Exercise Planning Analyst — Warfare Development and Lessons Learned for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Konak; On-site; TRY 5,842,000 - 8,763,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG is seeking a seasoned professional to lead military exercise planning and strategic alignment for multinational campaigns. The role requires shaping priorities, coordinating with partners, and documenting campaign concepts.

A long-term engagement includes regular renewals and collaboration across commands and agencies. Ideal candidates hold a relevant degree and at least five years in exercise planning or defence transformation, with strong English proficiency and proven drafting

Qualifications

• A bachelor or master degree in international relations, defence or strategic studies, political science, emergency management or a related field.
• At least five years in military exercise planning, collective training or defence transformation.
• Familiarity with alliance exercise planning processes and their governing documents.
• Proven ability to draft professional planning documents, reports and campaign plans.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.
• Fluent professional English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Carrying warfare development priorities and multi-domain objectives into the exercise enterprise.
• Supporting governance, synchronisation and strategic alignment across that enterprise.
• Taking part in planning conferences, workshops and coordination events.
• Developing, refining and documenting exercise campaign plans and concepts.
• Using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts and assess emerging capabilities.
• Integrating the training innovation lines of effort — realism, new technology, harder scenarios.
• Supporting after-action review and lessons-learned processes, and drafting the formal reports and recommendations.
• Contributing to the rolling programmes of work.
• Coordinating with the other commands, partners and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Organisational skills

Multinational coordination

English proficiency

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor or Master in IR/Defence/Strategic studies/ Poli Sci/ Emergency management

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa.

What You Would Be Doing

• Carrying warfare development priorities and multi-domain objectives into the exercise enterprise.
• Supporting governance, synchronisation and strategic alignment across that enterprise.
• Taking part in planning conferences, workshops and coordination events.
• Developing, refining and documenting exercise campaign plans and concepts.
• Using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts and assess emerging capabilities.
• Integrating the training innovation lines of effort — realism, new technology, harder scenarios.
• Supporting after-action review and lessons-learned processes, and drafting the formal reports and recommendations.
• Contributing to the rolling programmes of work.
• Coordinating with the other commands, partners and external stakeholders.

What you would bring

• A bachelor or master degree in international relations, defence or strategic studies, political science, emergency management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least five years in military exercise planning, collective training or defence transformation.
• Familiarity with alliance exercise planning processes and their governing documents.
• Proven ability to draft professional planning documents, reports and campaign plans.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.
• Fluent professional English, spoken and written.

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