Overview
The incumbent provides advice on and contributes to planning throughout the peace-crisis-conflict spectrum and supports relevant NATO committees and authorities in carrying out the Alliance’s deterrence, defence and crisis management activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of initiatives, policy, doctrine, guidelines and procedures to further the implementation of NATO’s advance planning tools.
- Coordinate or contribute to the development of crisis-related analysis and assessments.
- Develop contacts and cooperation in support of the conduct of political/military activities designed to cooperate with international organisations involved in crisis management.
- Support training and exercises events, organization of committee meetings outside of NATO HQ related to the implementation of the deterrence and defence concept and the refinement of advance plans.
- Represent the Section at NATO and in various national, regional, and international settings.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of experience relevant to defence policy, operations planning and/or crisis management in a national or multinational/international organisation on multilateral security affairs.
- Good understanding of civil-military crisis management in the national and/or international context.
- Good understanding of the Alliance’s deterrence and defence posture, NATO’s defence policies and strategies, NATO’s crisis response, as well as the approaches of other International Organisations active in crisis prevention and management.
Qualifications
- University degree in a field relevant for this position (e.g. Security or Defence Studies, International Relations).
- A relevant post graduate university degree in a field relevant for this position (advantage).
