Overview
The role involves managing and coordinating Concept Development & Experimentation Projects and Activities, designing and performing strategic analysis to support the development of strategic concepts, and conducting research to develop transformational ideas addressing capability gaps.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages and coordinates Concept Development & Experimentation Projects and Activities.
- Designs, organizes and performs strategic analysis activities to enable and support the development of strategic concepts.
- Conducts research to develop solution-oriented transformational ideas that address capability gaps.
- Conducts strategic analysis in support of Concept Development, in order to determine the required and relevant aspects of the military system over the spectrum of doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership, personnel, facilities and interoperability (DOTMLPFI).
- Conducts strategic analysis in support of Concept Development to determine the feasibility, validity and robustness of concepts, and establish their benefits and value.
- Supports the design and conduct experimentation and test/validation activities.
- Analyses the usefulness of proposed solutions stemming from Concept Development in order to determine their potential contribution to NATO’s future capability.
- Serve as an expert in operational experimentation and participate as a team member in the planning, execution, analysis and reporting of experiments.
Required Experience
- University Degree and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
- 4 years’ experience in the application of Concept Development, Strategic and Operational Research/Analysis, Systems Analysis, Experimentation or related techniques in a military environment.
- Practical experience of managing programs & projects concerned with the conduct of studies that address the impact of military capability change.
- Expertise in applying analytical methods to defence domain issues.
Qualifications
University Degree or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation.
