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Consultant - Radioactive Material Transport Safety

Vienna

  • Organization: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Location: Vienna
  • Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Logistics
    • Infrastructure and Urban-Rural development
    • Security and Safety
    • Transport and Distribution
    • Supply Chain
    • Nuclear Technology
  • Closing Date: Closed

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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 Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety develops and maintains standards for radiation protection, radioactive waste safety, and safety in the transport of radioactive material that enable the beneficial uses of radiation to be exploited while ensuring appropriate protection of workers, the public, patients and the environment. It also assists Member States in the implementation of these standards and provides related services.
The Regulatory Infrastructure and Transport Safety Section (RIT) is responsible for providing Member States with safety standards, guidance and tools to foster regulatory infrastructure for radiation safety, for the safe transport of radioactive material and for managing information to identify the needs of Member States with a view to improving radiation, transport and waste safety.
The Transport Safety Unit is responsible for establishing and maintaining safety standards related to the worldwide safe transport of radioactive material, including the IAEA's Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, and to appraise the application of the safety standards in Member States. This includes efforts to foster the harmonized incorporation of the Transport Regulations and other associated safety standards by international organizations. In addition, the Unit manages projects concerned with key aspects of the Transport Regulations, provides training related to the safe transport of radioactive material, and operates and maintains databases relating to transport issues. The Unit convenes meetings to guide its activities, involving experts from Member States and associated international organizations, including the periodic convening of the Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC). It is also involved in the provision of technical cooperation to Member States, including training activities.

 

Main Purpose

 

Reporting to the Unit Head, the consultant will perform the analysis of existing training series for safe transport of radioactive material and will provide advice on way forward for the publication of revised training series in compliance with the IAEA's publishing policies and practices. The consultant will coordinate for MS training need analysis in transport safety.

 

Functions / Key Results Expected

 

  • Assess the applicability of existing training series for safe transport of radioactive material and draft a gap analysis.
  • Develop strategy to address the gap analysis and considering the Member States Competence needs.
  • Organize the revision of training material or the development of new material for safe transport of radioactive material.
  • Provide technical expertise to Member States to perform training need analysis for safe transport of radioactive material.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

 

Required -

 

Language

  •    English

 

 

Qualifications and Experience

 

  •  Advanced University Degree in Nuclear Science, Nuclear Engineering or a related field.

  • Minimum of five years of regulatory experience in transport safety of nuclear and radioactive material.

  • Knowledge of Transport Safety Standards particularly related to design and performance assessment of transport packages for nuclear and radioactive material.

  • Training modules development and delivery experience.

  • Transport Safety experience.

  • Experience in report writing and development of training modules.

  • Experience working with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

  • Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

 

Remuneration

The remuneration for this consultancy is a daily fee of up to a maximum of € 300, based on qualifications and experience. In case duty travel is required within the assignment, a daily subsistence allowance (DSA) and travel costs are provided. Health coverage and pension fund are the responsibility of the incumbent.

 

 

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