Staff Officer (Experimentation & Wargaming Design)

NATO•United States of America, Norfolk, MA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Officer (Experimentation Design) is a contributor to the technical design and delivery of operational experimentation, enabling the seamless placement of experiments into Alliance concept and capability development programmes while identifying and acting upon opportunities for synergy with other NATO or national programmes in order to maximize returns on investments. This post supports the achievement of the Commander’s strategic objectives by contributing to military transformation, developing capabilities to address defence and security challenges and proactively supporting the requirements definition for future military estimates, perspectives and advice, capability requirements, and solutions engineering aimed to improve effectiveness and interoperability. The incumbent will enact collaboration with Nations, partners and others, sharing best experiment design practices and making use of transformational and innovative approaches to seek multi-national solutions to the needs of the Alliance in terms of capability development.

Requirements

University Degree and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
Four-six years’ experience (depending on educational background/degrees) in the design of experiments.
Experience in applying experimentation to national or multinational military transformation activities.
Proven track record in the delivery of successful experiment designs.
Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, with emphasis on effectiveness in the distillation of complex technical subjects into cogent briefings tailored to non-technical audiences.
Management experience in a government, international or industrial setting and in taking personal responsibility for the delivery of technical products.
Experience in an instructional capacity, preparing and delivering training lessons.
Experience in delivering briefings and presentations to a broad cross-section, from junior to senior ranked audiences.
English – SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)

Nice To Haves

Joint military staff experience, as a military or civilian staff member, preferably in a multi-national environment.
Experience in working closely with industry.
Formal Programme & Project Management Qualification.
Post-graduate qualifications in experimentation-related activities.
Microsoft SharePoint Designer/Developer training.

Responsibilities

Directly responsible for the design of experiments within the annual NATO CD&E Programme of Work, in order to deliver best effect to the development of new concepts and capabilities, in accordance with the NATO CD&E Policy.
Directly responsible for the contribution of draft experiment designs arising from the annual portfolio of experiment proposals validated by Nations’ CD&E experts to enable efficient execution of the experiments, while encouraging collaborative working, in accordance with the NATO CD&E Process.
Directly responsible for experimentation design management to ensure that, within taut resource constraints, each planned experiment is configured to provide results that will address the required concept or capability effectively, and in an efficient and quality-assured manner.
Serve as an expert in operational experimentation and participate as a senior team member in the planning, execution, analysis and reporting of experiments.
Prepare and deliver briefings across the Alliance, to audiences up to OF-8 level, on the contributions made by operational experimentation to NATO’s Transformation and Adaptation strategy.
Prepare and deliver instruction on operational experimentation to the NATO CD&E Course
Identify Lessons learned, and best practices on experimentation techniques.
Manage experimentation funds as a Deputy Fund Manager.