Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.
Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

NCI Agency acquire, deploy and defend communications systems for NATO’s political decision-makers and Commands. Based in Oeiras (Portugal) you will join the NCI Academy.
The NCI Academy has been created by the NCI Agency to deliver high quality, certifiable and modern vocational training on systems and services utilised within NATO. The NCI Academy is led from its flagship training delivery location in Oeiras (Portugal) and supported by staff and capabilities in The Hague (The Netherlands), Brussels and Mons (Belgium).
The Command and Control Functional Service (C2FS) branch is responsible for the planning and execution of all C2 training related activities, delivering dedicated training and conduct courses as directed by the Head, C2&FS Training Branch. The LMC Domain is responsible for training delivery of Land, Maritime and Common Functional Services

For a full list of duties, please review the job description here.

About you

We are looking for a talented, committed and engaged Command & Control Functional Services (C2FS) instructor, ideally with a higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience.

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

–    Technical knowledge and experience of at least one of the NATO C2 functional services MCCIS (Maritime Command and Control Information System), LC2IS (Land Command and Control Information Service) and NCOP (NATO Common Operational Picture) is required, as well as system management experience of MOSS, SQL and BizTalk servers;
–    capability to provide training to both non-technical personnel and technical specialists. (A national qualification, ‘competency’ or certification in teaching or instructional techniques for IT would be desirable) plus experience with online and blended learning technologies including Learning Management Systems (LMS)

It might be necessary to travel to NATO and national (NATO and non-NATO) facilities and to undertake duty travel to operational theatres inside and outside NATO boundaries.

What 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;
•    NATO Pension Scheme;
•    Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

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.