Assistant (Deployment)

Schedule: Full-time

NATO SHAPE Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC) is currently recruiting for a proactive and organized Assistant (Deployment) to join its detached branch, Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Core Staff (JEWCS), located in Yeovilton, United Kingdom. This role is key to ensuring the smooth operation of logistical, travel, and coordination services that support NATO’s daily activities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to NATO’s mission in a diverse, fast-paced, and truly international workplace. If you’re organized, detail-oriented, and ready to make an impact, we invite you to apply.

1. Post Context/Post Summary

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) provides an integrated Strategic Effects framework, employing a multi-domain and multi-region focus to create a 360-degree approach, with the flexibility to enable, upon direction, a seamless transition from Baseline Activities and Current Operations (BACO) up to the Maximum Level of Effort (MLE). SHAPE supports SACEUR in fulfilling his terms of reference, as directed by the North Atlantic Council.

The Cyberspace Directorate directs monitors and coordinates all Cyberspace Operations (CO), Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) activity and Communications and Information Systems (CIS) functional area activities and staff functions across ACO.

The Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC) is NATO's only Theater Component for cyberspace, providing persistent, centralised and comprehensive cyberspace situational awareness, Command and Control (C2) and execution. The CyOC is within the SHAPE establishment but with different roles and responsibilities.

As a branch of CyOC, JEWCS’s mission is to provide all NATO Commands and NATO Nations with Electromagnetic Warfare expertise, support and training at the tactical, operational and strategic levels for operations and exercises, and maintenance of the NATO Emitter Database (NEDB).

The JEWCS Operations Branch provides the Office of primary responsibility (OPR) support to all assigned exercises and trials, participating throughout the planning process, scripting and deploying EW personnel and equipment to provide an electromagnetic environment in which forces train and integrate. It supports other JEWCS Branches with EW SMEs as appropriate.

The JEWCS Deployment Section is OPSO’s enabler. It is responsible for developing, executing and monitoring all of JEWCS transportation plans (assets and personnel) to, from and within exercises. It liaises with ACO, ACT, civilian hauliers, contractors and national authorities to ensure timely transportation across all borders of EW assets. It acts as JEWCS representative in all matters regarding customs and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

2. Principal Duties

The incumbent's duties are:

1. Assist the Deployment Section Head in the creation and development of the JEWCS unique transportation plan. This is done in consultation with all domain Ops planners in JEWCS and the documentation of the exercises. In consultation with JEWCS J8, evaluate the technical transport proposals received from tendering the transportation plan.

2. Provide Action Officer responsibility for coordinating and monitoring the execution of the deployment transportation plan in close cooperation with Host Nation Custom Organisations and Authorities, following ITAR regulations. This includes all Nations involved in the transportation, from the UK, to the National exercise host, and all Nations in between where JEWCS training equipment transports through.

3. Assist the Deployment Section Head to allocate and serve as coordination authority for all NATO JEWCS deployments of equipment and personnel (including support teams) supporting operations, exercises and trials; in consultation with the Land, Maritime, Air, Training and Assessment sections’ planners.

4. Assist the Deployment Section Head in the planning, preparation, and execution of JEWCS participation in NATO and national EW trials.

5. Act as JEWCS primary Subject Matter Expert in all matters regarding customs regulations with all NATO nations and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) related to the deployment of the JEWCS unique assets and personnel.

6. Assists in preparation and execution of deployments, including duty travel for personnel. This assistance can include general travel advice, processing approved NATO duty deployment into the JEWCS Financial System, obtaining tickets, producing NATO Travel Orders and keeping associated records and accounts.

7. Maintains associated records for the use of fuel cards, hire cars, and other forms of transportation. Is responsible for monitoring transportation expenditure and usage.

8. Fill and update the JEWCS whereabouts table for accountability of personnel locations.

9. In absence of the Deployment Section Head (OSC COTJ 0010), incumbent is to take over assigned duties.

3. Special Requirements and Additional Duties

The employee may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organisation at the same grade without there being any change to the contract. Such operational deployment may exceed 30 days duration up to 183 days in any period of 547 days, and may be on short notice. Post requires average of 45 days of travel per year. For NATO International Civilian Staff, acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.

The work is normally performed in a Normal NATO office working environment.

Normal Working Conditions apply.

The risk of injury is categorised as No risk / risk might increase when deployed.

4. Essential Qualifications

a. Professional/Experience

Minimum 2 years experience in the following:

Experience in an Administrative Position

Experience in Logistics of goods

Experience in travel services for individuals and groups

Experience involving Host Nation Customs Organizations and Authorities

Experience in office communication and information systems

Experience in organizational information and knowledge management

b. Education/Training

Secondary education and basic training for specific task related skills, with 2 years experience.

In case of ambiguity the required job specific experience have priority over the standard education and training levels and experience described here.

c. Language

English - SLP 3322 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)

NOTE: The work both oral and written in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.

5. Desirable Qualifications

a. Professional Experience

- Experience with Electromagnetic Warfare in the air, land or maritime environment.

- Experience in an administrative role in a military organization

- Experience in facilitating operational deployments and movement of assets and personnel

- Experience with National or NATO security-related responsibilities

- Experience with NATO Financial Systems

- Experience or training with information management tools like TT+ and EDMS

- Experience with NATO APMS and AMIS NATO ID management

b. Education/Training

• Course: LOP-LO-2821 - NATO Joint Electronic Warfare Course

• Course: ETE-CT-21180 - NATO Exercise Planning Course (EPC)

• Course: LOP-LO-31189 - NATO Electronic Warfare (EW) Operational Planning Course

6. Attributes/Competencies

• Personal Attributes: The incumbent must have excellent judgment and organizational abilities in order to manage the administrative operations of the office. Good inter personal and communication skills are necessary for interaction with colleagues, senior officers and staff. Must be able to identify and quickly react to critical tasking and determine which issues to refer to supervisor. Capable of handling details. Capable of supporting multiple tasks.

• Professional Contacts: Frequent interaction with external contacts and service providers in order to exchange information; to solicit information; to provide or seek guidance on various issues.

• Contribution To Objectives: The work consists of a day to day support of administrative actions, both in and outside the organization, whereby the staff fully relies on a responsible, alert support and judgment of the Assistant thus facilitating his/her representation. This job impacts directly on the image and strategic-political-military activities of the staff and his/her accomplishment of SHAPE' s/NATO's objectives of political goodwill inside the SHAPE and NATO Headquarters and at external higher levels of contact. As a civilian, they will provide continuity as military personnel rotate through.

There are no reporting responsibilities.

REMARKS:

Duration of contract: Serving staff members will be offered a contract according to the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations (NCPR). Newly recruited staff will be offered a definite duration contract of three years normally followed by an indefinite duration contract.

The salary will be the basic entry-level monthly salary defined by the NATO Grade of the post, which may be augmented by allowances based on the selected staff member’s eligibility, and which is subject to the withholding of approximately 20% for pension and medical insurance contributions.

NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion, and strives to provide equal access to employment, advancement, and retention, independent of gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, cultural background, sexual orientation, and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations.

Building integrity is a key element of NATO’s core tasks. As an employer, NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity, transparency, and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity, and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.

Applicants who prove to be competent for the post but who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment in another post of a similar nature, which might become vacant in the near future, albeit at the same or lower grade, provided they meet the necessary requirements.

We believe that all people are capable of great things. Because of this, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the criteria listed within this job description.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A NATO CIVILIAN POST AT SHAPE:

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Application Process

Shortlisted candidates will be requested to provide original documentary evidence and a set of copies supporting statements in their applications. Appointment is subject to obtaining a NS security clearance and a medical certificate.

Remarks:

a) Only nationals from the 32 NATO member states can apply for vacancies at SHAPE.

b) Applications are automatically acknowledged within one working day after submission. In the absence of an acknowledgement please make sure the submission process is completed, or, re-submit the application.

c) Qualified redundant staff of the same grade interested in this post should inform this office, via their HR/Personnel Office by not later than vacancy’s closing date.

d) NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection 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. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such 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 NATO’s sole discretion, and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate