We are hiring highly motivated individuals for various areas and various grades.
If you're looking to join NATO and you are a citizen of a NATO country, we have job opportunities for you.
The NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Headquarters (HQ NAEW&CF GK) is located at NATO Air Base (NAB) Geilenkirchen, Germany. Around 1800 soldiers and civilians from NATO Allies work in the headquarters. The E-3A AWACS are NATO's 'eye in the sky'. They provide the Alliance with air surveillance, battle management, command and control, and communications, and are used for a vast range of NATO missions.
The following job opportunities are available at HQ NAEW&CF GK, Geilenkirchen:
Staff Assistant (Administration), NATO Grade 8
Staff Assistant (Travel), NATO Grade 8
Staff Assistant (Human Resources Management Planning & Quality Management), NATO Grade 8
Staff Assistant (Project Design and Management), NATO Grade 12
Successful candidates will be highly organized, methodical and resilient, with excellent English communication skills and the confidence to work with senior leaders, military personnel, and multinational colleagues across multiple sites. They will bring strong judgement, excellent attention to detail, sound numeracy and a calm, professional approach in a fast-paced environment. The roles offered would suit someone who enjoys working at pace, can move confidently between operational detail and wider strategic priorities, and is motivated by the opportunity to contribute to NATO's fundamental goals within an organization with a clear mission.
What we would like you to demonstrate for the posts at G8 level:
·Comfortable working with project documentation such as plans, schedules, risk logs, budgets and reports
·High attention to detail, with the ability to work accurately with data and identify inconsistencies or issues early
·Able to organize and prioritize your workload across multiple tasks or projects
·Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, to manage, analyze and track information
·Experience working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including military personnel
·Clear and professional communication skills, with the ability to capture key information and follow up on actions
·A proactive approach to problem solving, supporting the identification and resolution of issues
What we would like you to demonstrate for the post at G12 level in addition to the skills mentioned for the G8 posts:
·Comfortable in presenting the status of projects to senior managers
·Confident using Project Management Software, such as Microsoft Project
·Confident in using Power BI
·Excellent English communication skills in speaking and writing at CEFR level C1 or better
·Comfortable with customer-side project management, including stakeholder, risk, quality, schedule management
·Ability to participate in appropriate meetings including minuting and proactively engaging in discussions, contributing to the PmP, collating progress reports, assisting with quality and risks strategies and project documentation
·Knowledge of aviation terminology and regulations are a plus, but not a requirement.
Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities with the team.
HOW TO APPLY
Ready to make an impact and work in an international environment?
After creating a candidate account, select the job title you are applying for and complete the application form which includes a pre-screening questionnaire.
Please attach any documentation (proof of highest education, diplomas, certificates, testimonials etc.) that you consider to be particularly relevant to the qualification requirements specified in this advertisement. Any documentation submitted in a language other than English must be accompanied by at least an unofficial translation. Please note that upon taking up duties, candidates will be asked to provide original certificates of their education and professional experience as relevant for this vacancy.
CONTRACT
Serving civilian members of NATO will be offered a contract in accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations. Newly recruited staff will be initially offered a definite duration contract of three years. Thereafter, an indefinite duration contract might be offered.
SALARY/BENEFITS
Salary values indicated in this vacancy notice are based on NATO`S Single Salary Spine scale;
The salary is tax free including (where eligible) expatriation, family and children's allowances and additional privileges for expatriate staff;
Education allowance for children (where appropriate) and an excellent private health insurance scheme;
Generous annual leave and home leave (if eligible);
Retirement Pension Plan.
TEST/INTERVIEW
The selection process will consist of multiple stages. Candidates shortlisted for further consideration will be contacted by the Recruitment Team and receive detailed information on subsequent steps. The process will conclude with an interview.
NOTE:
NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection process, 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.
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