Nuclear Safeguards Inspector(P4)

Nuclear Safeguards Inspector(P4) - (2025/0259 (142081))

Organization: SG-Section OVI2

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2025-05-23, 7:48:11 AM

Closing Date: 2025-06-12, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 36

Contract Type: Fixed Term - Regular

Probation Period: 1 Year

Full Competitive Recruitment: Yes

**THIS VACANCY NOTICE WILL BE USED TO FILL MULTIPLE POSITIONS**

Organizational Setting

The Department of Safeguards carries out the IAEA’s duties and responsibilities as the world’s nuclear inspectorate, supporting global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The primary role of the Department is to develop and implement IAEA safeguards to ensure that there is no diversion of declared nuclear material from peaceful activities and no indications of undeclared nuclear material or activities in a State as a whole.

The Department comprises nuclear safeguards inspectors, responsible for carrying out inspections and verifications of all-safeguards relevant information for nuclear facilities in over 180 States; and technical staff responsible for a wide range of activities including: developing concepts and approaches for implementing safeguards; developing and maintaining safeguards equipment; providing analytical and laboratory services for sample analysis; collecting, evaluating and analysing safeguards-relevant information; providing information and communication technology infrastructure and services; and providing programme coordination support.

Operations Divisions, and the Office for Verification in Iran, perform and document safeguards verification activities and conduct analysis and evaluations aimed at providing assurances that States comply with their nuclear safeguards commitments. These teams implement a broad range of measures, including information analysis and in-field verification, to draw soundly based safeguards conclusions for States.

Main Purpose

Role

The Nuclear Safeguards Inspector (P4) is: (1) a lead and experienced inspector with in-depth expertise in nuclear technology and the nuclear fuel cycle, performing safeguards activities and acting as a facility/site officer for significant facilities and/or as a country officer for States with large-scale or more complex nuclear activities; (2) a co-ordinator, providing technical and administrative coordination of the IAEA's safeguards verification activities for specified countries in the field and at headquarters, developing reports for key safeguards groups and committees and participating as an expert or project manager in technical working groups; (3) an analyst undertaking in-depth evaluations and analysis of safeguards relevant information in order to compile reports, with a view to identifying future actions and recommending safeguards procedures and approaches; and (4) a mentor, coaching, training and supporting less experienced Inspectors in their day-to-day work.

Functions / Key Results Expected

Activities: The Nuclear Safeguards Inspector (P4) will take the lead in carrying out verification and analytical work at nuclear facilities, other locations with nuclear material and places conducting nuclear related research and development in order to evaluate indications and verify the absence of undeclared nuclear material or activities, undeclared production / processing or diversion of nuclear material.

This will include leading groups of inspectors in the field and in state evaluation groups at HQ and acting as facility/site officer for significant facilities and as country officer for States with large-scale or complex nuclear activities.

The Nuclear Safeguards Inspector (P4) will carry out in-field activities, including:

- Verify nuclear material accountancy, examine records and reports prepared by the facility operator and/or State or regional safeguards authorities.
- Verify material and activities with assessment of the scope and purpose of nuclear related activities at facilities or locations involved in the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Perform complementary access activities and collect nuclear material samples and environmental samples.
- Routinely service containment and surveillance equipment, calibrate and operate instruments for measuring nuclear material.
- Verify design information to confirm information provided by States.
- Assess the applicability of safeguards approaches.
- Negotiate with State or facility representatives.

The Nuclear Safeguards Inspector (P4) will also have a strong focus on activities at Headquarters/Regional Offices including:

- Lead complex analytical work including the analysis, review and evaluation of data collected from various sources such as State declarations and reports, inspection results, facility design information, complementary access, computerized databases and open source in order to formulate conclusions and produce appropriate reports and recommendations for use by senior management in communications to States and to the Board o