Offres d'emploi à distance et à domicile à Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium ∙ Page 2

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.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage projects, typically (but not exclusively) involving the development and implementation of business processes to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, scope and quality.
• Assume full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of projects, assesses and manages risks to the success of assigned projects.
• Ensure realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained and provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Ensures Quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
• Manages the change control procedure, and ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and achieve successful approval from Project Boards.
• Provides effective support to the project team, and takes appropriate action where team performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
• Provide Project Management support and expertise for multiple NCI Agency projects, including but not limited to the following:
• Initiation of new NCI Agency projects and management of the same in accordance with Agency policy;
• Generation, submission, tracking and defending Requests for Advanced Planning Funds (APF) for new projects;
• Providing support, guidance and management expertise for NCI Agency projects for task definition, planning and execution, project data entry and tracking using approved Agency methodology (e.g., Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Applications);
• Prepare presentation materials for project reviews;
• Provide project liaison and coordination internally and externally, in meetings and correspondence with Agency directorates and service lines and with NATO HQ International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff;
• Provide monthly status reports on the project finances, schedule, milestones and plans

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in applying multi-discipline engineering and management techniques in the delivery of communication and information systems projects with low/medium complexity.
• Proactive attitude in seeking and maintaining trust from stakeholders.
• Proactive attitude in identifying risks and applying mitigation measures, preventing them to become an issue.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with strong briefing and presentation skills.
• Demonstrable skills with accountability for both successes and failures with project deliverables, customer satisfaction, resource management, procurements and financial management.
• Experience of medium and small IT implementation projects.
• Experience of creating Price Proposals and Invitation for Bids competition packages to industry.
• Experience of supporting Project Boards and Senior/Executive Management escalation Project Boards
• Experience of proficiently and professionally managing internal and partners (such as the NATO Enterprise).
• Experience in supplier management, negotiations, conflict resolution and contract management
• Experience in managing external contracts and contractors.
• Experience in procurement, logistics, testing, change management and asset management.
• Experience in communications in front of higher management and large groups (briefings, written and oral presentations).
• Experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.

Education

• A Bachelor's degree with 3 years post-related experience or 5 years recently demonstrated Project Management Experience in large complex organizations.

Desirable Experience and Education

• A recognised project management qualification, such as Prince2 Practitioner, Project Management Professional (PMP). The lack of formal project qualification may be compensated by the demonstration of expertise in the domain.
• Recent experience of Project Management with communication and/or command and control/management information system at the NCIA or NATO entity.
• Experience with project planning toolsets, preferably Service Now.
• A recognised Service Management qualification (such as ITIL Foundation, ITIL specialist courses).
• Experience in delivering Digital Workplace solutions such as IT equipment, collaboration and communications systems.
• Experience with delivery and operations in the Cloud.
• Experience and certification in Agile Project Management (Agile PM, Scrum)

Working Location

• Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Estimated 10 TDY per year, 1-2 days duration.
• Subject to change as project assignments will determine the location and frequency of travel

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance