About this job

Sapienza Consulting, a tpgroup company, is recruiting a Space Policy Analyst to join NATO – NCIA in Brussels, Belgium.

Responsibilities

• Support the multinational scaling of space pioneer projects
• Support the PoW of the Alliance Space Persistent Surveillance (APSS) Project
• Identify opportunities to build coherence between APSS and existing NATO ISR programmes and initiatives, and drive integration into NATO
• Conduct space-related analysis, including concerning industry developments
• Develop and maintain capability surveys with a focus on NATO and Allied space ISR ambitions and space data exchange, and leverage data analysis tools for visualisation
• Explore and launch further projects related to innovation in the ISR domain, liaise and collaborate with other programmes relevant in this field
• Liaise between NATO HQ and NCIA on ISR related matters
• Leverage NATO exercises, training, trial and experimentation opportunities to inject space ISR efforts
• Support public diplomacy efforts, including NATO’s ISR Summit project (“Project X”) from NCIA perspective and develop publicfacing events, articles, briefings and web stories on ISR innovation activities
• Support conferences and other educational initiatives that are of interest for the work to be performed
• Ability to work unsupervised or part of a group; Be willing to travel on a frequent basis and work during weekends as required by the leadership

Profile

• Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
• Hold a degree in the field of business administration, economics and international security
• Have a minimum of 1 year work experience of working in an international environment at the strategic/policy level
• Have experience in capability development and delivery at the policy/political level, including drafting of political and legal agreements
• Be conversant with the Alliance’s political and military consultative processes and key security policy issues on its agenda
• Have a good understanding of NATO Allied national and multinational space ambitions
• Good understanding of NATO’s financing and funding mechanisms
• Possess excellent analytical skills, excellent briefing (verbal and written) skills and have the ability to provide a high degree of impact and influence with political, civil and military stakeholders
• Basic knowledge of Space capabilities and use in military environment
• Good knowledge of information system (sharepoint).

The Consultant shall have the following skills:

• Possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official languages (English/French):
• V (“advanced”) in English and I (“Beginner”) French
• Ability to plan and execute assigned project tasks taking into account policies, programme goals, and priorities, funding and other planning constraints
• Possess extensive space policy knowledge and experience
• Degree in economics or business administration
• Ability to work on its own and as part of a team
• Strong listening and communication skills in English.

It is desirable that the Consultant has the following skills/experience:

• Experience of working in an international environment, comprising both military and civilian staff
• Committee support experience
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization
• Motivated, good communication skills, team player

If you are interested in applying then please click apply and one of the recruitment team will be in touch.