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

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO’s member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO’s communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO’s military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO’s mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO’s information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO’s communication and information technology capabilities.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Profound knowledge of the NATO exercise Planning Process and specifically for DDA FOP exercises
• Profound knowledge of the Agency R2P process
• Team leading skills
• Assertive in dealing with other people, internally and externally, in order to accomplish Agency exercise support in narrow timeframe
• Adaptive Team member
• Knowledge and experience of pertinent modern communications and information systems
• Knowledge of NATO CIS
• Experience with coordinating NATO staff work,
• A minimum of three years’ experience with planning and supporting NATO exercises
• Experience as an Officer Primary Responsibility (OPR) for NATO exercises, including leading a response cell and specifically for DDA FOP exercises
• Experience in leading exercise/project teams
• Experience with Resource Management
• Experience in representing teams or entities
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Good briefing skills

ROLE BACKGROUND

The Directorate of CIS Support Units (DCSU) is accountable to plan, install, operate and maintain Communication and Information System (CIS) services throughout the allocated Area of Responsibility (AOR), in static NATO Headquarters, Alliance Operations and Missions and Exercises, and supported Organizations
The Operations and Exercises (OPEX) is accountable to the Director of CSUs for providing the Agency’s interface for supply of C2 Catalogue of Services to customers that are planning and/or executing deployed operations and exercises. It ensures that the Agency’s responsibilities to deployed operations are met in line with the agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Command and Control (C2) Arrangements. OPEX provides the customer interface in a consultancy capacity to match/estimate customer requirements against those Services available from the Agency. It is also responsible for the coordination, with the Agency Business Areas and other elements concerned, of the budget committed to operations and exercises support and for the coordination related to the deployment of NCI Agency personnel.

ROLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as Agency OPR for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Act as SPOC for specified exercises within the Agency for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Lead the Agency Response Cell during execution phase for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Act as main contact to the customer and towards NATO Command Structure, NATO Force Structure and Nations for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Attend exercise conferences, represent the Agency and collect CIS requirements for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Allocate resources for those requirements and coordinate required resources for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Set up CIS project support for those exercises for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Prepare and staff the Tasking Order for those exercises for all DDA FOP exercises according 2025 CSLA
• Establishing a direct liaison role with OCE on site to assure coordination