Officer, Defence Industry and Innovation Coordination (NRU)
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13 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Important Note: this post is stationed in Kyiv Ukraine rated as an extreme risk location by the NATO Office of Security (NOS). Special security measures will apply for those assigned or travelling. Family members will not be relocated with the incumbent.
1. SUMMARY
The NATO Representation to Ukraine (NRU) helps implement and direct cooperation between NATO and Ukraine.
The Officer Defence Industry and Innovation Coordination contributes to the implementation of the NATO activities to support Ukraines defence industrial base and NATO-Ukraine innovation cooperation.
2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The incumbent must:
possess a university degree or equivalent qualification in a field relevant for the position;
possess at least 5 years of experience in designing implementing and managing projects and/or programmes related to defence industry and technology;
have demonstrable understanding of the policy implications of new technologies in defence and security and their opportunities and risks in modern conflict;
have excellent written and oral communication skills;
possess a minimum level of NATOs official languages (English/French): V (Advanced) in one; and I (Beginner) in the other.
The following would be an advantage:
knowledge of export control intellectual property financing and licensing issues;
knowledge of Ukrainian.
3. MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
Expertise Development. Support efforts to build capacity and resilience into the Ukrainian defence industry and innovation ecosystem. Map critical Ukrainian defence capacity needs and requirements that could be solved by new technologies.
Stakeholder Management. Ensure coherence of efforts and cooperation with all key stakeholders. Identify ways to build synergies between the Alliance and Ukraine in defence industry and innovation related activities.
Project Management. Contribute to planning of events including the NATO-Ukraine Defence Innovators Forum series and industry days. Contribute to the delivery of joint programming including Ukraine-NATO Innovation Technology and Engineering (UNITE) Brave NATO and other cooperative innovation challenges. Provide support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine (CAP).
4. INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Reporting Line: The incumbent works under the overall leadership of the Head of the NATO Representation to Ukraine reporting to the Head Defence Advisory Section.
Interactions: The incumbent collaborates closely with the D2IA Division with defence industry and innovation stakeholders in Ukraine such as government ministries the Armed Forces of Ukraine the private sector investors and civil society.
5. COMPETENCIES
The incumbent must demonstrate:
Achievement: Creates own measures of excellence and improves performance.
Analytical Thinking: Sees multiple relationships.
Change Leadership: Expresses vision for change.
Impact and Influence: Uses indirect influence.
Initiative: Is decisive in a time-sensitive situation.
Organizational Awareness: Understands organisational politics.
Teamwork: Solicits inputs and encourages others.
7. USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING APPLICATION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Please note that we can only accept applications from nationals of NATO member must be submitted using e-recruitment system as applicable:
- For NATO civilian staff members only: please apply via the internal recruitment portal (link);
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More information about the recruitment process and conditions of employment can be found at our website ( will be subject to receipt of asecurity clearance(provided by the national Authorities of the selected candidate) approval of the candidatesmedical fileby the NATO Medical Adviser verification of your study(ies) and work experience and the successful completion of theaccreditationand notification process by the relevant authorities.
NATO 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.
8. 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.
NATO does not charge any application processing training interviewing testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. For more info please click here.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
