GR-11 Manager Industry Relations

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    4 hours ago
  • Category:
    Management and Strategy
  • Deadline:
    13/11/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post N° GR-11/ Ref. No 2024_00398

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General Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in Business Administration or Law, or relevant professional experience.
  • Demonstrated success in the field of defence contracting with significant knowledge of public procurement and contract rules and principles.
  • Ability to multi-task, manage time and work effectively under pressure while producing high-quality products under short-notice deadlines.
  • Very good analytical, writing, communication skills and the ability to conduct complex operational, compliance and performance assessments.
  • Knowledge and practical experience in complying with contract law/regulations/directives/policies.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing personnel.
  • Ability to develop resourceful and effective solutions to complex problems , ability to set performance goals and expectations, to develop policy and metrics, to measure performance and to engage problems early to mitigate risk and redirect performance.
  • Sound digital literacy with experience in using office automation systems and software applications, e.g. Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Specific Qualifications
  • A minimum of ten years’ experience in procurement activities.
LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS
  • NATO’s two official languages are English and French. The work of this post is mainly conducted in English, therefore fluency in that language is essential and working knowledge of French is desirable.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

  • Multicultural environment
  • Initial three year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary (subject to Article 19 of the Ottawa agreement on exemption of Taxation)
  • Additional benefits for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave
  • Excellent health coverage
  • Great work/life balance
  • Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
  • Pension Scheme

POST DETAILS

  • Basic monthly salary: EUR 10 545,80 tax free
  • Subject to final approval

HOW TO APPLY?

All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the FAQs before applying.

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NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed performance report.

NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 30 October  2024.

Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.

IMPORTANT NOTES

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Qualified redundant NATO civilian candidates of the same grade will be considered in priority.

Interviews are expected to be held approximately six weeks after the application closing date. The Talent Acquisition and Development Office shall let you know in due course the outcome of the screening process.

Moreover, due to the broad interest in NSPA and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or email enquiries cannot be dealt with.

The Agency would appreciate it if addressee countries could provide their support by submitting candidates whose security clearance can be effected (or confirmed) rapidly and who could report for duty as soon as possible after selection.

NSPA as an employer values diverse backgrounds and perspectives and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce. NSPA welcomes applications of nationals from all Member States and strongly encourages women to apply.

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NSPA COVID MEASURES:
All deployable vacancy announcements include the requirement to be fully vaccinated at the time of receiving the offer of employment. No offer of employment shall be made to deployable candidates who refuse to be vaccinated.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT MILITARY OR ADMINISTRATION POST HOLDERS:
Please note that if you currently hold a military or administration post, you will be required to decide, in accordance with your national authorities’ regulations, whether to retire or resign from your post, or apply for special leave from your national authorities. If you are invited to a preliminary interview, you will be asked to indicate your preference at that time as well.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.