Emergency Preparedness Officer

Emergency Preparedness Officer (EPR)(P4) - (2025/0171 (211426))

Organization: NS-Incident and Emergency Centre

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2025-06-17, 9:40:00 AM

Closing Date: 2025-07-08, 4:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 36

Contract Type: Fixed Term - Regular

Probation Period: 1 Year

Full Competitive Recruitment: Yes

Organizational Setting

The Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS) formulates and implements the IAEA's nuclear safety and security programme, which encompasses the IAEA's activities to protect people and the environment from radiation exposure, and responds to the needs of its Member States related to nuclear safety and nuclear security.The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is part of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security and reports to the Deputy Director General, Head of the Department. The IEC serves as the IAEA's focal point for preparedness and response to nuclear and radiological incidents and emergencies regardless of their cause, and for strengthening Member States' preparedness for response.

Main Purpose

Reporting to the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, the Emergency Preparedness Officer contributes to the development of safety standards, technical guidance and tools to help Member States in developing their arrangements to prepare for and respond to nuclear and radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies; provides advice, designs and implements capacity building activities and partnerships in support of Member States; and participates in peer review missions aimed at providing appraisal of emergency preparedness and response (EPR) arrangements of the host country against IAEA Safety Standards in EPR.

Role

Functions / Key Results Expected

Develop Safety Standards, technical guidance and tools on EPR to provide adequate reference to Member States for development, and continuous improvement of robust arrangements for preparedness for and response to nuclear and radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies.
Provide technical advice and input into safety standards and technical guidance on preparedness for and response to radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies, and develop related safety standards and technical guidance, as appropriate.
Develop training materials and associated pedagogical tools, and design and implement training activities to assist Member States in implementing the Safety Standards, technical guidance and tools for preparedness for and response to nuclear and radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies.
Coordinate implementation of peer review and advisory missions related to preparedness and response to nuclear and radiological safety and security related incidents and emergencies, develop guidelines and training materials for external experts participating in these missions and conduct necessary training.
Provide support and relevant expertise to the IAEA's IES and participate in response activities, training and exercises within IES.

Competencies and Expertise

**Core Competencies**(Competency Framework)

**Name**

**Definition**
- Planning and Organizing
- Plans and organizes his/her own work in support of achieving the team or Section’s priorities. Takes into account potential changes and proposes contingency plans.
- 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 realistically, drawing conclusions from lessons learned.
- Teamwork
- Actively contributes to achieving team results. Supports team decisions.

**Functional Competencies**

**Name**

**Definition**
- Commitment to continuous process improvement
- Plans and executes activities in the context of quality and risk management and identifies opportunities for process, system and structural improvement, as well as improving current practices. Analyses processes and procedures, and proposes improvements.
- Judgement/decision making
- Consults with supervisor/manager and takes decisions in full compliance with the Agency’s regulations and rules. Makes decisions reflecting best practice and professional theories and standards.
- Knowledge sharing and learning
- Actively seeks learning opportunities and actively shares knowledge and information with others; shares specialized knowledge, skills and learning from experience across different situations and contexts effectively.

**Required Expertise**

**Function**

**Name**

**Expertise Description**
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Emergency Planning
- Proven knowledge and experience in planning for response to nuclear and radiological emergencies.
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