Contractor Support for Military Partnerships- Partner Capability Development, Innovation, and Interoperability

DEFTEC Corporation•Chesapeake, VA

4d•$75,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Contractor Support for Military Partnerships- Partner Capability Development, Innovation, and Interoperability serves as a key contributor to the Partnerships Branch's activities in support of NATO's partnerships objectives, acting as a central point of contact for coordination across HQ SACT Directorates, ACO/SHAPE, NATO HQ, Partner Nations, and relevant International Organizations. This role supports Partner capability development by fostering NATO-Partner cooperation, integrating NATO capability development approaches, including alignment with the NATO Defense Planning Process, standardization, and interoperability requirements, into Partner capability plans, Individually Tailored Partnership Programs, and Defense Capacity Building packages, with particular focus on resilience, modernization, and interoperability. The incumbent identifies and analyzes Partner capability requirements and gaps using DOTMLPFI-based analysis, experimentation, wargaming, and lessons learned, while promoting interoperability through engagement with mechanisms such as CWIX-type activities and Federated Mission Networking, and supporting Partner inclusion in ACT innovation, experimentation, and Multi-Domain Operations activities. Additionally, this individual contributes to the development of briefings, policies, and decision-support products for senior leaders, supports Key Leader Engagement preparation, provides analysis on emerging capability areas such as space, cyberspace, and digital transformation, and travels up to 30 days per year to meetings, exercises, and engagements; qualifying candidates hold a postgraduate degree in international relations, security studies, or a related field (or equivalent senior military staff college experience), bring demonstrated experience in international security or defense affairs within NATO or a related international or national defense organization, and have a track record of briefing senior decision-makers.

Requirements

Active NATO Secret Security Clearance
University postgraduate degree (master's or higher) in international relations, international security, international development, military studies (including military technology or operations research), foreign policy, public affairs, political science, or related discipline; or have attended a NATO or national military staff college (OF-3 level or higher)
Experience working in the field of foreign/international security/international cooperation/defense/military affairs
Experience working within NATO Enterprise (preferred); or other International Organization (in a Defense or Security-related position); or within a national mission, delegation, or embassy to a 10 (in a Defense or Security-related position)
Demonstrate a working knowledge of: NATO Partnerships; or security sector reform / defense and security capacity building; or defense planning; or military capability development/ military applications of operations Research.
Demonstrate experience in drafting for and/or briefing senior leaders/decision makers (FOGOs or civilian equivalent)

Responsibilities

Contribute to the activities, outputs, coordination requirements, and battle rhythm of the Partnerships Branch in support of NATO's partnerships objectives.
Support the Partnerships Branch as the HQ SACT central point of contact for partnerships-related work strands, including coordination with HQ SACT Directorates, Branches, JJJJs, ACO/SHAPE, NATO HQ, Partner Nations, and relevant International Organizations, as required.
Contribute to the development and delivery of briefings, point papers, speaking notes, reports, decision-support products, and other staff work for senior officers, decision makers, working groups, and external engagements related to partnerships.
Contribute to the development, review, refinement, and implementation of policies, directives, concepts, processes, and procedures related to NATO military partnerships, including support to Bi-SC and ACT-level taskings.
Support the identification, coordination, and tracking of ACT activities, Program of Work, exercises, experiments, training, education, and engagement opportunities open to Partners, ensuring coherence of messaging and alignment with NATO and ACT priorities.
Support the maintenance of corporate memory, information and knowledge management, lessons identified, document traceability, and quality assurance mechanisms for Partnerships Branch activities.
Ensure that partnership activities, documentation, and information-sharing considerations are coordinated in accordance with applicable NATO security, releasability, and information-management requirements.
Support Key Leader Engagement preparation and execution, including background papers, engagement strategies, read-ahead material, talking points, engagement reports, and follow-up actions.
Be prepared to travel to meetings, conferences, workshops, exercises, and other engagements both within and outside NATO's boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labor category and within the scope of Partnerships Branch responsibilities.
Support Partner capability development by coordinating with HQ SACT Capability Development stakeholders, Partner Nations, NATO HQ, ACO/SHAPE, and relevant subject matter experts to foster mutually beneficial NATO-Partner cooperation.
Support the integration of NATO capability development approaches into Partner capability development activities, ensuring coherence with the NATO Defense Planning Process, NATO standardization, interoperability requirements, and applicable doctrine.
Contribute ACT inputs to Partner capability plans, Individually Tailored Partnership Programs, Defense Capacity Building packages, and other partnership tools, with particular focus on resilience, interoperability, modernization, and alignment with NATO strategic priorities.
Support the identification and analysis of Partner capability requirements and gaps using DOTMLPFl-based analysis, concepts, experimentation, wargaming, exercises, lessons learned, and other ACT warfare development processes.
Promote Partner interoperability through engagement with NATO-led interoperability and capability-evaluation mechanisms, including CWIX-type activities, Federated Mission Networking, data-sharing architectures, and relevant standards development.
Support the inclusion of Partners, where appropriate, in ACT capability development, innovation, experimentation, Multi-Domain Operations implementation, modelling and simulation, training, and technology exploitation activities.
Provide analysis and staff support on emerging and cross-domain capability areas, including space, cyberspace, digital transformation, innovation, and other future capability areas relevant to Partner interoperability and military transformation.
Investigate ways to enhance the Branch's capabilities through the development of new tools, information-sharing mechanisms, and processes.