Hiring Divisions
Department of Safeguards (SG)
Office of the DDG for SG
Section for Safeguards Programme and Resources (SPR)
SPR provides programme analysis and resource management of the Department of Safeguards. This Section serves as the principal advisory office in support of the entire management. Its principal functions and responsibilities include co-ordination and advise on all departmental personnel actions; preparation, co-ordination and monitoring of the departmental programme and budget and financial plan; control of departmental expenditure actions; provision of advice on financial management issues; co-ordination of departmental administrative actions in relation to inspections; and co-ordination of departmental contributions to Agency publications (such as the Annual Report) and other public information issues.
Division of Technical Support (SGTS)
Office of the Director of Technical Support
The Office of the Director of Technical Support ensures effective and efficient management of safeguards equipment required by the Divisions of Operations through all lifetime phases; ensures the provision of training for inspectors, and other staff and for personnel from Member States; coordinates the activities of Member States Support Programmes; coordinates and provides assistance related to the Department's equipment needs, budgets, expenditures, as well as analytical services associated with nuclear material and environmental inspection sample analysis.
Section for Installed Systems (TIE)
The Section for Installed Systems (TIE), for all Surveillance, Unattended, and Remote Monitoring systems, defines, plans and manages the development needs of the department; provides technical oversight and guidance for the development undertaken by Member State Support Programmes; performs system engineering; evaluates commercial equipment for safeguards applications; tests and qualifies new equipment for safeguards use; prepares, installs, and commissions equipment systems; provides the expert technical resources for the ongoing support of the equipment and the inspectors using it.
Section for NDA Systems and Seals (TNS)
The Section for NDA Systems and Seals (TNS), for all NDA systems and seals, defines, plans and manages the development needs of the department; provides technical oversight and guidance for the development undertaken by Member State Support Programmes; performs system engineering; evaluates commercial equipment for safeguards applications; tests and qualifies new equipment for safeguards use; prepares, calibrates and provides equipment systems to inspectors; provides the expert technical resources for the ongoing support of the equipment and the inspectors using it.
Section for Common Technical Support (TCS)
The Section for Common Technical Support (TCS), for all safeguards equipment and supplies, supports the department in budget planning and funds allocation and manages procurement, receiving, shipping, distributing, controlling of inventory, monitoring of performance, and reporting of utilization and status. The Section also coordinates safeguards analytical services and manages the handling and shipping of radioactive and hazardous materials.
Section for Safeguards Training (TTS)
The Section for Safeguards Training (TTS) coordinates all training activities and arranges training for staff of the Department of Safeguards and, when appropriate, for personnel of Member States in relation to their obligations under safeguards agreements.
Division(s) of Operations (SGO)
The Department of Safeguards has three Operations Divisions, A, B and C, for the implementation of verification activities. Safeguards inspectors are assigned to these Divisions to carry out assigned verification activities in support of the Agency's safeguards system.
Verification activities include the preparation and implementation of safeguards inspections at nuclear facilities; the collection of information in support of future inspections; the verification of design information at declared facilities to confirm the completeness and adequacy of the design information provided by the State; carry out measurements, calibrate instruments, take nuclear material and environmental samples, and perform routine maintenance of containment and surveillance equipment in the field; make extensive use of computers for instrument setup, operation and analysis; review and evaluate seals, sensors and surveillance data; analyse, evaluate and report on the results of inspections; analyse, review and evaluate data collected from facility records, design information and other reports submitted by States, inspection results, databases and open sources; establish and maintain technical information with regard to safeguarded facilities; act as facility/site officer; and formulate conclusions and appropriate reports for use by senior management in reporting to States and to the Board of Governors.
Safeguards inspection activities are divided into field activities (inspections) and activities at Headquarters. Usually, pre- and post-inspection activities are carried out at Headquarters, as well as such functions as preparation of verification procedures, involvement in team efforts (for example, the negotiation and drafting of Facility Attachments), quality control of inspection reports and statements, participation in State evaluations, and provision of operational support.
Division of Safeguards Information Technology (SGIT)
The Division supports the Department in the field of information technology (IT) and it interacts in this respect with other parties inside and outside the Agency. The Division provides safeguards information throughout the Department of Safeguards. This includes information from declarations by States, under safeguards agreements, the strengthened safeguards system and the Additional Protocol, from open sources, commercial satellite imagery and from any other source available to the Agency.
Section for Information Support Services (IIS)
To support the implementation of safeguards the Section collects, stores, analyses and disseminates a wide variety of information especially in relation to State declarations of nuclear material, activities and facilities as well as nuclear-related information from media, scientific and technical literature, and other public sources, including commercial satellite imagery. The Section evaluates such information and provides assessments together with other safeguards divisions to confirm compliance of States with their safeguards undertakings. The Section regularly liaises with senior Agency and States’ officials on information-related matters. A complementary function is the implementation and maintenance of information-retrieval systems and the provision of training in these systems for authorized Agency officials.
In order to maintain proficiency concerning developments relating to safeguards, nuclear non-proliferation and information technologies, it is essential that staff participate in relevant training programmes.
Section for Systems Infrastructure Support (ISI)
The Section manages and operates the infrastructure for the information systems in the Department of Safeguards. It analyses, plans, develops and maintains the safeguards database management systems, their databases, networks and communication systems, and it provides the necessary levels of confidentiality, integrity and availability of the systems. It maintains the Departments’ links to other computer systems, the electronic mail system and Internet access. The Section defines and implements information security on all access routes to safeguards systems and data. It implements strategies and standards for capacity, database and network planning, system migration and disaster recovery. It implements software configuration management. It also supports the network- and telecommunication-based transmission and processing of instrument data.
The Section operates a Help Desk, which provides help to departmental computer systems users, the configuration and installation of new workstations, its hardware and software upgrades and other modifications, and it maintains access lists of authorized safeguards system users.
Section for Software and Hardware Services (ISH)
The Section develops, deploys and maintains information technology products and services. The products and services are used in the field, in the regional offices and at headquarters, on a variety of technology platforms. The central system is the IAEA Safeguards Information System (ISIS).
System life cycle support is provided in a software engineering environment; it includes the elicitation of user requirements, system analysis and design, development of applications, testing, the generation of adequate system, application and user documentation, the verification of processes and the validation of the final products. This environment requires continuous improvements and maintenance, and training to ensure that staff can apply established state-of-the-art software engineering principles and relevant, up-to-date information technology. All activities are conducted under the rigorous application of quality assurance and configuration management principles.
Division of Concepts and Planning (SGCP}
This Division is responsible for strategic planning and for the development and standardization of safeguards concepts, approaches, procedures and practices in order to ensure effective and efficient application of safeguards on a non-discriminatory basis. It supports the activities of the Department in analyses of data and material balance evaluations. It maintains estimates of the quality of safeguards data. In addition, it provides administrative and technical secretarial services to SAGSI (Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation).
For more information, see SG pages.
