GE-3: Senior Officer
Post N° GE-3/ Ref. No 2025_00831
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General Qualifications
- University degree or relevant professional experience.
- At least five years of experience in a planning and/or management position, in an international organisation, a national public administration (civil or military), or the private sector.
- Knowledge of NSPA’s operations and their relationship to NATO or other national/international public organisations.
- Experience in corporate or strategic planning at major unit or executive level.
- Ability to manage time and work effectively under pressure while producing quality products under short-notice deadlines.
- Ability to develop resourceful and effective solutions to problems, to focus team on performance goals and expectations, to track metrics and measure performance, and to engage problems early to mitigate risk and redirect performance.
- Ability to produce succinct, well-structured and effective staff papers, presentations and correspondence.
- Excellent written and verbal skills with a proven ability to write English quickly and consistently to a very high standard.
- Sound digital literacy with experience in using office automation systems and software applications, particularly Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint).
Specific Qualifications
- Experience developing management planning and reporting documentation.
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 6 weeks plus official holidays
- Pension Scheme
POST DETAILS
All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the FAQs before applying.
NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed performance report.
NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 28 December 2025.
Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.
All application deadlines are based on the Central European Time (CET) zone.
IMPORTANT NOTES
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.
- Basic monthly salary: EUR 9 674,26, tax free - before insurance and pension contributions.
All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the FAQs before applying.
NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed performance report.
NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 28 December 2025.
Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.
All application deadlines are based on the Central European Time (CET) zone.
IMPORTANT NOTES
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.
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.
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.
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Position Number: GE-3
Ref. No.: 2025_00831
Position category: Planning and Management
Minimum educational level: University Degree (Master) in relevant field or equivalent experience
Grade: NATO grade 17:A3
Duty Location:: Luxembourg - Capellen
Who can apply?: NATO Civilian Staff and external candidates who are nationals of a NATO member country are invited to apply.
Deadline: 11 January 2026
Vacancy status: Receiving applications until deadline
