jobid=A.0.0216
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Job Description – Senior Project Manager )
Primary Location
Netherlands-The Hague
NATO Body
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
Schedule
Full-time
Application Deadline
10-Sep-2024, 9:59:00 PM
Salary (Pay Basis)
Grade NATO Grade G17
Description
Who we are:
For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.
Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.
About the job:
Based in The Hague, Netherlands you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join The Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Centre which is responsible for the full life cycle of its services. The JISR Centre’s Vision is to assure information superiority for NATO. Its Mission is to deliver, support and protect valued Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, expertise and services and to maximise operational effectiveness for NATO through a wide range of coherent JISR services, supported by well-trained, highly knowledgeable and uniquely experienced staff, in four key JISR domains: Intelligence Applications, Operational ISR Support, Electronic Warfare/Surveillance Services and Geospatial/Meteorological/Oceanographic Information Services.
We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:
- Project management: take full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of projects (typically with direct business impact and firm deadlines). This includes the preparation and submission of a Price Proposal, Contractual Package, and contribution to source selection process according to the defined procurement strategy.
- Requirements definition and management: contribute to selection of the requirements approach for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
- User experience evaluation: manage user experience evaluation of systems, products or services, to assure that the usability and accessibility requirements have been met, required practice has been followed, and systems in use continue to meet organisational and user needs.
- Contract management: support the preparation and submission of Contractual Packages (especially the Statement of Work and Bidding Instructions).
About you:
The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:
- Bachelor’s degree, at a nationally recognized /certified University, preferably in an information systems, physics or electronics related scientific or engineering discipline, or other relevant scientific discipline and 3 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
- Recent and extensive experience in Project Management of C4ISR acquisition and / or development projects for a large organization.
- Proven ability to work successfully with military and civilian staff, Industries and in Sponsors/Industry negotiations.
- Awareness of NATO JISR airborne, space, surface or ship-based surveillance and reconnaissance systems, including platforms, sensors and communication capabilities.
- Experience in planning, design, system engineering and implementation of military or other C4ISR systems.
- Project Management tools, managing cost and labour.
- NATO or national governmental acquisition policy and procurement procedures.
- Experience in managing diverse and dispersed teams.
- Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with good briefing skills.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
What we offer:
- Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
- 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances.
- Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave.
- Excellent private health insurance scheme.
- Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays.
- NATO Pension Scheme.
- Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.
To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.
The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.
Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.
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