Principal Operations Planning Officer (O-3)
JOB DETAIL
- University degree in a relevant field of study or equivalent experience.
- Practical experience of military and contracted logistics planning and execution at HQ and NATO Command Structure level.
- Good knowledge of Support to Operations Directorate, its responsibilities and underlying processes.
- Ability to work in a multinational team towards strategic objectives and develop a team spirit that increases performance.
- Ability to embrace and lead change while remaining flexible/adaptable to emerging requirements.
- Ability to facilitate/present with strong persuasion to secure buy-in and highly effective negotiating skills to achieve desired outcomes including business growth.
- Ability to multi-task, manage time and work effectively under pressure while producing high-quality products under short-notice deadlines.
- Ability to develop resourceful and effective solutions to complex problems, to set performance goals and expectations, to develop policy and metrics, to measure performance and to engage problems early to mitigate risk and redirect performance.
- Ability to communicate, to promote concepts, to foster international cooperation, to participate in and conduct international meetings.
- Ability to produce succinct, well-structured and effective staff papers, presentations and correspondence.
- Knowledge of information systems at end-user level with experience in using personal computers and software packages. Specific Qualifications
- Good knowledge of the military logistics environment at national level and of the NATO Command Structure.
- Proven high analytical ability and structured approach to complex tasks are key qualifications.
- Military staff officer training or equivalent.
- Specialized knowledge and expertise in the area of operational logistics support for planning exercises and operations.
- Proven success in managing logistics in an international environment.
- NATO’s two official languages are English and French. The work of this post is mainly conducted in English, therefore fluency in that language is essential and working knowledge of French is desirable.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
- Multicultural environment
- Initial three year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary (subject to Article 19 of the Ottawa agreement on exemption of Taxation)
- Additional benefits for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave
- Excellent health coverage
- Great work/life balance
- Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
- Pension Scheme
POST DETAILS
- Basic monthly salary: EUR 10.684,69, tax free.
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This post will become vacant as of 01 November 2024.
- This post is deployable. The incumbent of this post may be required to deploy or may be assigned to a remote location, to perform duties (inside or outside a theatre/deployment location) in support of Council approved operations/missions or in support of national or multinational operations/missions authorised by the Agency Supervisory Board of NSPO.
HOW TO APPLY?
All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the FAQs before applying.
NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed performance report.
NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 13th December 2023.
Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Qualified redundant NATO civilian candidates of the same grade will be considered in priority.
Interviews are expected to be held approximately six weeks after the application closing date. The Talent Acquisition and Development Office shall let you know in due course the outcome of the screening process.
Moreover, due to the broad interest in NSPA and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or email enquiries cannot be dealt with.
The Agency would appreciate it if addressee countries could provide their support by submitting candidates whose security clearance can be effected (or confirmed) rapidly and who could report for duty as soon as possible after selection.
NSPA COVID MEASURES:
All deployable vacancy announcements include the requirement to be fully vaccinated at the time of receiving the offer of employment. No offer of employment shall be made to deployable candidates who refuse to be vaccinated.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.
