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The
NRC's online job application system, NRCareers, has been integrated with USAJOBS.
You can search for current
job openings
in USAJOBS. If you would like more information, see NRCareers--Your
gateway to career opportunities or How
to Apply. Special Entry Level Programs - Nuclear
Safety Professional Development Program
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- We hire recent graduates
with bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees and strong academic records in
health physics, earth sciences, or engineering to participate in on-the-job training,
formal classroom training, and rotational assignments. If you would like to contact
us about the Professional Development Programs, see Contact
Us About Employment and select "Professional Development Programs"
from the dropdown list.
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- Honor
Law Graduate Program
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- We hire graduating law students or judicial
law clerks with strong academic records; excellent writing, research, and advocacy
skills; and an interest in the interplay of law, science, energy policy, environmental
concerns, and public policy. To find out how to qualify for this program, see
our Honor Law Graduate Program
page. If you would like to contact us about the Honor Law Graduate Program, see
Contact Us About Employment
and select "Honor Law" from the dropdown list. See also, the Honor
Law Graduate Program brochure.
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- Judicial
Law Clerk Program
We hire graduating third-year law students,
graduate law students, and current judicial law clerks with strong academic records,
excellent analytic and writing skills, and an interest in administrative and environmental/energy
law, to serve as judicial law clerks. To find out if you qualify for this program,
and how to apply, see our Judicial
Law Clerk Program page. If you would like to contact us about the Judicial
Law Clerk Program, see Contact
Us About Employment and select "Judicial Law Clerk Program" from
the dropdown list.
Entry- and Mid-Level Career PositionsCareer positions include
positions for people at entry and middle levels with background in engineering,
scientific, legal, investigative, computer, and administrative fields. You can
search for current job openings
in USAJOBS. If you would like to contact us about Career Positions, see Contact
Us About Employment and select "Career Positions" from the drop
down list. - Accounting and Budget
- We
hire budget analysts, auditors, accountants with bachelor's and master's degrees.
- Administrative
- We
hire management analysts, program analysts, human resources specialists, and contract
specialists with bachelor's and master's degrees, and secretaries and office automation
assistants.
- Attorneys
- We hire attorneys
with expertise in such diverse areas as environmental law, rulemaking, administrative
law, and legislation development. Entry level attorneys are hired through the
Honor Law Graduate Program.
- Engineers
- We
hire general, nuclear, mechanical, chemical, structural, electrical, environmental,
materials, software, and human factors engineers with bachelor's, master's, or
doctoral degrees.
- Information Technology/Management
- We
hire communications specialists, computer specialists, IT project managers, systems
administrators, computer systems analysts, webmasters, and information management
specialists with bachelor's or master's degrees.
- Investigators
- The
Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Investigations hire investigators,
analysts, and law enforcement specialists.
- Scientists
- We
hire chemists, nuclear physicists, radiation biologists, physical scientists,
materials scientists, health physicists, geologists, hydrologists, and seismologists
with bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees.
- Security
and Safeguards Analysts
- We hire security and safeguards analysts with
physical, personnel, information, and operational security knowledge as well as
individuals with experience in the physical protection, surveillance, control,
and accounting of nuclear material.
Senior Executive Service/Senior Level Staff (SES/SLS) PositionsWe
hire Senior Executives, Senior Level Staff, and Administrative Judges (legal and
technical). You can contact
us about SES/SLS Positions. -
SES Candidate Development Program
- NRC periodically offers an SES Candidate
Development Program that prepares individuals who have demonstrated exceptional
managerial potential for leadership positions at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Participants in the program will engage in developmental assignments and formal
training activities to enhance their executive competencies and to increase their
awareness of public policy, programs, and issues. The program seeks to promote
the development of a Government-wide corporate SES culture through exposure to
ideas and concepts across Government and to promote diversity in the SES by preparing
a demographically diverse pool of qualified applicants for leadership positions.
Candidates
who successfully complete the program and receive certification of their executive
qualifications by an Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board
under the criterion of 5 U.S.C. 3393(c)(2)(B) will be eligible for non-competitive
appointment to the SES. Participation in the program does not guarantee placement
in an SES position. For more information about the SES, see
the Guide
to SES Qualifications Handbook
published by the Federal Office of Personnel Management. |