NATO offers you more than a job. It gives you a mission: building peace and security for one billion people in Europe and North America. The NATO Communications & Information Agency is leading NATO’s Digital Endeavour.

We are NATO’s technology and cyber leaders, helping NATO Nations to communicate and work together in smarter ways. Our work is challenging and meaningful, and you will develop and apply your expertise as part of a dynamic international team of civilian and military professionals.

What do we offer?

·        Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history

·        3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances

·        Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave

·        Excellent private health insurance scheme

·        Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays

·        Retirement Pension Plan

About the job  

Based in Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, you will join the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) as Principal Assistant (Project Support) for The NATO Infrastructure Services Centre (NISC). NISC is accountable for planning and executing the full lifecycle management activities (design, transition and operations) for the identified area of responsibility. Under the direction of Lead Project Manager and Business Manager, you will operate within the Project Management Group, Working with the Project Managers from PMG on NISC projects.

About you

We are looking for a talented and knowledgeable Project focussed Principal Assistant. Who holds a higher vocational Training in a relevant discipline with 5 years post related experience or a secondary educational qualification with 3 years post related experience.

We are also looking for Sound knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft office automation packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access or other database application)

Thorough knowledge of computer-based tools for project planning/control and resource management (MS Project or Service Now)

For a full list of duties please review the job description. Principal Assistant (Project Support)

Competencies

The NCI Agency is looking for individuals have tangible experience and knowledge in the following areas:

·        Relating and Networking

·        Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations

·        Adapting and Responding to Change

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our Website

Special Notice:

*The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

*All selected candidates are required to complete a Security Clearance, Medical Clearance and Pre-employment Screening process before joining the NCI Agency. This process will require time, so please keep in mind that you will not be able to start working with us right away.

*For information about the NATO Single Salary Scale (Grading, Allowances, etc.) please visit our website. Detailed data is available under the Salary and Benefits tab.

*Please note that all candidates who are not current NATO International Civilians (NICs) or part of a Coordinated Organization (OECD, ESA, CoE, ECMWF, EUMETSAT) will start at increment 1 of the post’s salary grade.

*The NCI Agency will not accept applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at the sole discretion of the NCI Agency