Staff Officer (Joint Enabling Defence Planning)

The Staff Officer provides Joint Enabling expertise to the Defence Planning Capability Requirement Section at SHAPE, coordinating NATO Defence Planning Process activities and supporting strategic and operational planning. The role involves analysis, coordination with multiple NATO bodies, and contribution to capability development and force generation.

Responsibilities

• Provide Joint Enabling expertise to the CR section, ensuring coordination with relevant staff officers from SHAPE divisions and the subordinated commands.
• Support the inclusion of the Enablement of SACEUR AOR through the Strategic Subordinate Plans (SSP-R) and Host Nation Support (HNS) development in the NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP).
• Support the NDPP step 2, coordinating ACO inputs to the Capability Codes and Capability Statements (CC&CS) and the Minimum Capability Requirements (MCR) in the Joint Enabling domain.
• Provide domain expert staff analysis to support the NDPP step 3 apportionment, ensuring the consideration of operational priorities.
• Act as the ACO country officer for the step 3 apportionment process, including participation in joint consultation meetings, multilaterals and support the development of the capability targets.
• Ensure the Joint Enabling domain part of the NDPP step 3 Impact Assessment.
• Lead the Joint enabling part of the nations DPCS analysis, in the provision of ACO contribution to the countries impact analysis.
• Act as the Country officer for some countries in the step 5 process, including participation in bilateral and multilateral discussions.
• Lead the Joint Enabling Domain part of the Bi-SC Suitability and Risk Assessment.
• Support Force generation and verification with NDPP step 5 analytical data in the relevant domain expertise.
• Support the directorate activities in the development of relevant concepts, studies, ACO force standards (AFS), interoperability with J/E expertise.
• Assist the section head in all relevant domain matter, activities, meetings and document production.
• Provide liaison with SHAPE divisions, Subordinate commands, ACT and NCIA in support of Defence Planning documents.

Requirements

• Previous relevant experience in Operations Planning, specifically in Joint Tactical, Operations and/or Strategic Headquarters.
• Ability to coordinate and follow up timely, accurately and tactfully with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to collate, analyze and synthesize information.
• University Degree and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
• English - SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
• Previous relevant experience in Defence Planning related issues at national or NATO level (desirable).
• Previous experience in joint enabling/logistics support (desirable).
• Completion of NATO Staff Officer Defense Planning Course (ETE-DP-26805) or any equivalent Defence Planning / Capability Development course at national level (desirable).

Skills

• Operations Planning
• Strategic Headquarters Operations
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Information Analysis
• Information Synthesis
• Defence Planning
• Joint Enabling Support
• Logistical Support
• Capability Development Processes
• Force Generation
• NATO Staff Officer Defence Planning Course
• Tactical operations
• NATO Defence Planning

Languages

English