Staff Officer (Management, Tasking & Coordination)

The Staff Officer will coordinate information management and staff processes within the Management, Tasking & Coordination Branch at NATO's Joint Warfare Centre. The role supports the planning, preparation, and delivery of joint operational-level training to enhance NATO's warfighting readiness and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate JWC incoming and outgoing correspondence from and to HQ SACT or all other NATO HQs / organizations and nations related correspondence
• Task directly all JWC Directors, Division and Branch Heads to manage all internal JWC and HQ SACT Tasks
• Support MTC Branch Head to develop, manage, coordinate and issue all internal Taskers in the Tasker Tracker Enterprise System (TT+) and monitor/coordinate all HQ SACT Taskers
• Ensure, maintain and coordinate the JWC input (contributions and office comments) to the HQ SACT TT+
• Conduct overview to coordinate the internal progress of work and report to Director of Management
• Support MTC BH to monitor and coordinate all JWC staffing and business processes and prepare inputs for the Command Group approval cycle
• Monitor and assess in close coordination with MTC BH, the HQ SACT Command Read Board to deliver early notification of information to the JWC Command Group
• Maintain historical records and contribute to the preparation of the ACT annual report
• Collect and coordinate all data related to the Management Plan in close coordination with MTC BH
• Support the JWC VIP events including JWC visits and JWC Offsites and summits
• Prepare and maintain JWC metrics for JWC Command Group and SACT Management office
• Advise and support the JWC members in the TT+ to improve the practices, skills and efficiency of this business system
• Support the Resource, Analysis and Planning Team as required in accordance with the duties in all exercise related areas
• Represent the JWC at, or participate in, NATO Military Training and Exercises Programme (MTEP) board

Requirements

• University Degree in business administration, finance, economics or related field, law, public administration or related discipline and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience
• Experience from an international organisation, preferably NATO, or National Ministry of Defence or similar Governmental or equivalent Civilian organisation.
• Extensive experience in office communication and information systems (for example Microsoft 365, SharePoint) and curiosity of utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in such tasks
• English language proficiency at Upper Intermediate/Advanced level
• Previous NATO and/or joint service staff experience, ideally gained in NATO HQs or Operations, or operating, exercising or training with other NATO nations/forces in a multinational, international or coalition environment (desirable)
• Good overview and basic knowledge of NATO Structures and organisation (desirable)
• Knowledge Management project planning, Crisis Response Operations and/or Planning experience (desirable)
• Project management certification and/or experience (desirable)
• Excellent speaking and presentation skills, effective project management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing international environment
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a multicultural environment
• Ability to chair strategy & policy development setting meetings and working groups

Skills

• Business Administration
• Finance
• Economics
• Law
• Public Administration
• Office Communications
• Computer Information Systems
• MS Office 365
• SharePoint Development
• Artificial Intelligence Utilization
• English Language Proficiency
• NATO Staff Experience
• Joint Service Staff Experience
• NATO Organizational Knowledge
• Knowledge Management
• Project Planning
• Crisis Response Operations
• Project Management
• Presentation Skills
• Strategy Development
• Policy Development
• Multicultural Environment Experience

Languages

English