Officer, Enablement and Logistics Policy

The Officer provides political-military advice on the Alliance’s enablement and logistics policies and planning. The incumbent supports NATO and Allied consultations across a number of committees, working in close coordination with NATO and national stakeholders to advance the Alliance’s strategic interests. They will also deputise the Head of Section, as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and ensure the coherence of the Alliance’s political and military approach to key defence and security policy issues related to enablement and logistics.
• Take into account enablement and logistics lessons identified and learned from the strategic environment in the development and implementation of policies, plans and concepts.
• Prepare studies, reports and conceptual and analytical papers addressing enablement and logistics issues, policies, plans and their interaction with defence policy and planning at the strategic level.
• Facilitate the implementation of high-level political and military guidance in the logistics domain across the NATO enterprise; and manage, coordinate and monitor its implementation and compliance.
• Track and ensure appropriate follow-up to decisions made by the North Atlantic Council and relevant Committees.
• Drive the enablement and logistics agenda forward through the Logistics Committee.
• Coordinate political-military activities in support of Allied and senior NATO stakeholders.
• Contribute to the work of other senior NATO committees as appropriate, and ensure that their work is appropriately reflected in enablement and logistics matters.
• Guide and mentor colleagues and stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Perform any other related duty as assigned.

Requirements

• Possess a university degree in a relevant field for the post.
• Have at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in a civil-military environment.
• Have experience in coordinating, developing and analysing defence, policies, plans and concepts, including those related to logistics or related subjects.
• Demonstrate good understanding of the Alliance’s key defence and security policy issues and of its political and military consultative processes.
• Possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official languages (English/ French): V (“Advanced”) in one; I (“Beginner”) in the other.
• Experience in executing similar work for a national, military or international organisation is considered an advantage.
• Experience working on logistics and related matters within the commercial sector is considered an advantage.
• Have strong written and verbal communications skills.

Skills

• Defence Policy Analysis
• Supply and Logistics Policy Development
• Civil-Military Coordination
• Defence Planning
• Political-Military Advisory
• Strategic Consultation
• Alliance Security Policy
• Military Consultative Processes
• Logistics Coordination
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication

Languages

English, French