Junior Contracts Officer (Competitive Procurement, Amendments) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in Brussels is seeking a contracting assistant to support the principal contracting officer, managing procurements from solicitation through award and maintaining contracts in good order. The role blends on-site work with flexible arrangements to suit performance and deadlines.

You will manage high-value contracts within an international defence environment, coordinate with contractors, and ensure audit-ready financial records while supporting procurement reporting and strategic

Qualifications

• Experience handling competitive and sole-source procurements.
• Knowledge of procurement methods and financial records compliance.
• Familiarity with high-value, high-volume framework contracts.

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 procurement routes (open market or framework)
• Sorting procurement issues for internal customers and supporting supplier improvement actions
• Contributing timely input to procurement reporting

Skills

Procurement methods

Financial record keeping

Contract management

Public sector procurement

NATO procurement knowledge

English proficiency

Education

Higher vocational training in a relevant field

Secondary qualification with 4 years of experience

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.