Staff Officer Military Partnerships (Partner Education and Training Coordination)

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 NATOs 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 Transformations 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 NATOs 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 NATOs boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
• Performs additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category.
• Serve as the liaison officer between NATO Education and Training Facilities (NETFs) and Partner ETFs
• Support course certification and institutional accreditation of Partner Education and
• Training Facilities (ETFs).
• Assist SHAPE PD in its role as the central hub for Partner training requirements and programming of Partner Education Training Exercise and Evaluation (ETEE) activities utilizing the Partnership Cooperation Menu (PCM) and ePRIME.
• Conduct front-end analysis of existing training solutions and provides initial assessments and coordination of NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) and Partnership Training and Education Centres (PTECs) opportunities in support of Military Contribution to Capacity Building (MCCB) efforts as planned by ACO.
• Advises Partners on training strategies and serving as ACT Point of Contact (POC) for PCM ePRIME and eITEP.
• Support SHAPE PD with MCCB-related course assessments for listed courses and
• in the Seat Allocation Process.
• Serve as the Integrated Security Discipline POC.

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 delegation or embassy to an IO (in a Defence or Security-related position)
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of: NATO Partnerships; or security sector reform / defence and security capacity building; or defence planning; or military capability development / military applications of operations Research.

Education

• University postgraduate degree (masters or higher) in international relations international security international development military studies (including military technology or operations research) foreign policy public affairs political science or related discipline; or have attended a NATO or national military staff college (OF-3 level or higher)

Language Proficiency

• Advanced Proficiency in English

Working Location

• Norfolk VA USA

Working Policy

• On-Site

Contract Duration

• Nov 2025 December 2026

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance