Senior Analyst (Operational Analysis)

Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

Based in The Hague, Netherlands you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join the Agency’s Operational Analysis Centre which is accountable to the Chief Operating Officer for the provision of operational analysis services to support NATO and National planning and decision making. The Operational Analysis Centre provides support in Defence Planning, including analytic expertise in support of identification of capability requirements, apportionment of requirements and risk assessment, wargame development and facilitation, operations assessment, organisational design and improvement of processes, analysis of information exchange requirements, modelling of processes and information flows, as well as operational and user requirements capture and validation.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Analyst (Operational Analysis) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Support NATO Defence Planning and national defence planning activities, applying specialist knowledge in a military component/domain. Develop methods and conduct OA for joint and combined planning, requirements and capabilities identification, concept development support;
• Support Commanders' assessments of alliance operations, including the design of assessment frameworks, metrics and measures, data collection, analysis and direct support to periodic mission reviews;
• Provide support to Operational HQs including the provision of temporary or specialist analytical support to HQs' planning and management processes and OA cells. Support can include OA methodology and tool development, process analysis and reviews. 

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site.

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• A Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline (such as; Operations Research/Analysis, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related natural or applied science) with 3 years post-related experience in conducting OA studies in some or all of the OA services listed above. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by a lower academic qualification combined with the demonstration of particular experience or abilities of interest to NCI Agency; more specifically, at least 10 years of extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of this post;
• Extensive experience in the following:

ü  Analysis of military capabilities, including knowledge and recent expertise in at least one of the military components/domains such as aerospace, land, maritime, space, cyber, enabling/logistics;

ü  Analysis of modern military problems in particular in relation to determining requirements and capabilities for war fighting and peace-keeping operations at strategic and operational levels;

ü  Development of Operations Research/Analysis supporting models and tools, staff decision aids, databases, data collection and/or survey tools;

ü  Application of Operations Research/Analysis techniques (such as structured problem analysis, statistical analysis, simulation and optimisation, wargaming);

ü  Ability to work and communicate effectively both within a team, and with military staff;

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
• 3-year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
• Excellent private health insurance scheme;
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
• NATO Pension Scheme;
• Development programmes such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website. 

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability. 

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.