Pay Plan/Series/Grade: ES 00
Location: Germantown, MD
Opening Date: 3/15/2023
Closing Date: 4/14/2023
Who can apply: Open to public
Apply at USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/711656300

The Office of Science has announced a job opportunity for the Director of the Physics Research Division in the Office of Nuclear Physics (NP) at the Department of Energy (DOE).

The Physics Research Division Director is responsible for setting the direction of Nuclear Physics research in the United States, as well as developing and implementing within available resources a vibrant enduring program of nuclear physics research that meets the nation’s needs for new knowledge and trained nuclear scientists and engineers. The responsibility of the incumbent in this role is to deliver scientific knowledge and discoveries in nuclear physics that underpin DOE’s missions in science, energy, environmental quality, and national security; to steward forefront research that leads to new understanding of why matter takes on the specific forms observed in nature and how that knowledge can benefit energy, commerce, medicine, and national security; to plan, qualify, implement, and steward multiple major contemporaneous international nuclear physics research campaigns at DOE national labs/scientific user facilities and offshore international laboratories by researchers at universities, national and federal laboratories, and industrial laboratories.

As the Director, Physics Research Division, the incumbent will:

• Provide leadership, direction, and management for a team of ten direct reports in their efforts to plan, qualify, implement, and steward multiple major international research campaigns, establishing vision, strategic plans, goals, and objectives for the research activities as well as oversight to ensure quality execution by researchers at universities, national and federal laboratories, and industrial laboratories.
• Represent the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics and its research program in strategic planning discussions, discussions, negotiating collaborative Memoranda of Understanding with Laboratory Directors, high level DOE management, SC Management and Foreign Funding Agency Representatives.
• Plan, develop, and implement vital, productive, forefront research programs conducted at DOE laboratories, universities, and other public and private institutions.
• With available funding, assure adequate financing for the activities within the Division, set priorities for activities, and apportion funding among them. Manage the budget of the Division in accordance with prescribed practices set forth by DOE and the Office of Science.
• Implement rigorous merit evaluation using independent peer review for all new and ongoing activities supported by the Division in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 605 for the grant program and published NP guidelines for the DOE laboratory programs and facilities.
• Provide advice and assistance to the Associate Director in the formulation and management of new programs and policies.
• Represent the Division, NP, and DOE in matters pertaining to the portfolio of the Division to professional societies, coordinating committees, task forces, and various other entities.
• Ensure that all activities are performed in a safe and environmentally conscientious manner, including integrated safety management, both by staff at DOE headquarters and by researchers and activities supported by the resources of the Division.

Please visit the USAJOBS.gov site for more information concerning the duties, qualifications, and application requirements for this position. Please ensure that all required application documents are provided before final submission in order to be considered for this position.

If you’d like to find out more about research in the NP program, please visit: https://science.osti.gov/np/Research.

If there are questions regarding the position, please contact Tim Hallman, Tim.Hallman@science.doe.gov.