Partnerships Officer — Capability Development and Key Leader Engagement for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Konak; On-site; TRY 4,382,000 - 6,816,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup is seeking a dedicated professional to support the NATO-5 partnership programme in Norfolk, Virginia. The role focuses on coordination, policy work and preparing materials for senior leadership engagements.

The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate degree in international relations or related fields, experience in foreign affairs or defence, and a proven ability to brief senior leaders in English. Yearly travel and US relocation are involved.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in international relations, international security, international development or military studies.
• Experience in foreign affairs, international security or defence.
• Experience drafting for and briefing senior leaders (flag officers or equivalents).
• Fluent professional English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities, outputs and rhythm of the partnerships branch.
• Act as central contact for partnership work strands across directorates.
• Develop briefings, point papers, speaking notes, reports and decision-support products for senior leadership.
• Develop and review policies, directives and procedures around military partnerships.
• Identify, coordinate and track activities, programs of work and engagements.
• Maintain corporate memory with information management, lessons learned and document traceability.
• Ensure partnership activities follow the applicable security policy.
• Prepare and execute key leader engagements with background papers and talking points.
• Travel to meetings, conferences, workshops and exercises up to 30 days per year.

Skills

Partnerships

Policy coordination

Briefing senior leaders

Information management

Security policy

Travel readiness

Education

Postgraduate degree

Job description

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

A multinational defence organisation runs a wide programme of partnerships with nations outside the alliance. This role supports that branch end to end - coordination, staff work, policy and the preparation behind senior engagements.

What you would be doing

• Contributing to the activities, outputs 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.

What you would bring

• A 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 at least one 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.

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