Our Requirement:
Title: Staff Officer (Land Logistics Plans)
Grade: 15
Duty Location: Brunssum, The Netherlands
Closing date for applications: 14 June 2026
Our organisation
Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS) provides a Joint headquarters to plan, prepare and conduct operations to support NATO’s core tasks, at the Joint Operational level, as directed by SACEUR.
The Support Directorate (SPT) plans, directs, monitors, assesses and coordinates Sustainment. It provides advice on policy matters and in the execution of support activities. It identifies, implements and sustains resource requirements in co-ordination with military and non-military actors.
The J4 Division determines the operational sustainment requirements across the Areas of Interest, as well as for all logistic activities supporting the operations.
The Logistic Plans Branch (LPB) and implements sustainment plans as well as contributes to the development of relevant policies and concepts.
The Current Plans Section develops plans, stockpile planning, and supply class planning in support of operations and exercises.
The incumbent is primarily a land logistics planner. Plans all land logistic aspects for joint operations and coordinates the planning with internal and external counterparts. The incumbent will participate in the development of logistics doctrine, concepts, guidance and staff documents.
The main duties of Staff Officer (Land Logistics Plans) are to:
• Support development of plans, concepts, doctrine, guidance, stockpile planning, and supply class management in support of operations/ exercises.
• Participate in the overall JF HQ planning activities, organizing, and directing of programmes, services, and support activities carried out through all logistics functions.
• Assess logistic capabilities and constraints.
• Support planning of the exercises and evaluate impacts on planned operations/ exercises.
• Coordinate operational HNS agreements and arrangements in coordination with the NATO and non-NATO organizations.
• Support the establishment of logistic reporting requirements for subordinate forces and prepare and forward logistic reports to higher authority as required.
• Perform tasks as foreseen in JFCBS J4 internal instructions during exercises and operations.
The incumbent may be required to undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises, and/or TDY assignments, both within and without NATO boundaries. Such operational deployment may exceed 30 days duration up to 183 days in any period of 547 days, and may be on short notice. For NATO International Civilian Staff, acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.
Required Qualifications are:
English – good – NATO Standard Language Proficiency 3333
(Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) in accordance with NATO standard agreement (STANAG) 6001.
NOTE: The work both oral and written in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.
University Degree or equivalent in logistics, transportation or related discipline.
(equivalent is Higher Secondary Education AND completed advanced vocational training in relevant field leading to a professional certification or accreditation).
Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience in Land Logistics.
Minimum 2 years’ professional experience in:
o logistics management;
o participating in overall logistic planning;
o organizing and supporting logistical programs.
Minimum 2 years’ experience in logistic planning in an operational environment.
Desirable Qualifications are:
Experience in Operational Planning.
Experience in Multinational Logistics solutions for Joint Operations.
Knowledge of the principles and provisions of NATO Logistics.
Completion of relevant courses / trainings
The successful candidate possesses following personal attributes:
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written - able to communicate at all levels;
High level of interpersonal skills including tact and diplomacy;
High level of organisational and coordination skills;
Ability to work independently;
Ability to work with various stakeholders;
Ability to effectively work in a complex and an international environment;
Good problem-solving skills.
The successfully selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance and is required to pass a medical examination before an employment contract offer is released. The medical examination will take place with our medical consultant. It is required to determine if the recommended candidate is fit to perform the duties and is deployable to NATO's areas of operation.
Candidates have to apply electronically in NATO Talent Acquisition Program:
https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en
IMPORTANT:
Please be aware that a Selection Board will only assess the information provided in the job submission form including the answers to the pre-screening questions and description of your work experiences. Your answers must be comprehensive and stand alone; do not rely on attached documents for essential information (Attachments are supporting documents and should not be referred to in the job submission). For example, if a pre-selection question asks you to justify how you meet the minimum experience requirement, you must explicitly detail in the answer box how your experience directly aligns with, or exceeds, the stated requirement. Simply stating you meet the requirement is insufficient; provide concrete examples and quantifiable details. These experiences should also be included in the description of your work experiences.
Only candidates meeting ALL essential required qualifications will be considered and be assessed in competition with other candidates.
Please note that NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATO’s sole discretion, and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.