NA-84 Integrated Support Team Analyst

Location:    Department of Energy (DOE) Forrestal Building, Washington, D.C.

This position is for an Analyst to assist the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Nuclear Incident Response (NA-84) Integrated Support Team (IST). This position supports NA-84 Leadership with planning and integration of NA-84 programs related to the mission of Nuclear Incident Response. The position's focus is to provide programmatic and administrative support and reports to the IST office lead who directly reports to NA-84 Senior Leadership. The Analyst also serves as an on-call member of an emergency response team to support emergency operations in the DOE Headquarters building (Forrestal), or in support of deployed field assets at remote locations.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with NA-84 Program Offices to ensure awareness of required products, schedules, and briefing requirements. The IST staff have access to and familiarity with the various programs to ensure proficiency with program-related topics.
• Produce classified and unclassified documents in association with NA-84 Program Managers for Nuclear Incident Response.
• Track NA-84 Program Managers’ correspondence and correspondence pertaining to programs, planning, and actions for senior leadership.
• Facilitate senior leader awareness by producing documentation supporting NNSA requirements.
• Facilitate communication and program-related information across NA-84 Program Offices.
• Coordinate with the NA-80 front office staff to prepare and coordinate actions with NA-80 and NA-84 senior leaders.
• Coordinate with NA-84 Policy team on tasks and preparations for senior leader engagements and activities that involved NA-80 senior leaders.
• Assist with coordination, synchronization, and scheduling of pre-briefs, briefs, to include preparation of hard and soft copy products on classified and unclassified products.
• Track cross programmatic boundary issues and topical areas impacting the Nuclear Incident Response Program.
• Brief and interact with senior leaders to include DOE/NNSA, interagency and international partners.
• Coordinate and track multiple plan, policy, and program initiatives.
• As required, support emergency response operations and incident management with an on-call requirement, including after hours, extended shifts, and weekends. Serve on-call, when required, typically for one week each month, and report to work within two hours of notification.
• Travel may be required to support operations, exercises, training, and meetings.

Required Qualifications:

• DOE site access requires the qualified candidate be a U.S. citizen with an ACTIVE DOE Q or Department of Defense (DoD) Top-Secret security clearance. The candidate’s written consent to conduct a pre-employment background check and test for the absence of any illegal substances will be required as a condition of employment and for the purposes of maintaining the security clearance.
• The ability to obtain Specialized Compartmentalized Information (SCI) access authorization.
• Certain positions requiring a security clearance may require the periodic successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
• Ongoing reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal substances will be conducted as a requirement for ongoing access to DOE sites. The candidate’s written consent to conduct such tests will be required as a condition of employment.
• Bachelor's degree and emergency response program experience with an emphasis in radiological and nuclear response policy and expertise preferred. Experience working with the interagency on matters related to radiological and nuclear response recommended.
• Willingness to work directly with clients in an environment that changes rapidly; must possess a mature approach to the personal interactions between a consultant and the Client.
• Must be an independent self-starter with excellent organizational skills, the ability to multitask, and comfortable working with a team of technical experts in varying fields of security and emergency operations disciplines.
• General awareness of program management techniques and protocol to coordinate senior-leader level management approval.
• Ability to track and monitor documents from inception through production and eventual dissemination.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment and successfully execute simultaneous tasks.
• Able to professionally deliver technical briefings and material in a senior - leader environment, backed up with subject matter policy expertise to guide policy discussions.
• Able to sit for extended periods and perform work in an office environment, including extensive use of computers, under sometimes stressful conditions.
• Able to work after hours, extended shifts, and on weekends when required during emergency responses and exercises.
• Travel may be required. Travel will be best cost to the government and only economy airfare and economy rental cars are authorized.
• Able to lift 50 pounds, carry your own luggage, and walk up to a quarter of a mile to work locations.

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of DOE and NNSA Strategic Mission.
• Proficient in in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office applications and systems, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Ability to manage online collaboration environments (i.e. Teams channels and SharePoint sites) and track input from Program Managers on project products.
• Able to learn native Client computer systems and adapt to new online environments. Completion of relevant emergency management (Continuity) course curricula.