Radioactive Waste Predisposal Specialist(P4)

Radioactive Waste Predisposal Specialist(P4) - (2024/0603 (014832))

Organization: NEFW-Waste Technology Section

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2024-11-06, 7:27:42 AM

Closing Date: 2024-11-27, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 36

Contract Type: Fixed Term - Regular

Probation Period: 1 Year

Full Competitive Recruitment: Yes

Organizational Setting

The Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology (NEFW) comprises the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section, the Waste Technology Section, the Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation Section and the Research Reactor Section. The Division seeks to support Member States in building their capacity to access technologies, to share good practices and to develop safe and effective approaches across all aspects of research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, decommissioning, radioactive waste management and environmental remediation.

The Waste Technology Section (WTS) assists Member States with radioactive waste management. It covers a broad spectrum of activities and is organized into teams responsible for radioactive waste management (pre-disposal and disposal), and the management of disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS). Efforts are focused mainly on the elaboration and implementation of comprehensive and integrated radioactive waste management (RWM) policies and strategies, the development of RWM infrastructure, the promotion of good practices for sustainable, safe and cost-effective RWM, enabling access to current scientific and technological developments. Given the widespread nature of RWM challenges, the Section cooperates with a wide range of units in the IAEA and international organizations.

Main Purpose

As a member of a team, led by the Team Leader (Predisposal), the Radioactive Waste Predisposal Specialist leads project activities, develops and implements new projects, assists Member States in enhancing their practices in the area of characterization, pre-treatment, treatment, conditioning and storage of radioactive waste (collectively known as predisposal) and provides technical assistance at the request of Member States.

Role

The Radioactive Waste Predisposal Specialist is: (1) a developer and implementer of projects, who contributes specialized knowledge and experience to plan and develop the Agency's program in the waste predisposal area; (2) a scientific secretary/technical expert, who plans and leads moderately complex Technical Meetings; (3) a mission leader, who plans and leads moderately complex review missions; (4) a technical and project officer, who evaluates and coordinates the implementation of moderately complex Technical Cooperation (TC) projects; (5) an evaluator, organizer, and promoter of moderately complex Cooperative Research Projects (CRPs) in the area of waste predisposal technology.

Functions / Key Results Expected
- Contributes specialised technical knowledge and experience to the planning, development, and implementation of the Agency's programme in the predisposal area of radioactive waste management its associated technology.
- Plans and leads moderately complex consultancy and technical meetings in the area of radioactive waste predisposal, including proposing topics, preparing scopes of works, selecting participants, leading and co-ordinating the preparation and delivery of technical guidance reports and documents.
- Plans and leads moderately complex review missions, preparatory meetings, and follow-up visits, and assesses waste predisposal needs; provides technical input to preparation of mission reports.
- Evaluates and implements moderately complex Technical Cooperation projects, develops action plans and plans, organizes and participates in expert missions ,seminars, workshops, expert missions and training courses and facilities, facilitates technical knowledge capacity building through implementation of scientific visits and fellowships.
- Promotes, co-ordinates and evaluates moderately complex CRPs in Member States and conducts moderately complex studies and assessments related to issues and trends.
- Develops international recommendations and guidance on waste predisposal to address Member States' specific needs regarding waste management and technology development and deployment.
- Advises and support Member States regarding specific projects in the field of radioactive waste management including pre-disposal and raises awareness of relevant good practices and approaches.

Competencies and Expertise

**Core Competencies**(Competency Framework)

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**Definition**
- Communication- Communicates orally and in writing in a clear, concise and impartial manner. Takes time to listen to and understand the perspectives of others and proposes solutions.- Achieving Results- Takes initiative in defining realistic outputs and clarifying roles, responsibilities and expected results in the context of the Department/Division’s programme. Evaluates his/her results reali