Maritime Operations Analyst

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  

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The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC), officially established in 2004 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, is a key element of NATO’s training community and serves as a focal point for combined and joint operations and warfare at the tactical level. Since moving into its state-of-the-art facility in 2009, equipped with advanced Communication and Information System (CIS) architecture, the Centre has provided NATO with a flexible and cost-effective environment for current operations, readiness activities, certification exercises, and experimentation.

The JFTC delivers a wide range of capabilities, including:

• Collective Training: Planning, preparing, and executing static and distributed combined and joint training to support warfighting readiness.
• Exercises and Certification: Delivering complex, multi-domain and high-intensity exercises, including support for NATO Command Structure and NATO Force Structure exercises, as well as certification and pre-deployment training.
• Experimentation and Innovation: Supporting warfare development, concept development, experimentation, doctrine validation, and interoperability through advanced training environments, analytical wargaming, and its dedicated battle laboratory.
• Partnerships and Interoperability: Strengthening relationships with Allied and Partner nations while supporting the integration of national training organisations, regional security organisations, and NATO partnerships.
• Professional Development: Conducting training events, conferences, courses, and key leadership programmes that enhance NATO’s operational effectiveness and readiness.

Overall, the JFTC plays a critical role in improving NATO’s interoperability, operational effectiveness, and readiness by providing world-class training, exercises, experimentation, and innovation capabilities for the Alliance.

Role ID - JFTC-16-26-1

  Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides Maritime subject matter support and advise to JFTC Opposing Force (OPFOR) and to Scenario Teams during the exercise planning, especially during the development of (iteration-specific) OPFOR Campaign Plans and during OPFOR workshops.
• Provides Maritime support to OPFOR team during exercise executions and/or executions of wargamings including maintaining the OPFOR Maritime Ops operational picture.
• Provides Maritime Subject Matter Expert (SME) expertise in support of MEL/MIL workshops.
• Identifies requirements for external Maritime SME in support of MEL/MIL Workshops and coordinates a formal sourcing of them.
• Distributes available Maritime expertise across MEL/MIL workshops’ syndicates, guides, coordinates and controls Maritime SMEs’ MEL/MIL production.
• Supports the exercise’s MLI efforts.
• Provides Maritime component SME support to the exercise regarding MDO.
• Acting as a functional area expert on the contribution and integration of Maritime Operations in Joint Operational Planning and Command and Control.
• Providing advice on Maritime Ops issues in the context of Joint Operational Planning, Command and Control.
• Coordinating with and providing OPFOR Maritime Ops inputs to the JFTC Scenario Team during module development.
• Coordinates CAX requirements for the simulation of maritime-specific OPFOR locations, activities, and capabilities.
• Contributes to all EXCON activity.
• Coordinates OPFOR Maritime Ops with LOCON Response Cells.
• Coordinates OPFOR Maritime Ops with MEL/MIL Manager and Event Managers.
• Provides support to the Targeting Cell on BDA reporting.
• Prepares OPFOR Maritime Ops planning documents.
• Contributes to the production of OPFOR FRAGOs and Annexes.
• Contributes to dynamic scripting to enable the TA to achieve their TOs.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of Division specific SOPs. Be well versed in current and emerging threat Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and technological capabilities and the NATO counter actions to these threats

 Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• At least 3 years’ operational experience in Headquarters at naval task group level or above.
• Experience in exercise planning and execution.
• Experience in joint operational environments.
• Experience in NATO and Opponent Forces operating principles at tactical and operational level.

  Education

• Completed National Staff Officers Course (or NATO/national equivalent staff officer course).

  Language Proficiency

• Native English language speaker or individual presenting very good command of spoken and written English, with a proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing at the level of (SLP) NATO STANAG 6001 - 3333 (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
• To meet this requirement, the Contractor must provide one of the following pertaining to the Key Personnel’:
• NATO STANAG 6001 - 3333 certificate,
• Common European Framework (CEF) B2+ Vantage+ certificate,
• Council of Europe (COE) B2 Vantage certificate,
• Association of Langue Testers in Europe (ALTE) level 3 Independent User certificate,
• Cambridge ESOL - FCE certificate,
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - level 5 certificate.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - with result between 487 and 566 (paper based) or between 57-86 (internet based).
• In lieu of the certificates it will be at the discretion of the JFTC contract award authorities, to consider equivalent English proficiency the following:
• Evidence having an English-speaking background*, or
• Evidence of being employed for at least 24 months within last 3 years in a position that’s required the Key Personnel to carry its duties in English language as primary. To document fulfilment of this requirement a written reference on company letterhead from the employer providing their contact details and details of employment with them is mandatory, or
• Evidence of provision of the services under the contract (as the prime contractor or sub-contractor) for at least 24 months within last 3 years with tasks required the Key Personnel to carry its duties in English language as primary. To document fulfilment of this requirement a written reference on company letterhead providing their contact details and details of service provided to them is mandatory

 Working Location

• Bydgoszcz, Poland

 Working Policy

• Onsite

  Travel

• Travel may be required (within and outside of NATO’s boundaries). As a general rule, Contractors are authorised to travel on duty only in exceptional circumstances. The contractor may, however, be required to travel up to 30 calendar days per year. Expenses incurred for travel shall be billed at a cost, not to exceed economy air (changes authorised) or second-class rail ticket.
• Any official travel shall be approved by the CO, Fund Manager and Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff through designated COTR and will be conducted in accordance with JFTC Directive 55-02 Travel on International Duty. Rates of per diem shall be those of a NATO employee as cited in the NATO per diem rates chart.
• Travel by Contractors in support of the JFTC mission will only be performed when a member of the approved International JFTC Peacetime Establishment is unable to perform the mission.
• Expenses for travel and per diem will be in addition to the firm-fixed-price hourly rates for contracted services. The Contractor will be reimbursed for travel expenses based on the NATO Group III daily subsistence allowance for meals, lodging, incidental expenses and any applicable overhead and/or fees in connection with the travel. When air or train transportation is utilised as the primary mode, the ceiling price will be based on the lowest economy class non-refundable whenever such fare is available to meet the requirement. JFTC is not responsible for any costs associated with e.g. initial travel to take up duties, travels for leave or holidays, and final travel from the normal duty station to home country.
• Within the scope of this Contract, Contractor Personnel are not required to travel outside the NATO/PfP Area. Should travel to Areas of Operation/s (AO) be required in order to comply with the tasks stated in this Contract, a separate annex will be concluded between the Parties.

  Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance