POST NO: OJS HKCP 0210

TITLE:        International Affairs Analyst

DIVISION:      Knowledge Management and Engagement – NSD-South Hub

GRADE:       G15
SECURITY CLEARANCE:  NATO S E C R E T
1.  POST CONTEXT
The Joint Force Command Naples is a Joint Headquarters, operating at the Operational Level, capable of executing effective command and control over assigned forces in order to achieve Operational effects in an assigned Joint Operating Area. 
The NSD-S Hub Director’s Office, is responsible for coordinating, monitoring, assessing, and planning the Hub functions and the activities performed by individual functional Hub Sections.
The Knowledge Management & Engagement Branch is responsible for identifying, directing, validating, prioritising, coordinating, and fusing NSD-S-related information and Knowledge requirements.
The Knowledge Management Centre is responsible for establishing, developing, and managing cross-functional and inter-agency information sharing tools to ensure access and dissemination of Hub-deliverables.
The Comprehensive Research & Analysis Section is responsible for providing medium-to-long-term operational to strategic level comprehensive and multidisciplinary information and knowledge analysis on existing, emerging and future security challenges and potential crises.
The Political Military Economic Social Information Infrastructure (PMESII) Cell is responsible for providing medium-to-long-term comprehensive strategic “horizon scanning”, advising the Knowledge Management and Engagement Branch on intelligence capability requirements to support partner nations, comprehensive strategic “horizon scanning” and situational awareness in the NSD-S area, including collaboration with the Civil Military Engagement Coordination Section and the NATO Engagement Coordination Section.
Within the PMESII, the International Affairs Analyst’s main responsibility is to analyze, integrate and interpret information pertaining to the Political domain across the NSD-S Geographical area in support of the HUB’s knowledge requirements as determined by the Knowledge management section.
The incumbent reports directly to The International Affairs Analyst.
There is no first-line reporting responsibility.
2.  DUTIES
The International Affairs Analyst identifies, evaluates and provides recommendations on subjects concerning geopolitical relations, in particular matters pertaining to multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements in Africa and Middle East.
The International Affairs Analyst formulates strategies and recommendations on African union and Middle East programs aligned with NATO directives and policies.
The International Affairs Analyst assesses and identifies the mechanism to influence African and Middle East organization.
The International Affairs Analyst evaluates African and Middle East initiatives to identify NATO’s opportunities for further cooperation.
The International Affairs Analyst liaises with government officials, civic bodies, research agencies, the media, and political parties concerned with foreign issues:
The International Affairs Analyst develops and evaluates international cooperation projects in governmental and non-governmental forums and other activities:
The International Affairs Analyst liaises and collaborates with international institutions and government officials from Africa and Middle East.
The International Affairs Analyst provides analysis on the international system and how Africa and Middle East effects determine its foreign policy behaviour.
The International Affairs Analyst identifies gaps and opportunities within NATO and non-NATO staff on issue related to cooperative security activities.
The International Affairs Analyst provides final products to the Senior Knowledge management section to be fused for final approval.
The International Affairs Analyst monitors, tracks and assesses the geopolitical dynamics and developments in the NSD-S area of responsibilities to assess and anticipate existing and new security and instability trends and the impact and influence in other domains of the engagement space.  
The International Affairs Analyst works closely with Senior Knowledge manager and Knowledge managers on knowledge requirements priorities and knowledge production and deliverables.
The International Affairs Analyst has functional area decision authority.
The incumbent may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organization at the same grade without there being any change to the contract and, depending on requirements, may be required to direct and supervise the work priorities of one or more HQ multifunctional teams.
Under routine circumstances, the job is performed in a typical office environment where the risk of injury is categorized as “no risk”.  However, The International Affairs Analyst may be required to undertake short-term travel assignments, both within and outside of NATO boundaries. Such travels may be up to 30 days, and may be on short notice. Acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to accomplish this requirement, if required.
3.  QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
University Degree  in political science, public administration, international relations, criminology, police, public or business administration, administration of justice, criminal law, comparative general management, political theory, behavioural or social psychology or related discipline,  and 2 years function related experience,
or
Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation, with 4 years post-related experience.
Demonstrated experience in activities and responsibilities involving Political sciences and civics (Including the study of the rights and duties of the citizens).
Experience in activities that derive intelligence on issues that transcend national boundaries such as, asymmetric warfare, terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction computer network attack, organised crime, etc.
 Ample professional background within regional and international organizations (governmental and non-governmental) related to African and Middle East area.                            
Must have an English Standard Language Proficiency level of “professional” in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (SLP 3333 based on NATO standards).
DESIRABLE
Post-graduate university education and/or National General Staff College or NATO Defence College graduate.
Previous job-related International experience (UN, NATO, EU).
Experience in National and NATO staff operations.
English Standard Language Proficiency level of “expert” in Listening and Reading and of “Professional” in Speaking and Writing (SLP 4343 based on NATO standards).
NATO Courses/Training
NATO Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Course
NATO Intelligence Analyst Course 
NATO CIVIL MILTIARY COOPERATION (CIMIC) STAFF COURSE (NU) 
4.  POSITION AND CANDIDATE PROFILE
Personal attributes
The incumbent must be able to integrate into a military organization and work in a team. He/she must have good communication skills, which is essential to interaction at required levels. The incumbent frequently works under pressure, works long/irregular hours, and carries high workload.  He/She must be able to work outside normal office hours and environment. The incumbent must be able to travel regularly to other HQs for co-ordination and ready to deploy temporarily to deployed HQ in support of development of Security requirements. The incumbent must be flexible and able to work in more than one context simultaneously. Good health is required
Professional contacts
The incumbent routinely interrelates not only with work associates, but also with others inside and/or outside immediate organisation on functional matters. 
He/she should be able to represent his/her Branch and to brief Command Group senior leaderships on his/her area of expertise as well as senior staff officers and equivalent outside NATO. The incumbent interacts directly with IS/IMS, ACO, and ACT Key Leaders/SMEs and may also be requested to interact with Non-NATO entities’ SMEs.
Contribution to the objectives
The work involves the analysis and research of a complete task with recommendations that may affect the development of plans and priorities of the organizational element.
 There are no reporting responsibilities.
5.  CONTRACT
The successful candidate will receive a three-year definite duration contract which may be followed by an indefinite duration contract.
 The basic entry-level monthly salary for a NATO Grade G15 in Italy is Euro 5,879.80 which may be augmented by allowances based on the selected staff member’s eligibility, and which is subject to the withholding of approximately 20% for pension and medical insurance contributions.
Important notice to candidates on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):As part of our commitment to a fair and merit-based recruitment process, detection of AI usage at any stage of the process (including AI-generated application forms) will result in the immediate disqualification of your application.You are welcome to use AI tools for basic spell-checking/grammar correctness only. We appreciate your integrity and look forward to assessing your genuine skills and experience.
6.  HOW TO APPLY:
HQ JFC Naples uses NATO Talent Acquisition Platform.
In order to apply for this vacancy, please visit the platform at: https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en, and search for vacancies within HQ JFC Naples.
Note that once you created your profile, it may be used for other similar vacancies within NATO.
Employment pre-requisites:
 
Candidates are invited to submit their applications only if:
· They are nationals of a NATO member country
· They are over 21 and under 60 years of age at the time of taking up their appointments. Appointments of definite duration may be offered to candidates of 60 years of age or more, provided that the expiry date of the contract is not later than the date at which the candidate attains the age of 65.
Additional information:
A NATO security clearance and approval of the candidate’s medical file by the NATO Medical Adviser are essential conditions for appointment to this post.  Applicants are not required to possess a clearance at the time of applying, but they must be eligible for a clearance.  HQ JFC Naples will take action to obtain the required security clearance from the successful candidates’ national authorities.  The selected candidate will be affiliated to the NATO Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (DCPS) system. 
Please note that we can only accept applications from nationals of NATO member countries. 
The selected candidate will be affiliated to the NATO Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (DCPS) system. For info please visit https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/86790.htm.
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