management or as initiated individually. Develops and implements improvements in handling administrative aspects and any other division needs of day-to-day operations.
• Serving as liaison with other divisions in the office to support the Division managements participation in management meetings and other forums.
• Performing studies and analyses with recommendations on programs projects plans and policies that significantly impact the effectiveness and efficiency of the Division.
• Assisting in the development of the offices Performance and Internal Controls Plans. Coordinates inputs from the various Division branches. Monitors progress against the Performance and Internal Controls Plans during the fiscal year and recommends corrective action as necessary to the Division management.
• Participating in organizational planning for full utilization of division staffing and fiscal resources to attain program objectives and in assessing division performance against established goals. Develops reviews analyzes and presents the division budget. Coordinates responses to budget questions from various sources. Analyzes division operations and utilization of staffing and fiscal resources to formulate required basis and justification for preparation of the divisions budget and human capital needs.
• As assigned assists Division management in the preparation of the division staffing plans and makes recommendations regarding utilization of personnel resources organizational changes and staff assignments.
• As assigned coordinates training activities for the Division including scheduling prioritizing requests and coordinating with other organizations on the delivery of training.
• As assigned coordinates awards and recognition activities for the Division and interfaces with other organizations regarding award activities.

Travel Required: Occasional travel - Occasional travel based on work demands of approximately 10% or less of duty time.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• This is a Drug Testing position
• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: demonstrated experience providing support advice and guidance on program or policy planning strategic planning or performance management; analyzing and evaluating issues to manage and advance projects; and coordinating with other organizations (internal or external) to accomplish a range of activities such as program management resource assessment scheduling program evaluation and policy development.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Ability to work effectively with other division or office representatives in coordinating effort and building consensus.
2. Demonstrated ability to communicate information ideas and advice in a clear concise and logical manner both orally and in writing for a variety of complex matters and stakeholder audiences.
3. Analytical ability sufficient to plan organize and perform a variety of program and administrative management functions and activities involving competing priorities and deadlines.
4. Knowledge or demonstrated ability to learn budgeting principles performance management develop and/or manage human capital programs and staffing strategies and ability to manage business processes.

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Education

There are no Individual Occupational Requirements for this series.
There are no education requirements for this position.

Additional information

This position may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency policy.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

Junior IC