Operational Research and Analysis Expert

at  Spektrum

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

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction, and practical cooperation with partners, nations, and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training, and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum two examples in the last 10 years (minimum 3 years duration) in the field of military Operations Research / Operational Analysis / Systems Analysis, supporting policy development, capability development, or With a relevant Bachelor’s degree (listed below), only 2 years in the last 5 must be in the fields/areas listed above.
• Experience in designing, leading and facilitating workshops involving technical and non-technical stakeholders and across multiple levels of seniority.
• Experience, within the last 5 years, of determining Operational Analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision-makers.
• Experience with assessment frameworks, including setting MoPs and MoEs, setting service delivery KPIs, or analysis supporting programmatic benefits management and planning.
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through the use of analytical methods to defence domain issues. Methods may include soft systems methods and elicitation of subjective evidence, war gaming, computer modelling and simulation, mathematical modelling, optimization techniques, and process mapping.
• Experience in risk identification, assessment, analysis, and management in a project and /or programme planning
• Experience in producing or working with cost estimates, including cost-estimating methodologies, methods, and
• Experience within the last 10 years working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational

EDUCATION

• A University or equivalent Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree, or a subject with focus on organizational or group decision-making. Alternatively, 5+ years of Operational Analysis / Operations Research experience conducting and leading analytical studies in a relevant military, strategic, political or international environment.

• Contribute to COA analysis using Operations Research and Analysis techniques, in support of Capability Development within ACT to mature NATO capability requirements and set programmatic direction.
• Research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses.
• Where appropriate, interact with appropriate NATO and National research entities and industries to establish the impact of alternatives on operational effectiveness.
• Where appropriate, attend engagements with NATO, National organizations, and/or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis.
• Support the creation of Requests for Information to NATO Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and
• Analyse the potential impact of identified individual and aggregated risks, and propose possible risk management
• Elicit, and/or review and assess schedule estimates, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis.
• Review and assess cost estimates provided by others, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis.
• Analyse and document comparative assessments of cost, risk, schedule, and operational effectiveness to inform programmatic decision-making.
• Produce decision briefs/presentations describing the underlying rationale/justification for analytical outcomes. If appropriate, brief decision-makers on the context, process, and outcomes.
• Produce written reports of analysis conducted as part of the CPP evidence package, for review with the International Military Staff and International Staff in NATO Headquarters.
• Produce summary briefs of lessons identified / lessons learned to support continuous improvement of NATO capability development and OA Branch skills and competencies.
• May be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO’s boundaries for up to 35 days per
• Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR