Staff Assistant (2030 OPFOR Sustainment Expert)

The Staff Assistant (2030 OPFOR Sustainment Expert) will provide subject-matter advice on sustainment planning and adversaries' sustainment capabilities to support NATO exercises and training. The role involves leading a team of cyberspace experts, drafting detailed schemes of maneuvers, and contributing to the planning and delivery of joint operational-level training to enhance NATO's warfighting readiness.

Responsibilities

• Providing subject-matter advice in all aspects of cyberspace warfare during the creation of setting or scenario products for specific JWC-directed exercises, wargames, or other collective trainings.
• Providing subject-matter advice in all aspects of cyberspace warfare to the respective Chief OPFOR for an exercise, wargame, or other collective training event.
• Drafting detailed schemes of maneuvers for cyberspace actors and threat-networks based on doctrine of adversaries (in particular Russia) and on DDA assumptions.
• Leading a team of cyberspace experts during JWC-directed exercise events according to the guidance of the respective Chief OPFOR.
• Providing internal training to the OPFOR Branch and JWC in general.
• Attending internal and external workshops or other individual training events related to cyberspace warfare in order to keep the knowledge up to date.
• Establishing a liaison network with other relevant subject-matter experts (in particular in NATO Command Structure).

Requirements

• Higher Secondary education and completed higher vocational training in logistics planning, economics, or acquisition fields, or related discipline and 3 years function related experience, or Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related experience.
• At least 3 years of experience sustainment planning in a joint environment.
• Demonstrated good knowledge of the adversaries’ (in particular Russian) sustainment capabilities.
• English – Upper Intermediate.
• Knowledge of and functional experience in exercise planning or exercise production (desirable).
• Previous work in a red team or opposing forces team (desirable).
• University degree in logistics planning, economics, or acquisition fields, or related discipline (desirable).
• Russian- SLP 2222 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) Intermediate (desirable).
• Valid security clearance.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage and manage stakeholders effectively.
• Considerable maturity and professional judgement to ensure seamless provision of high-quality support.
• High level of organisational and coordination skills.
• Excellent managerial, interpersonal, and communication skills with a visionary view to evolving requirements.
• Able to cope with stress and possessing good health.
• Must be able to work as a member of a team in a multi-national environment.
• An analytical, systematic and pro-active approach is important.
• Self-motivated and capable of working under pressure.

Skills

• Sustainment Planning
• Joint Environment Operations
• Adversary Sustainment Analysis
• Logistics Planning
• Exercise Planning
• Exercise Production
• Red Team Operations
• Opposing Forces Operations
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Organizational Coordination
• Team Leadership
• Operational-Level Training
• Cyberspace Operations
• Security clearance compliance
• Communications Skills
• Analytical Approaches
• Stress Management

Languages

English, Russian