Exercise Project Manager

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Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Background

The Directorate of CIS Support Units (DCSU) is accountable to plan, install, operate and maintain Communication and Information System (CIS) services throughout the allocated Area of Responsibility (AOR), in static NATO Headquarters, Alliance Operations and Missions and Exercises, and supported Organizations

The Operations and Exercises (OPEX) is accountable to the Director of CSUs for providing the Agency’s interface for supply of C2 Catalogue of Services to customers that are planning and/or executing deployed operations and exercises. It ensures that the Agency’s responsibilities to deployed operations are met in line with the agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Command and Control (C2) Arrangements. OPEX provides the customer interface in a consultancy capacity to match/estimate customer requirements against those Services available from the Agency. It is also responsible for the coordination, with the Agency Business Areas and other elements concerned, of the budget committed to operations and exercises support and for the coordination related to the deployment of NCI Agency personnel.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Operations and Exercises BA – Exercise Branch Head, the Staff officer shall provide planning support during the exercise lifecycle and coordinate provided CIS support during execution phase. This includes the following activities:

• Act as Agency OPR for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA;
• Act as SPOC for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA within the Agency
• Lead the Agency Response Cell during execution phase of all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA
• Act as main contact to the customer and towards NATO Command Structure, NATO Force Structure and Nations for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA
• Attend exercise conferences, represent the Agency and collect CIS requirements for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA
• Allocate resources for those requirements and coordinate required resources all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA via service support projects
• Set up CIS project support for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA exercises
• Prepare and staff the Tasking Order for all Maritime exercises according to 2025 CSLA exercises
• Establishing a direct liaison role with NCIA OE to assure CIS support coordination according to the newly established business model

Essential Skills and Experience

• Profound knowledge of the NATO exercise Planning Process and specifically for exercises in the Maritime Domain
• Profound knowledge of the Agency R2P process
• Team leading skills
• Assertive in dealing with other people, internally and externally, in order to accomplish Agency exercise support in narrow timeframe
• Adaptive Team member
• Knowledge and experience of pertinent modern communications and information systems
• Knowledge of NATO CIS
• Experience with coordinating NATO staff work,
• A minimum of three years' experience with planning and supporting NATO exercises
• Experience as an Officer Primary Responsibility (OPR) for NATO exercises, including leading a response cell and specifically for exercises in the Maritime Domain
• Experience in leading exercise/project teams
• Experience with Resource Management
• Experience in representing teams or entities
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Good briefing skills

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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