Contractor Support to SALT; Strategic Thinker 2

Job Description

McBride has an exciting opportunity to support Allied Command Transformation (ACT) which is NATO’s leading agent for change : driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are : providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organizations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

Background : The contractor will be under the responsibility of the SALT Branch Head and will be involved in all aspects of SALT work, to include writing reports, coordination of workshops and working groups, and development of numerous products related to Warfare Development.

You will be responsible for the following :

• Attend weekly SALT meetings, both scheduled and unscheduled, at the direction of the Branch head.
• Support implementation of LTMSS PoW.
• Travel to attend relevant external meetings / workshops / events.
• Facilitate and prepare workshops and other related events such as war games.
• Provide valuable input on NWCC and WDA and offer ideas and related analysis.
• Interpret military, political, economic, sociocultural, and technological trends and develop alternatives ways of assessment.
• Conduct research and data analysis to inform strategic decisions, especially analysis of long-term trends including pertaining to Russia, terrorist groups.
• Understand and shape the NATO’s / ACT’s strategy and mission.
• Develop plans to materialize long term strategy and analyze development proposals.
• Conduct research to identify threats and opportunities.
• Construct forecasts and analytical models.
• Monitor and analyze global trends (cognitive topics, international relations, global security environment, industry and market changes, etc.).
• Be available to ACT leadership for NWCC / WDA related requirements.
• Collaborate as required with HQ SACT cross-functional teams to provide strategic thoughts and inputs.
• Provide feedback about their work clearly and concisely.
• Fulfill other specific WDA and LTMSS related tasks as directed by the SALT Branch Head.
• Provide support in the strategy / marketing / branding of the LTMSS policy in order to ensure a widespread culture within the Alliance.

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications :

Desired Qualifications :

Benefits

For U.S. residents only :

Requirements

Education and Clearance University degree in international relations, business administration, economics, public administration, operations research or related discipline. Active NATO or National SECRET security clearance or higher.