Staff Officer Military Partnerships (Partnerships Concept Development & Analysis)

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

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

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program 

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

 DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role Responsibilities

• Contribute to the activities of the Partnerships IPT/Branch.
• Contribute to develop and deliver briefings to senior officers and decision makers as it relates to Partnerships.
• Contribute and participate in the development of policies, directives and process refinement related to Partnerships.
• Directly supports the Head of Partnerships IPT/Branch and will be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO’s boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
• Performs additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category.
• Advise and influence internal stakeholders of the benefits and scope of partnerships, and the identification and exploitation of respective opportunities
• Support SPP on concept development for strategic engagements and for the annual international Concept Development & Experimentation Conference
• Lead the development and implementation of the NWCC “out-partnering” concept
• Work collaboratively across ACT and NATO structures, ensuring ACT’s approach to partnership is coherent and best meets the needs of the Alliance and Partner countries
• Support NATO’s partnerships initiatives, fostering relationships with Partner Nations, coordinating collaborative projects and activities, enhancing enhance interoperability and cooperation between NATO and its partners
• Provide geopolitical analysis and Key Leader Engagement on NATO PfP countries.

 Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience working in the field of foreign/international security/international cooperation/defence/military affairs
• Experience working within NATO Enterprise (preferred); or other International Organization (in a defence or Security-related position); or within a national mission, delegat