Hybrid Contracts Officer – International Defence Procurement

Work Life Group; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in Brussels is seeking a contracting assistant to support the principal contracting officer across procurement cycles from solicitation to award, with a hybrid on-site/remote pattern.

You will draft solicitations, analyse bids, liaise with contractors, process contract changes, and contribute to procurement reporting, while keeping financial records audit-ready and compliant.

Qualifications

• Higher vocational training in a relevant field with 2 years of related experience, or a secondary qualification with 4 years
• Working knowledge of procurement methods and of keeping financial records compliant
• Experience with high-value, high-volume framework contracts for services
• Welcome extras: public sector procurement, an international military and civilian environment, and knowledge of NATO procurement
• Good professional English

Responsibilities

• Handling competitive and sole-source procurements: drafting and releasing solicitations, analysing bids, talking to bidders and preparing awards
• Liaising with contractors so that tasks are delivered on time and as agreed
• Processing contract changes and amendments, and keeping financial records audit-ready
• Reviewing business cases and recommending the right procurement route, whether open market or an existing framework
• Sorting out procurement issues for internal customers, or escalating them when needed, and supporting supplier improvement actions
• Contributing timely, high-quality input to procurement reporting

Skills

Procurement methods

Contract management

Bid analysis

Stakeholder communication

Financial record keeping

NATO procurement

Education

Higher vocational training

Secondary qualification

Job description

Every good contract starts with someone who gets the paperwork exactly right.

A multinational defence organisation in Brussels is looking for a contracting assistant to work under its principal contracting officer, carrying procurements from the first solicitation through to award and then keeping the resulting contracts in good order. Half the time is spent on site, half wherever you work best.

What you would be doing

• Handling competitive and sole-source procurements: drafting and releasing solicitations, analysing bids, talking to bidders and preparing awards
• Liaising with contractors so that tasks are delivered on time and as agreed
• Processing contract changes and amendments, and keeping financial records audit-ready
• Reviewing business cases and recommending the right procurement route, whether open market or an existing framework
• Sorting out procurement issues for internal customers, or escalating them when needed, and supporting supplier improvement actions
• Contributing timely, high-quality input to procurement reporting

What you would bring

• Higher vocational training in a relevant field with 2 years of related experience, or a secondary qualification with 4 years
• Working knowledge of procurement methods and of keeping financial records compliant
• Experience with high-value, high-volume framework contracts for services
• Welcome extras: public sector procurement, an international military and civilian environment, and knowledge of NATO procurement
• Good professional English

Why this one is worth a look

It is a solid step into international defence procurement with a hybrid pattern, inside a standing framework rather than a one-off project.