Response Program Group Leader

This position is located in Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Division of Emergency Preparedness and Responses (DEPR), Response Continuity Branch (RCB). The supervisor is Eva Brown. This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

The successful candidate will perform the full range of a Response Program Group Leader, GG-0340-15. Such duties include but are not limited to: Lead NRC-wide incident response and continuity planning. Direct the development, integration, maintenance, and evaluation of NRC incident response plans, procedures, and readiness frameworks; ensure alignment with Federal/State response plans and national emergency management doctrine.

Serve as senior technical authority on emergency management policy and program oversight. Develop NRC incident response criteria, guidance, and procedures; lead HQ-region-interagency integration; and conduct evaluations of regional and headquarters response program performance. Lead the design, delivery, maintenance, and evaluation of responder technical position training and qualification curricula, ensuring alignment with NRC emergency response procedures, emergency management principles, continuity requirements, national preparedness doctrine, national directives, evolving preparedness expectations, and position qualification requirements; and leads integration of training across Headquarters and regional offices.

Represent NRC in national-level incident response, continuity, and interagency coordination activities. Lead NRC participation in multi-agency exercises, national preparedness initiatives, and emergency management forums; negotiate/refine interagency agreements to define NRC roles in national frameworks. Provide authoritative consultation and decision support to NRC leadership, regional administrators, licensees, and Federal/State emergency management officials; interpret national directives and recommend actions requiring senior-level decision-making.

Develop major policy, regulatory, and technical products supporting NRC emergency management and radiological incident response. Maintain full qualifications for Operations Center positions. Oversee NRC participation in drills, exercises, and investigations, and special projects (e.g., IT modernization) critical to NRC emergency preparedness and continuity.

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: experience at the GG/GS-14 level (or equivalent) demonstrating the ability to lead complex, agency-wide incident response and continuity planning efforts; apply authoritative judgment to interpret and integrate emergency management policy across headquarters, regions, and interagency partners; and shape organizational readiness through strategic influence and collaborative problem-solving.

This experience reflects a proven capacity to anticipate operational needs, synthesize diverse technical and policy inputs, and drive improvements in responder training, qualification, and performance. It also includes representing the agency in high-visibility national preparedness and interagency coordination activities; providing clear, authoritative recommendations to senior leadership and external stakeholders on challenging emergency management issues; and maintaining Operations Center readiness by performing senior response roles, adapting effectively under pressure, and leading special initiatives that strengthen NRC-wide emergency preparedness and continuity capabilities.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Demonstrated ability to lead NRC-wide incident response and continuity program development by designing, integrating, and maintaining agency incident response plans and procedures; ensuring alignment with Federal and State frameworks; and driving cross-office standardization that strengthens the NRC's ability to respond effectively during complex events, drills, and exercises.

Demonstrated ability to serve as a senior technical authority on emergency management policy by developing operational criteria, updating guidance, and directing HQ-region-interagency interface programs; and by leading rigorous reviews and assessments that improve overall regional emergency management performance. Demonstrated ability to represent the NRC in national-level preparedness, continuity, and emergency response activities through leadership of multi-agency initiatives, negotiation and refinement of interagency agreements, and promotion of clearly defined NRC roles within national response frameworks to enhance unity of effort across Federal and State partners.

Demonstrated ability to develop high-impact policy, regulatory, and technical products-including Commission papers, incident response plans/procedures, methodologies, and analytical tools-that enhance NRC and Federal response capabilities and integrate classification, SUNSI, and records-management requirements into mission-critical emergency management work.

Demonstrated ability to provide authoritative consultation to NRC senior leadership, regional administrators, licensees, and interagency partners on complex, often time-critical emergency management matters; interpret national directives; and recommend actions requiring senior-level decisions that shape NRC emergency response posture.

Demonstrated ability to maintain Operations Center readiness, perform senior technical response functions, and lead NRC participation in drills and exercises; provides leadership for emergency responder training programs that strengthen readiness outcomes and support continuous improvement in NRC emergency response capabilities.

A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria.

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

There are no education requirements for this position.