International Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations (IO/NGO) - Coordinator

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a NATO establishment focused on improving the Alliance's operational capabilities through training and exercises. Located in Stavanger, Norway, the JWC plays a critical role in preparing NATO forces for future challenges by:

• Training and Exercises
  • Conducting large-scale, joint operational-level training events, simulations, and exercises to enhance interoperability among NATO member nations.
• Doctrine Development
  • Contributing to the development and refinement of NATO doctrines and concepts by providing feedback and insights from exercises and training activities.
• Operational Support
  • Offering expert support to NATO operations, missions, and exercises, ensuring that lessons learned are integrated into future training and planning.

 The JWC supports NATO's overall strategic objectives by ensuring that its forces are well-prepared and capable of responding to various global threats and challenges.

The program 

To deliver each full exercise cycle the JWC relies heavily on an Exercise Control (EXCON) structure. EXCON staff members are drawn from several backgrounds and units including JWC staff, NATO component commands, Training Audience (TA) Headquarters, Partner Nations and other augmenters’ positions. EXCON has both direction and control functions which allow it to establish the conditions needed by the TA to achieve the exercise aim and objectives. EXCON size and structure is flexible and is shaped to the requirement of each phase of exercise delivery. When it is not possible to fill a position from military sources, the JWC has the option to source a contractor to fill a position. Not all contracted positions are required for each phase of each exercise.

Role Background

The IO/NGO coordinator is an important player within all NATO exercises and responsible to ensure a realistic IO/NGO play. Hereby coordinating with the approved IO/NGO participating in the exercise

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise of IO/NGOs, to ensure they are realistically integrated into the exercise.
• Coordinate and support IO/NGO during the exercise to ensure appropriate interaction with the Training audience.
• Develop a basic Concept of Operations for humanitarian, civil society and human rights issues in the conflict, reflecting tasking for other non-military representatives. If required, develop and present plans.
• Act as the focal point for the training audience for all matters relating to the international humanitarian response, human rights issues and civil society issues.
• Coordinate humanitarian, human rights and civil society matters with all appropriate representatives and provide realistic documents.
• Understand and provide recommendations for improvement in the representation of humanitarian, human rights and civil society issues to refine or improve the scenario.
• Interact within the exercise as representatives for fictitious IO/NGOs and provide all relevant documentation.
• Understand and analyse developing training audience plans and documentation and their impacts on IO/NGOs.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated and significant experience (i.e. in excess of 5 years in the past 20) of working at the senior levels of an (humanitarian) international (non-) governmental organization
• Demonstrate 3 years’ experience in the last 10 working at senior managerial level within an IO/NGO.
• Demonstrate interaction with or working alongside NATO at operational level for a minimum of 3 years.

Language

• Business English

Working Location

• Stavanger, Norway
• Remote work may be requested on an ADHOC per requirement basis

Working Policy

• Each exercise support requirement is anticipated to be 5 to 15 working days per event
• On-Site, unless otherwise specified with up to 12-hour days
• If out of normal hours work is required, this will be requested on a per requirement basis

Travel

• Any associated travel costs to and from your home location to participate in the activity will be covered by Spektrum

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance