Deputy Chief of Staff and Director General for Management

1. SUMMARY

The Deputy Chief of Staff / Director General for Management (DG Management) on behalf of the Secretary General strategically oversees management of the NATO Headquarters with the aim to support the optimal functioning of the International Staff (IS) as well as the North Atlantic Council and its subordinate committees. S/he ensures operational excellence across all management disciplines to support the Organizations core mission and objectives.

The DG Management reports to the Chief of Staff and deputizes for him/her in their absence. S/he is also the main advisor on internal and broader NATO-wide management issues and strategically drives the performance and related projects for improvement. The DG Management will need to install a continuous improvement culture and lead the identification and implementation of management reform initiatives on an on-going basis. S/he will be required to align the objectives of the enabling and support functions with the priorities of the Secretary General and hold the respective offices under his/her delegated authority to account for performance via the setup of key performance indicators.

2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The candidate must:

• hold a university degree (Masters level preferred) or equivalent level of qualification in a field relevant for this position;
• have at least 15 years of experience working in a multilateral environment with a variety of senior level stakeholders from multi-cultural backgrounds including military industry science and technology communities;
• have at least 10 years of experience in organisational and people management change leadership and continuous improvement in large international organisations;
• have a proven track record of experience in progressively senior posts and recent experience in executive level leadership position;
• have at least 10 years of experience in providing political advice and policy guidance;
• have a proven track record of creating a high-level vision strategy and successfully leading organisations to develop and implement the necessary policies;
• have extensive experience championing organisation-wide change and/or modernisation projects;
• have experience managing cross-functional teams;
• have experience facilitating high-level dialogue and consensus;
• possess the following minimum levels of NATOs official languages (English/French): VI (Proficiency) in one; III (Intermediate) in the other.

DESIRABLE

The following would be considered an advantage:

• a higher level of proficiency in NATOs second official language (English/French).

3. ACCOUNTABILITIES

Vision and Direction: Develop communicate and implement a vision to face the current and future challenges related to the enabling services of the NATO HQ and IS. Act as a role model in terms of leadership and promote resilience ethical conduct agility and innovation.

Representation of the Organization: Provide central coordination representation and act as NATO IS main interlocutor of the secretary general for all management issues.

People Management: Promote integrity professionalism collaboration and accountability through a sound leadership culture and ensuring the proper management of human resources.

Stakeholder Management: Develop and foster relations at senior levels to facilitate collaboration and output..

Planning and Execution: Anticipate future needs of the Alliance the HQ and the International Staff in order to proactively address improvement needs.

Organisational Efficiencies: Direct the optimisation of processes to improve Alliance agility and responsiveness. Strategically lead and monitor work across the NATO HQ and NATO wide and ensure that cross-cutting issues are dealt with effectively and efficiently. Perform any other related duty as assigned.

4. COMPETENCIES

Candidates must demonstrate the following competencies:

• Achievement:Demonstrates decisiveness based on solid considerations and trade-offs.
• Change Leadership: Champions change.
• Conceptual Thinking: Creates new concepts.
• Developing Others: Provides in-depth mentoring coaching and training.
• Impact and Influence: Uses complex influence strategies.
• Initiative: Plans and acts for the long term.
• Leadership: Communicates a compelling vision.
• Organizational Awareness: Understands underlying issues.
• Self-Control: Stays composed and positive even under extreme pressure.

5. CONTRACT

The successful applicant will be employed for an initial period of 3 years. Exceptionally there may be possibility of a one-year extension thereafter.

6. RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Applicationsmustbe submitted using one of the following links as applicable:

• For NATO civilian staff members only: please apply via the internal recruitment portal (for more information please contact your local Civilian HR Manager);
• For all other applications: of candidates for NATO posts is based upon the merit principle.

  COMPENSATION: candidates shortlisted will be provided with a simulation of the financial package for this post.

  Appointment will be subject to receipt of asecurity clearance(provided by the national Authorities of the selected candidate) and approval of the candidatesmedical fileby the NATO Medical Adviser.

  More information about the recruitment process and conditions of employment can be found at our website ( will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared in whole or in part by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools including and without limitation to chatbots such as Chat Generative Pre-trained 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.

  7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  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.

  NATO is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible working environment where all candidates living with disabilities can fully participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable accommodation please inform us during your selection process.

  Candidates will be required to provide documented medical evidence to support their request for accommodation.

  Building Integrity is a key element of NATOs core tasks. As an employer NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity transparency and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.

  Due to the broad interest in NATO and the large number of potential candidates telephone or e-mail enquiries cannot be dealt with.

  Applicants who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment to another post of a similar nature albeit at the same or a lower grade provided they meet the necessary requirements.

  The nature of this position may require the staff member at times to be called upon to travel for work and/or to work outside normal office hours.

  The organization offers several work-life policies including Teleworking and Flexible Working arrangements (Flexitime) subject to business requirements.

  Please note that the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels Belgium is a non-smoking environment.

  For information about the NATO Single Salary Scale (Grading Allowances etc.) please visit ourwebsite. Detailed data is available under the Salary and Benefits tab.

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