Staff Officer – Capability Coordination Group (Air)

The Staff Officer – Capability Coordination Group (Air) supports the NATO Science & Technology Organization's Collaborative Programme of Work by coordinating S&T research and capability development in the Air domain. The role involves liaising between scientific committees and NATO capability development bodies to facilitate rapid adoption of new technologies and address capability gaps.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a network of members from across the Alliance Nations and the NATO Enterprise that make up the domain CCG.
• Work with the CCG members to identify priority capability development gaps and needs for S&T research to support these gaps.
• Develop a strong knowledge of the CPoW research activities that support their respective domain and inform and advise the capability development community on S&T opportunities.
• Contribute to developing S&T roadmaps to address capability development priorities in the PoWs against these roadmaps, including mapping and analysing STC PoWs with regard to their warfare/capability development domains.
• Coordinate the communication of research and S&T knowledge from the CPoW and STCs relevant to the domain capability development community to more rapidly exploit CPoW results to develop new capabilities.
• Coordinate the communication of capability and technology gaps identified by the CCG members to the CPoW community to better inform CPoW research to address capability development needs.
• Facilitate the connection of STC Level 2 or 3 members to capability development groups in NATO developing specific capabilities relative to the STC areas of expertise.
• Assist in creating technical activity proposals (TAPs) for S&T research that may address technology/capability gaps or operational problems and coordinate those TAPs with the relevant STCs.
• Assess new STC TAPs for domain specific applications and military relevance to CAPDEV community and provide feedback to STCs.
• Coordinate with the COS Office Policy & Outreach Officer and the CSO IKM Office the dissemination of analysis, studies and advice in appropriate formats tailored to the targeted audience.

Requirements

• A university degree (Master level) or equivalent in a scientific domain of interest to STO is mandatory.
• A minimum of 5 years in the specific military operational domain area as well as at least five years of work experience in defence S&T research in a multinational environment.
• Experience in the area of military capability development with the view to bridge scientific research with weapon systems conception.
• Knowledge of science and technology organizations.
• Experience in high level multinational contacts and cooperation.
• Knowledge of programmes and activities in the area of military capability development within NATO Member States’ and EOPs’ S&T communities.
• Broad operational knowledge of military technology.
• Proven skills in authorship of clear and concise documents, and giving effective presentations.
• Adaptability to travel and ability to operate autonomously in a foreign environment where minimum local support is provided.
• Excellent knowledge of one of the two official NATO languages (SLP 4444) and fair knowledge of the other (SLP 2222).
• Managerial training and education in the same or related career field at various levels of responsibility.
• Eligibility for NATO Secret security clearance.

Skills

• Military Operational Expertise
• Defence Science and Technology Research
• Military Capability Development
• Multinational Cooperation
• Science and Technology Organizations Knowledge
• Military Technology Knowledge
• Technical Document Development
• Presentation Skills
• Autonomous Field Operations
• Managerial Training
• NATO Security Clearance

Languages

English, French