Post-Graduate Job Opportunities

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol44 Issue37 16–20 September 2019

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are advertising positions in their Australian Safeguards and Non Proliferation Office (ASNO) and are reaching out directly to a few university schools of physics in the hope that they may get some good applicants amongst post-grad staff and students. They are particularly looking for applicants who have post-graduate qualifications in physical sciences (or soon to complete), are enthusiastic about working in the field of nuclear non-proliferation and are good communicators.

Applications are due this Monday, 16 September 2019.

https://www.apsjobs.gov.au/SearchedNoticesView.aspx?Notices=10758555%3A1&mn=JobSearch
https://dfatcareers.nga.net.au/cp/

One of the positions relates directly to IAEA safeguards (working in the  team responsible for managing Australia’s safeguards obligations to the IAEA); and the other position relates to disarmament verification and CTBT. The disarmament verification work includes ASNO’s contributions to fora such as work on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and the International Partnership on Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV).  (https://www.ipndv.org/) 

If anyone has any questions the points of contact are:

- IAEA safeguards position: Craig Everton

T: 02 6261 1941

E: craig.everton@dfat.gov.au

- Disarmament verification and CTBT position: Malcolm Coxhead

T: 02 6261 1913

E: Malcolm.coxhead@dfat.gov.au