Staff Officer (Workforce Establishment)

The Staff Officer is responsible for comprehensive planning and coordination of a new workforce approach that combines Peacetime and Crisis Establishment development processes into a single Workforce Establishment. The role involves workforce analysis, organizational performance improvement, and participation in NATO exercise planning related to workforce issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure comprehensive planning and coordination of new workforce approach combining Peacetime Establishment (PE) and Crisis Establishment (CE) into a single mechanism.
• Act as the primary Workforce Analyst to Workforce and Organization Branch relating to new workforce approach.
• Introduce pre-emptive, focused corporate solutions to improve Workforce and Organizational performance relating to new workforce approach.
• Identify opportunities for Workforce and Organizational analysis for resource savings and organizational optimization across Allied Command Operations (ACO) relating to new workforce approach.
• Participate in the Exercise Planning Process for NATO exercises as a member of J1 Division Exercise Planning Group relating to new workforce approach.
• Contribute to the development of detailed exercise planning documents, including objectives, timelines, and resource requirements relating to new workforce approach.
• Support J1 Division Exercise Planning Group in workforce issues exercise planning and execution related to new workforce approach.

Requirements

• University Degree in human resources management, business administration, law, social sciences, or related field, public administration or related discipline and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in the above mentioned discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
• Workforce planning and analysis experience: developing and justifying staffing requirements (numbers, roles and skills) based on organizational needs, including assessing options, costs and risks.
• HR/personnel management experience: advising managers on staffing and personnel processes in a large, regulated organization.
• Stakeholder coordination and delivery: coordinating cross‑functional work with senior stakeholders (HR, finance, and operational teams), producing clear written recommendations and delivering agreed outputs to time and quality.
• English language proficiency at SPL 3333 level (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
• Desirable: Experience in organizational design and change management (performing fundamental changes in organizational structures).
• Desirable: Experience working in an international or defense/operations environment with mixed civilian and military stakeholders, including negotiation and delivery through multi-level governance.
• Desirable: Advanced workforce analytics experience, including building dashboards/briefings from large datasets and using statistics to identify trends, risks, and staffing priorities.

Skills

• Workforce Planning
• Staffing Requirements Analysis
• Human Resources Management
• Personnel Management
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Organizational Design
• Change Management
• Workforce Analytics Development
• Dashboard Development
• Statistical Analysis
• Organizational Performance Improvement
• NATO Exercise Planning
• Report Writing
• English Proficiency SPL 3333

Languages

English