Overview
The Officer, Defence Planning acts as a rapporteur, producing reports on defence and security related plans and policies of individual Allies. They contribute to the planning and coordination of the bi-annual review of Allied capability delivery efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft reports on Allied national plans and policies and assess these against corresponding NATO capability targets.
- Draft speaking notes and coordinate the preparation of committee meetings.
- Develop defence planning-related policy documents.
- Prepare senior leadership for high level engagements.
- Prepare and coordinate advice to individual Allies.
- Build a network of expert contacts on defence planning issues.
- Encourage a culture of cooperation through developing relations with national defence planning experts and relevant defence planning staffs across the NATO Enterprise.
- Regularly represent the DPD in various meetings with national authorities.
- Keep up-to-date with the different steps of the NDPP and developments in different domains.
- Contribute to the development of NATO’s capability requirements terminology.
- Keep up-to-date on the development of NATO’s defence policy and plans and their interaction with NATO’s defence policy and the NDPP.
- Plan and manage the execution of NDPP Step 5, including drafting and negotiation of the Defence Planning Capability Survey.
- Engage with NATO defence planning staffs across the HQ, the International Military Staff and the Bi-Strategic Commands to ensure their coordinated contribution to NDPP Step 5.
- Liaise with Allied delegations to ensure the planning of bilateral and multilateral meetings.
- Drive the evolution of the NDPP through constant adaptation of the Step 5 related products to NATO’s defence policy and plans.
- Perform any other related duty as assigned.
Required Experience
- At least 6 years of experience in either land, maritime, aerospace or joint and enabling forces and/or capabilities as well as good knowledge of joint operations.
- Considerable experience in the field of defence planning or military capability development.
- Military staff experience at senior officer level or experience at the joint operational (two stars or above) level (an advantage).
- Good general knowledge of NATO, specifically NATO’s defence plans and policies and their relationship with the NDPP (an advantage).
- Very good knowledge of the NDPP or national defence planning processes (an advantage).
Qualifications
• A university degree in a relevant field for the post, or have attended a NATO or national military joint staff college (OF-3 level or higher).
