INTEL JISR Collection Manager, NATO-JWC

Yorktown Systems Group; Stavanger; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified INTEL JISR Collection Manager to support NATO’s Joint Warfare Center’s Stavanger, Norway. You will help design and deliver JISR collection for high-priority exercises and ensure alignment with training objectives.

The role requires three years of relevant experience, NATO course credentials, and proficiency with TOPFAS/BICES and MS Office tools. A current NATO Secret clearance is required for the position.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in national or NATO strategic/operational roles in the last 10 years.
• Completion of NATO courses specified in qualifications.
• Knowledge of NATO sensor capabilities and targeting processes.
• Active NATO Secret or higher clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide JISR CM expertise to briefs and exercise documentation.
• Develop and review scenario materials and intelligence products.
• Coordinate with EXCON and TA teams to align training objectives.

Skills

JISR CM experience

Strategic/operational intelligence

Briefing senior leaders

English proficiency STANAG 6001

Education

NATO Intelligence Course or equivalent

NATO IRM & CM Course or equivalent

Tools

TOPFAS

BICES

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Job Title

INTEL JISR Collection Manager, NATO-JWC

Job Description

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified INTEL JISR Collection Manager to support NATO’s Joint Warfare Center’s (JWC) high priority exercises. JWC’s mission is to deliver high value exercises to NATO Command Structure and Force Structure entities and organizations in accordance with direction and guidance received from Allied Command Transformation (ACT) as well as SACEUR’s Annual Guidance for Exercise (SAGE) and the Military Training Evaluation Plan (MTEP). JWC employs a matrix-management organizational structure with staff Directorates and Divisions comprising the vertical component, and multi-year Exercise programs, led by Program Directors, providing the lateral component. By managing the multi-year Exercise programs, the Program Directors coordinate JWC’s contribution and support to NATO’s exercise and training program. the provider will be required to develop, produce, deliver, and archive new settings and scenarios, and update / review and deliver existing settings and scenarios, to include necessary consultation that complement and support the work carried out by JWC’s Scenario Branch. The ambition is to leverage professional, forward-thinking Provider(s) with the ability to bring creativity, novel design thinking and industry best practices to JWC’s business functions of designing, developing, and delivering exercise settings and scenarios, as well as directly supporting the delivery of NATO’s Major Joint Exercise Program.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Grant robust overall strategic situational awareness
• Understand exercise and training objectives and ensure their representation of the scenario supports the training audience’s achievement of those objectives.
• Assist JWC EXCON INTEL in the development of NIFC strategic and operational level scenario documents tailored to the TA and TO of exercise.
• In accordance with JWC EXCON INTEL Chief’s guidance and management, and with all necessary coordination, generate appropriate exercise material to provide a challenging and realistic problem set to the TA in line with the TO and scenario.
• Support the TA achievement of TO, through tailored and accurate delivery of scenario Intel-related information.
• Quickly read, digest, analyse and understand the comprehensive strategic/operational environment and situational awareness as depicted in the scenario documentation provided by JWC.
• Understand and provide recommendations for improvement in the strategic/operational intelligence to refine or improve the scenario.
• Be prepared to update and amend exercise and scenario documentation during the course of the exercise in order to ensure training objectives continue to be met.
• Produce agendas, written speaking notes and minutes of meetings in support of scenario building, communication/coordination and knowledge management.
• Monitor TA activity and output so as to provide timely feedback to JWC EXCON staff to amend and adapt the exercise as required.
• Under JWC EXCON INTEL Chief’s guidance and management, be prepared to supply updates to JWC documentation to ensure representation of latest adversary doctrine/TTPs in area of intelligence subject matter expertise.
• Attend JWC EXCON meetings as dictated by the EXCON battle rhythm and JWC EXCON INTEL Chief, providing NIFC Intelligence SME advice as required.
• On request, provide feedback to JWC permanent staff for the improvement of NATO exercise processes.
• Provide subject matter expertise in JISR Collection Management (CM), acting as NIFC CM to realistically represent the NIFC CM exercise processes and agreed collection capabilities within the scenario to the Training Audience (TA).
• Be prepared to assist JWC EXCON INTEL in the development of strategic and operational level JISR CM scenario documents tailored to the training audience and exercise.
• Understand and provide recommendations for improvement in JISR CM to JWC EXCON INTEL in terms of refine or improve the scenario.
• IAW with AJP-2.7 & AJP-2.1 in addition to AJP-3 and MC 348/AD 065-011, understand and analyze developing TA JISR planning process, Intelligence Collection Plans (ICP), TA Operational orders & documentation, Collection Task Lists (CTL) and their impacts on the Commander’s decision-making process and TO.
• Act as the focal point for the training audience for JISR CM matters during exercise preparation and execution to include advice on Nations National Intelligence (NNI) capabilities & tasking processes, SPACE collection, Operational sensor capabilities and the JISR collection tasking processes.
• Provide JISR support and advice within EXCON & OPFOR during MMIDWS and or MMSWS in line with scenario settings and agreed exercise collection capabilities ITO provide guidance for likely TA understanding of the OPFOR Plan and contribute to the identification of a realistic/agreed BDA reporting concept based on TA JISR sensor capabilities and likely CTL submissions.
• Coordinate:
• Within EXCON JISR CAX Team to confirm NATO (Blue Book) sensor configuration and NNI (SPACE) simulation replication.
• Within EXCON Targeting to ensure that JISR tasking and execution can be synchronized to support TA Targeting TO.
• Within EXCON SPACE Response Cell to ensure NNI Requests can be serviced and reporting formats are appropriate.
• Within Chief JWC EXCON INTEL & LOCON Response Cells (ISR) confirm JISR CM processes and associated reporting outputs together with possible contributions to the DIU during exercise and preparation and execution.
• Develop a basic Concept of Operations for the use of NNI sources & agencies in the conflict, reflecting NATO Collection Requests (CRs) to Nations. If required, develop and present plans.
• Close coordinate with the NIFC analysts and contribute to the DIU production to ensure strategic intelligence reporting as well as NNI is reflected within DIU itself.
• Ensure the JISR intelligence reporting from the EXCON LOCON Response Cells reflects TA tasking and that the reporting is reflected in the appropriate formats and through the agreed communication systems or software applications.
• Act as NIFC CM in meetings with the TA during the exercise, whether face to face, by VTC, phone, email or letter.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated 3 years’ experience in the last 10 years with working in a National or NATO Strategic or Operational level Command as JISR Collection Manager (or similar post).
• Demonstrated 3 years’ experience in the last 10 years operational knowledge of Intelligence, either as a Military Officer or as a civilian.
• Completion of the following courses: a) NATO Intelligence Course or National equivalent, and b) NATO IRM & CM Course or National equivalent.
• Knowledge and Understanding of the following: a) NATO Air/Maritime/Ground/Space Sensor capabilities, b) Space Collection, and c) NATO Targeting Process
• Demonstrated participation in NATO and/or international strategic planning exercises and operations as intelligence SME in the last 10 years.
• Demonstrated 3 years’ experience in the last 10 years in briefing senior leaders at strategic/operational level in a National or Multinational environment.
• Regular user of the following functional systems:
• TOPFAS
• BICES
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Current NATO Secret Security Clearance or National equivalent.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 – Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.

Clearance: Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.

Location

NATO Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway

Travel

CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.

Job Type

Full-Time

Exemption Type

Exempt

Category

Contractors

EEO STATEMENT

Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non-merit-based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities. The Unconventional, LLC. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.