Plans Cyberspace Operations Discipline Analyst

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Primary Location

Belgium-Mons

NATO Body

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

03-Mar-2025, 12:59:00 AM

Salary (Pay Basis)

6,467.30

Grade

NATO Grade G15

Post Context/Post Summary

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) provides an integrated Strategic Effects framework, employing a multi-domain and multi-region focus to create a 360-degree approach, with the flexibility to enable, upon direction, a seamless transition from Baseline Activities and Current Operations (BACO) up to the Maximum Level of Effort (MLE).SHAPE supports SACEUR in fulfilling his terms of reference, as directed by the North Atlantic Council.

The Cyberspace Directorate directs monitors and coordinates all Cyberspace Operations (CO), Electronic Warfare (EW), Electro Magnetic Spectrum (EMS) activity and Communications and Information Systems (CIS) functional area activities and staff functions across ACO.

The Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC) is NATO’s only Theater Component for cyberspace, providing persistent, centralised and comprehensive cyberspace situational awareness, Command and Control (C2) and execution. The CyOC is within the SHAPE establishment but with different roles and responsibilities.

The Cyberspace Plans Branch is the focal point for all cyberspace planning at the operational level across the theatre.

The Cyberspace Readiness Section provides direction and oversight of all cyberspace activities across Allied Command Operations (ACO).

SHAPE is the strategic level command responsible for the planning, preparation, conduct and execution of NATO operations, missions, activities and tasks as directed by Council in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the Alliance.

As a directorate uniquely established at the strategic level, the Cyberspace Directorate has oversight of all cyberspace activities across ACO, at all levels of command.

The CyOC is NATO’s only Theatre Component for cyberspace, providing persistent, centralised and comprehensive cyberspace situational awareness, C2 and execution. The CyOC is within the SHAPE establishment but with different roles and responsibilities.

CyOC Plans Branch is the focal point for all cyberspace planning at the operational level across the theatre.

Readiness Section provides direction and oversight of all cyberspace activities across ACO.

As Cyberspace SME in the Readiness Section, the individual contributes to the planning, coordination and integration of Cyberspace Operations into ACO exercises.

Principal Duties

The incumbent’s duties are:

• Participates in the effort towards the NATO 2030 goal of operationalizing the cyberspace domain from a programming perspective in order to cohere and speed the delivery of individual and collective training.
• Provides substantial support in identifying short medium and long term mitigations for the acceleration of the cyberspace operations discipline.
• Provides cyberspace specialized expertise for efficiencies that will translate NATO 2030 requirements into training needs, serving the overall purpose of readiness.
• Works in close cooperation with the Integrated NATO Cyber Defence Mechanism to provide a holistic approach to the improvement of the human interoperability
• Contributes to Education and Training (E&T) functions and doctrine development.
• Supports revision of Job Descriptions (JD) related to Cyberspace Operations (CO) Discipline in coordination with respective stakeholders.
• Supports the Requirement Authority (RA) on CO Discipline activities;
• Contributes to the generation of CO E&T Requirements (for collective and individual training)
• Contributes to the preparation of and participates to the CO Annual Discipline Conference (ADC) and NATO conferences/ workshops related to the CO Discipline and CO Capability Development.
• Contributes to the collective Cyberspace readiness activities as part of Collective Training and Exercises (CT&E).
• Contributes to the analysis conduct from correlated information sources, including Lessons Learned from Exercises.
• Contributes to Cyberspace Resilience assessments during Major NATO Exercises.
• Supports the application of the NATO Lessons Learned Process.
  

Special Requirements and Additional Dutie The incumbent may be required to undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises, and/or TDY assignments, both within and without NATO boundaries up to 180 days. The employee may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organization at the same grade without there being any change to the contract.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional/Experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in individual and collective cyber training development.
• Minimum of 2 year experience in addressing individual and collective cyber training requirements into training solutions.
• Experience in interaction with education and training facilities/ organizations on cyber training development.
• Experience with designing, developing, and delivering courses and individual training solutions with a focus on cyberspace operations.
• Knowledge to evaluate training audiences including cyber operations related lessons learned processing and management.
• Experience in supporting rehearsals of cyber-related concepts, war gaming and Table Top Exercises, including participation in planning conferences and conduct phases.
• Education/Training
  

University Degree in computer science, information technology, learning and education, training and development, operations research or related discipline and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.

• Language
  

English - SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)

NOTE: The work both oral and written in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.

Desirable Qualifications

• Professional Experience
  

Specialisations:

• Cyber Security
  

Specific Experience:

• Cyber training
• Training Development
• Risk management
• Exercise planning
• Crisis management
• Education/Training
  

Optional/ specialised:

• Course: COP-CD-31954 – Integrating Cyberspace Considerations into Operational Planning course
• Course: ETE-ET-31627 – NATO Global Programming Analysis course
• Course: ETE-ET-31629 – NATO Systems Approach to Training course
  

Attributes/Competencies

• Personal Attributes: Adaptability, analytical thinking and diplomacy.
• Professional Contacts: As the incumbent needs to work together with a wide Community of Interest, he/ she needs to work with high level cyberspace stakeholders within (but not limited to) CCDCOE, ACO HQs, ACT HQs, NCISG, NCI Agency, NATO HQ, OCIO, JISD, NOR, as well as with Allies and Partners.
• Contribution To Objectives: Contributes to NATO 2030 objectives, Collective and focused Cyberspace training, Detection and Response to Cyber-attack focused training, RDN Section, Plans Branch, Cyberspace Operations Centre, Cyberspace Directorate in support of SACEUR’s plans, operations and missions.
  

REMARKS:

Duration of contract: The successful candidate will fill this post as a Project Related NATO International Civilian (PLN) with a three-year definite duration contract within the NATO 2030 Agenda. On expiry of this term the PLN will be deleted or absorbed into the ceiling pending approval or will exceptionally be considered for extension.

The salary will be the basic entry-level monthly salary defined by the NATO Grade of the post, which may be augmented by allowances based on the selected staff member’s eligibility, and which is subject to the withholding of approximately 20% for pension and medical insurance contributions.

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.

Building integrity is a key element of NATO’s 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.

Applicants who prove to be competent for the post but who are not successful in this competition may be offered an appointment in another post of a similar nature, which might become vacant in the near future, albeit at the same or lower grade, provided they meet the necessary requirements.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A NATO CIVILIAN POST AT SHAPE:

Applications are to be submitted using NATO Talent Acquisition Platform (NTAP) ( https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang-en ).Applications submitted by other means (e.g. mail, e-mail, fax, etc) are not accepted.

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Application Process

Shortlisted candidates will be requested to provide original documentary evidence and a set of copies supporting statements in their applications. Appointment is subject to obtaining a NS security clearance and a medical certificate.

Remarks:

• Only nationals from the 32 NATO member states can apply for vacancies at SHAPE.
• Applications are automatically acknowledged within one working day after submission. In the absence of an acknowledgement please make sure the submission process is completed, or, re-submit the application .
• Qualified redundant staff of the same grade interested in this post should inform this office, via their HR/Personnel Office by not later than vacancy’s closing date.
• Candidates’ individual telephone, e-mail or telefax enquiries cannot be dealt with . All candidates will receive an answer indicating the outcome of their application.