Senior Operational Analyst — Course of Action and Cost Effectiveness for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG is seeking an experienced operational analyst to support capability development through rigorous analysis, assessments and evidence packages. The role involves planning qualitative and quantitative studies, coordinating with nations and industry, and presenting well-structured briefs to decision-makers.

Required is a quantitative degree or 5+ years leading OA studies, plus fluent English. Expect occasional travel and a long-term renewal engagement with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in operations research, mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering or equivalent quantitative subject.
• Five or more years leading operational analysis studies.

Responsibilities

• Course of action analysis using operations research methods in support of capability development.
• Plan and run research to assess operational effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
• Engage research entities and industry to evaluate alternatives.
• Support information requests and surveys to nations, NGOs and industry.
• Analyse risk impacts and propose mitigation strategies.
• Review cost and schedule estimates for quality and evidence.
• Document comparative assessments to inform programme decisions.
• Produce decision briefs and brief decision-makers.
• Write analysis reports forming the capability programme evidence package.
• Travel to meetings and conferences up to ~60 days per year.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor degree or 5+ years OA experience

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa for you and your family.

This post is a full employment contract with our delivery partner, with the benefits that go with it — not a contractor or B2B arrangement. Agreeing to be employed is the first condition of the role.

A multinational defence organisation decides between capability options worth a great deal of money. This role runs the operational analysis behind those decisions: the assessments, the comparisons and the evidence package that goes with them.

What You Would Be Doing

• Course of action analysis using operations research methods in support of capability development.
• Planning and running research to establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Engaging research entities and industry to establish the impact of the alternatives.
• Supporting requests for information and surveys to nations, non-governmental organisations and industry.
• Analysing the impact of individual and aggregated risks and proposing how to manage them.
• Reviewing cost and schedule estimates produced by others for quality and supporting evidence.
• Documenting comparative assessments of cost, risk, schedule and effectiveness to inform programme decisions.
• Producing decision briefs that explain the rationale, and briefing decision-makers on them.
• Writing the analysis reports that form part of the capability programme evidence package.
• Travelling to meetings and conferences up to about sixty days a year.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree in operations research, mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering or an equivalent quantitative subject — or five or more years leading operational analysis studies.
• At least two examples in the last ten years, three years combined, of military operations research or operational analysis.
• Experience designing and facilitating structured stakeholder sessions to draw out objectives, assumptions, measures and risks.
• Recent experience scoping problems for study and developing the analysis approach.
• Experience building data collection and analysis plans with measures of effectiveness and performance.
• Experience assessing and communicating uncertainty and risk on capability and acquisition decisions.
• Experience producing or working with cost and schedule estimates and their methodologies.
• Experience in a strategic or operational military command, or a multinational organisation.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.