Staff Officer (Contracting Officer)

The Staff Officer (Contracting Officer) at HQ SACT is responsible for planning, negotiating, awarding, and administering contracts related to NATO's transformational mission. The role involves implementing acquisition strategies, managing contract administration, and ensuring compliance with NATO financial and procurement regulations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, negotiate, award and administer contracts on behalf of ACT related to military structure, forces, capabilities and doctrine for non-Research and Development requirements.
• Implement acquisition strategy on assigned projects and develop acquisition plans.
• Provide oversight on all contractual matters in the competitive bidding process including issuing Notification of Intent to invite bids from member nations, establish bidders list, draft release of IFIB, evaluate Technical and Price proposals, conduct pre-negotiation discussions, provide debriefs to industry and award contracts.
• Act as a Contracting Officer with a limited warrant for contracted services for Headquarters SACT mission support with full authority and responsibilities.
• Perform contract administration tasks including monitoring past performance, issuing contract amendments, stop work orders, settling claims and contract termination.
• Coordinate, negotiate and administer contracts for authorized NSIP programmes.
• Perform all administrative and contractual updates in CIRIS reporting system.
• Ensure compliance with NATO Financial Regulations, NATO Procurement Policy and the ACT Financial Manual.
• Apply knowledge of the uniform commercial code, business and industry practices, agile procurement processes, sources of supply, cost factors, cost and price analysis, and price analysis techniques.
• Work independently and directly with senior international military staff.

Requirements

• University Degree and 2 years function related experience in accounting, business finance, law, contracts, economics, business management or similar field or equivalent, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
• Acquisition University Contracting certification, degree may be substituted by equivalent education or experience.
• Five years’ experience as a governmental or international organization contracting specialist with job titles such as contract specialist, contract administrator, cost and/or price analyst, contracting officer or procurement analyst.
• Demonstrated ability to formulate, negotiate and administer contracts from simple supply purchase orders to foreign military sales contracts, and various forms of agreements using innovative and agile procurement methodologies.
• Experienced in the interpretation of laws, executive orders and directives and the formulation of policies and implementation rules and procedures on matters of procurement and acquisition.
• Specialized training in management of contracts, economic, statistical and/or financial analysis.
• Comprehensive understanding of competitive, sole source and agile procurement procedures and industry best practices.
• International contracting experience working with contracts in foreign currencies, various intellectual property rights clauses, a variety of cost estimating techniques.
• Effective communication skills both oral and written.
• English – SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
• Experience with NATO procurement policies (desirable).
• Experience with Agile procurement methodologies and practices (desirable).
• Project Management experience (desirable).
• Experience with NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP) funding, procurement, and reporting requirements (desirable).
• Experience with CIRIS (desirable).
• Experience with Oracle Financial Software (desirable).

Skills

• Contract Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Procurement Procedures
• Government Contracting
• International Contracting
• Cost Estimation Techniques
• Financial Analysis
• Economic Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Contract Administration
• Acquisition Strategies
• Agile Procurement Methodologies
• Competitive Procurement
• Sole Source Procurement
• Intellectual Property Law
• NATO Procurement Policies
• NATO Security Investment Programme
• ORACLE Financial Software
• CIRIS
• Contracting Certification

Languages

English