The relevant division leads on the rapid development and delivery of cutting-edge and interoperable defence capabilities, working with innovation ecosystems and industry across the member states to meet the organization's deterrence and defence needs. The incumbent will be part of the team supporting the implementation of a complex surveillance and control system program. They will be responsible for facilitating and connecting multinational capability delivery outputs to this program.
To achieve this, the incumbent will also contribute to and connect with other work strands of the Major Capability Programmes and Cooperation Section: a recurring process for aggregating demand and high visibility projects.
What you do
Expertise Development:
- Utilize existing processes within the division to deliver Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets and capabilities.
- Analyze multiple courses of action and provide sound recommendations to member states.
- Drive forward continuing ISR improvement, with a specific focus on the delivery of the complex surveillance and control system program.
- Identify, create, and advance key related multinational and national capability delivery efforts.
Project Management:
- Work with key members of the relevant entities to help set the necessary political and military conditions to enable effective project/programme management and measurable capability delivery.
- Where required, work with colleagues in the Office of Resources, the system integration office, and the respective agencies to determine and verify the correct use of financial resources relating to the realization phase of the program.
Stakeholder Management:
- Work with all stakeholders of the broader program ecosystem to ensure associated capabilities are developed, delivered, and sustained as efficiently and expediently as possible.
- Negotiate with internal stakeholders, as well as member state representatives at the organization's headquarters and in capitals, to achieve tangible success.
Policy Development:
- Provide policy inputs regarding ISR capabilities and complex armaments programmes when requested.
- Ensure that the multiple policies and approaches are coherent with one another.
- Perform any other related duty as assigned.
Profile
- Possess a university degree or equivalent level of qualification.
- Have at least 2 years of relevant experience and a proven track record in successfully facilitating and managing multinational and/or common funded major capability delivery efforts.
- Possess excellent briefing (verbal and written) skills and have the ability to provide a high degree of impact and influence with political, civil, and military stakeholders.
- Exhibit a strong can-do attitude with an aptitude to streamline complex policies and processes towards generating accelerated, measurable capability deliverables.
- Possess the following minimum levels of the official languages (English/French): V ("Advanced") in one; I ("Beginner") in the other.
Advantages (would be considered an advantage):
- Previous experience in successfully operating in and managing complex stakeholder environments.
- Experience in and awareness of the application of novel technologies for potential military surveillance and control application.
Competencies.
- Achievement: creates own measures of excellence and improves performance.
- Analytical Thinking: sees multiple relationships.
- Change Leadership: expresses vision for change.
- Impact and Influence: uses indirect influence.
- Initiative: is decisive in a time-sensitive situation.
- Organisational Awareness: understands organisational politics.
- Teamwork: solicits inputs and encourages others.
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