CIS Planning Instructor and Course Developer for NATO with security clearance

Work Life Group; Oeiras; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Work Life Group in Oeiras is seeking an instructor to design and deliver a CIS planning course for staff officers from multiple nations. You will work with subject matter experts, develop practical exercises, and manage the content, including the self-paced eLearning component.

The position requires deep NATO CIS planning knowledge and fluent professional English, with travel to other sites as needed. You will train officers using real-world scenarios to ensure readiness and interoperability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of NATO CIS planning policy, doctrine, and procedures.
• 5+ years of advanced knowledge of NATO CIS capabilities in operations and exercises.
• 3+ years writing policies, plans, orders, training material.
• Fluent professional English.
• A CIS planning course or CIS instructor qualification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver the CIS planning course, including practical exercises.
• Develop and maintain course content, including the self-paced eLearning part.
• Coordinate the subject matter experts who teach parts of the course.
• Keep the CIS planning information portal up to date.
• Assess students, collect feedback and write a short report after each course.
• Travel with mobile training teams to other sites when a course runs there.

Skills

NATO CIS policy

CIS capabilities in ops

Policy writing

Fluent English

Job description

Planning communications for military operations is hard. Teaching it well is harder, and that is the job.

A multinational defence training academy in Oeiras, near Lisbon, has redesigned its CIS planning courseand needs a practitioner who can develop the content, work with the expert speakers and deliver thecourse to staff officers from many nations.

What you would be doing

• Preparing and delivering the CIS planning course, including practical exercises
• Developing and maintaining course content, including the self-paced eLearning part
• Coordinating the subject matter experts who teach parts of the course
• Keeping the CIS planning information portal up to date
• Assessing students, collecting feedback and writing a short report after each course
• Travelling with mobile training teams to other sites when a course runs there

What you would bring

• At least 3 years of advanced knowledge of current NATO CIS planning policy, doctrine and procedures
• At least 5 years of advanced knowledge of NATO CIS capabilities in operations and exercises
• At least 3 years writing policies, plans, orders, training material and learning aids
• Fluent professional English
• A plus: a CIS planning course, a CIS technical instructor qualification, headquarters experience

Why this one is worth a look

The officers you train will plan the networks real operations run on.