Partnerships & Policy Lead — International Defense Engagement

WLG; Eigenbrakel; Vor Ort; EUR 96.000 - 122.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Multinational defence organisation in Norfolk, VA is seeking a senior professional to coordinate partnerships end to end. You will act as a central contact across directorates, develop briefings and policy materials, and support senior leadership with decision-ready products.

The role requires a postgraduate degree and experience in international security or defence, with fluent English and willingness to travel up to 30 days/year. This is a long-term engagement with renewal each year.

Qualifikationen

• Postgraduate degree in international relations, international security, international development or military studies.
• Experience in foreign affairs, international security, international cooperation or defence.
• Experience inside an alliance structure, another international organisation in a defence or security post, or a national defence ministry.
• Working knowledge of partnerships, security sector reform, defence and security capacity building, defence planning, military cooperation.
• Demonstrated experience drafting for and briefing senior leaders — flag officers or their civilian equivalents.
• Fluent professional English.

Aufgaben

• Contributing to the activities and coordination rhythm of the partnerships branch.
• Acting as a central point of contact for partnership work strands across directorates.
• Developing briefings, point papers, speaking notes, reports and decision-support products for senior leadership.
• Developing and reviewing the policies, directives, concepts and procedures behind military partnerships.
• Identifying, coordinating and tracking activities, programmes of work, exercises, experiments, training and engagements.
• Maintaining corporate memory: information and knowledge management, lessons identified, document traceability and quality assurance.
• Ensuring partnership activities and information sharing follow the applicable security policy.
• Preparing and executing key leader engagements — background papers, engagement strategies, read-ahead material, talking points.
• Travelling to meetings, conferences, workshops and exercises up to about thirty days a year.

Kenntnisse

English fluency

Policy drafting

Senior leadership briefing

International security

Partnerships management

Defence cooperation

Ausbildung

Postgraduate degree

Jobbeschreibung

Multinational defence organisation in Norfolk, VA is seeking a senior professional to coordinate partnerships end to end. You will act as a central contact across directorates, develop briefings and policy materials, and support senior leadership with decision-ready products.

The role requires a postgraduate degree and experience in international security or defence, with fluent English and willingness to travel up to 30 days/year. This is a long-term engagement with renewal each year.