C004310 Senior Operational Analyst Defence NS BELGIUM - 22 Jul

• Deadline Date: Tuesday 22 July 2025
• Location: Mons, BELGIUM
• Required Start Date: 1 September 2025

Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:

1. Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
2. Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
3. Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position

Any applications that do NOT meet all the above – and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.

• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.
• Identifies, evaluates and recommends options.
• Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements.
• Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required.
• Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.

• Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area.
• Actively maintains recognised expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others.
• Consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third-party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organizational objectives.
• Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

• Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
• Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools.
• Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.

• Investigates enterprise data requirements where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Plans own data modelling and design activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives.
• Provides advice and guidance to others using the data structures and associated components.

• Applies a variety of visualisation techniques and designs the content and appearance of data visuals.
• Operationalises and automates activities for efficient and timely production of data visuals.
• Selects appropriate visualisation approaches from a range of applicable options.
• Contributes to exploration and experimentation in data visualisation.

• Collaborating with other departments to address quality issues
• Ensuring the processes produce their intended result
• Providing inputs to annual quality plans
• Developing and implementing quality assurance and quality control procedures
• Team & Task Leadership
• Co-ordinate work with related activities inside and outside of the Agency
• Acknowledged as a recognised expert and advisor to customers on OA services and support
• Technical Leadership in OA
• Acknowledged as a recognised expert, and customer advisor, related to a particular OA technique or domain
• Give scientific briefings and presentations; write and/or review scientific papers and articles for publication
• Represent the Agency, as directed, in NATO-related events, E.g. working groups and panels, seminars, workshops

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Analysis of military capabilities, including knowledge and recent expertise in at least one of the military components/domains;
• Analysis of modern military problems in a range of areas, e.g. determining requirements and capabilities for military operations at strategic and operational levels, analysis of C2 (command and control) or organizational structures;
• Application of Operations Research / Analysis techniques (such as structured problem analysis, statistical analysis, simulation and optimisation);
• Development of Operations Research / Analysis supporting models and tools, staff decision aids, databases, data collection and/or survey tools;
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with military staff.