Senior Defence Analyst

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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

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO’s member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO’s communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO’s military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO’s mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO’s information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.
  
  

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO’s communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise’s: NATO International Civilians (NIC)’s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)’s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – C004310

Role Duties And Responsibilities

Consultancy

• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.
• Identifies, evaluates and recommends options.
• Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements.
• Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required.
• Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.
  
  

Specialist advice

• Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area.
• Actively maintains recognised expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others.
• Consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third-party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organizational objectives.
• Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.
  
  

Methods and tools

• Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
• Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools.
• Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.
  
  

Data modelling and design

• Investigates enterprise data requirements where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Plans own data modelling and design activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives.
• Provides advice and guidance to others using the data structures and associated components.
  
  

Data visualisation

• Applies a variety of visualisation techniques and designs the content and appearance of data visuals.
• Operationalises and automates activities for efficient and timely
• Equivalent NATO Grade: IWC Work Location: Duration of the requirement
• Required Start Date: End Contract Date: Total Scope of the request (hours): Specific Working Conditions: Required Security Clearance: production of data visuals.
• Selects appropriate visualisation approaches from a range of applicable options.
• Contributes to exploration and experimentation in data visualisation.
  
  

Additional duties for this post:

• Collaborating with other departments to address quality issues
• Ensuring the processes produce their intended result
• Providing inputs to annual quality plans
• Developing and implementing quality assurance and quality control procedures
• Team & Task Leadership
• Co-ordinate work with related activities inside and outside of the Agency Acknowledged as a recognised expert and advisor to customers on OA services and support
• Technical Leadership in OA
• Acknowledged as a recognised expert, and customer advisor, related to a particular OA technique or domain
• Give scientific briefings and presentations; write and/or review scientific papers and articles for publication
• Represent the Agency, as directed, in NATO-related events, E.g. working groups and panels, seminars, workshops
  
  

Essential Skills, Experience And Certifications

• Analysis of military capabilities, including knowledge and recent expertise in at least one of the military components/domains;
• Analysis of modern military problems in a range of areas, e.g. determining requirements and capabilities for military operations at strategic and operational levels, analysis of C2 (command and control) or organizational structures;
• Application of Operations Research / Analysis techniques (such as structured problem analysis, statistical analysis, simulation and optimisation);
• Development of Operations Research / Analysis supporting models and tools, staff decision aids, databases, data collection and/or survey tools;
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with military staff.
  
  

Working Location

• Mons, Belgium
  
  

Working Policy

• Onsite
  
  

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required
  
  

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Restricted personal security clearance
  
  

We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn’t for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.