Political Advisor Secretary to Senior Adv Board

Post Context

The mission of the JATEC as one of the strategic pillars of the NATO Ukraine evolving jointness is to provide for the NATO Ukraine interoperability to contribute to the development of NATO and Ukraines transformation in defence deterrence crisis prevention crisis management and cooperative security and helping Ukraine achieve membership of NATO. By fostering a Joint civilianmilitary and Joint NATO Ukraine approach the JATEC aims to strengthen the overall defence capabilities and strategic alignment of NATO and Ukraine ensuring they are better prepared to face current and future challenges.

The Command Group provides general support coordination management administrative service and specialist advice to Commander JATEC.

The Office of the Commander (O/COM) provides support to the Commander (COM) in order for the COM to carry out roles and missions assigned by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) NATOUkraine Council (NUC) and as directed by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT).

The incumbent supports the Command Group by assessing issues and policy recommendations to recommend the Director JATEC in the of operations between the JATEC and other agencies.

Principal Duties:

The incumbents duties are:

• Act as secretary to the JATEC SAB supporting the chair at SAB meetings to facilitate the smooth and efficient functioning of the SAB.
  • Analyse and anticipate SAB documentation and data requirements.
  • Record SAB direction and guidance and monitor implementation.
• Provide political guidance to both the Director JATEC and the SAB on matters which affect or may affect JATEC keeping SACTREPEUR and POLAD fully informed of all relevant in connection with JATEC with implications for the interests and initiatives of ACT.
• As directed by Director JATEC represent JATEC at conferences staff visits and meetings related to political topics or chaired by political bodies and report it.
• Inform and assess on all relevant political developments taking place with relevance to JATEC and develop adequate strategic proposals for Director JATEC and SAB.
• Advocate for JATECs strategic engagement goals and objectives with National Delegations the IMS and IS; promote and advertise JATECs work at the political level and polmil level in all relevant meetings.

Essential Qualifications / Experience:

• University Degree and 6 years post related experience or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 6 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
• 68 years professional experience in international affairs and/or political influence and diplomacy with a strong emphasis on security and politicomilitary issues. This should include at least five years of experience as a senior civilian political and policy advisor ideally to a Senior Leader (i.e. General Officer / Director / Ambassador and above) in a national Ministry (Foreign Affairs or Defence) or related civilian posting at a strategic or political level HQ.
• Experience working within and/or with international/multinational organisations such as NATO EU UN or OSCE.
• Previous political analysis experience with a demonstrated ability to synthesise data develop recommendations influence partners and provide advisory documents at 4 star (or civilian equivalent) strategic level.
• Proven experience in advising and influencing senior management and interacting with senior government officials.
• Extensive experience in providing highlevel political policy diplomatic and strategic advice including a proven track record of success and progressive responsibility in such a role.
• Strong written and verbal communication and advocacy skills and a proven ability to work in an environment requiring liaison and collaboration with multiple actors

Language:

English SLP 3333 (Listening Speaking Reading and Writing)

Desirable Qualifications / Experience:

• Extensive network of contacts in academia Government International Organisations NonGovernmental Organisations and relevant Think Tanks.
• Demonstrated experience with coordination with Governmental Agencies IOs and NGOs.
• NATO Senior Officer Policy Course (ETESP2581 provided by NATO School Oberammergau (NSO)

Attributes/Competencies:

Personal Attributes:

• The work associated with this post requires considerable tact persuasion and perseverance when dealing with other elements of the HQ staff International staff and other Agencies. The ability to chair large scale meetings and working groups is required.
• Clarity of thought problemsolving creativity analytic skills to extract information from a variety of sources and propose sound and wellreasoned solutions clearly and articulately under short tielines and in the numerous instances when precedents are unavailable or inappropriate.

Managerial Responsibilities:

• There are no subordinates to this post but the incumbent must be able to work as part of a team drawn from within and beyond the Director JATEC persuading and reasoning to achieve solutions. The individual will be guided where required by virtue of knowledge or experience.

Professional Contacts:

• The incumbent must develop and maintain professional contacts typically at a higher level both within the HQ and with external HQs specifically with NATO HQ International Staff and agencies involved in defence policy and planning. These contacts will require the demonstration of considerable skills tact and diplomacy coupled with broad professional skills.

Contribution To Objectives:

• In support of the Director JATEC and SAB the incumbents analytical input and advice will have major impact on strategic decision making and objectives.

Security Clearance

The successful applicant will be required to apply for and receive a NATO SECRET Security Clearance prior to final confirmation of contract and commencement of employment.

Contract

This position is linked to a specific NATO project and is for a limited duration of 3 (three) years only.

Serving NATO International Civilian staff will be offered a contract in accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations. Newly recruited staff will be offered a three year definite duration contract.

Notes for Candidates

The HQ SACT web site gives full details on the eligibility criteria and application processes to be adopted by all candidates. However candidates should particularly note:

Please answer each of the prescreening questions completely in English. Expressions such as: please see attached CV please see annex please see enclosed document etc are not acceptable; this is a cause of immediate rejection of the application.

Particular attention should be given to Education and Experience section of your application form which should be populated with details of your career to date and educational achievements and certifications as they relate to your application.

The candidature of NATO redundant staff at grade G20 will be considered with priority.

NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared in whole or in part by means of generative artificialintelligence (AI) tools including and without limitation to chatbots such as Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (Chat GPT) or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared in whole or in part by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATOs sole discretion and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.

NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion and strives to provide equal access to employment advancement and retention independent of gender age nationality ethnic origin religion or belief cultural background sexual orientation and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations and strongly encourages women to apply

This vacancy will close on 14 April 2025@ 17:59hrs (EDT)/11:59hrs (CEST).