Political/Governance Analyst-241718
Türkiye-Izmir
Land Command HQ
Full-time
03-Jan-2025, 10:59:00 PM
: 218,110.00Turkish Lira (TRY) Monthly
Grade NATO Grade G17
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Job/Post Number: OLC OIAC 0120
Title: Political/Governance Analyst
Division: G2 Division
Clearance Level: NATO SECRET
Grade: NATO Grade A3/G17
Basic Salary+ Special Allowance: 218,110 TRY
Additional Benefits: For other allowances, privileges & tax exemptions see Section 7
NATO Body/Post Location: ACO I Land Command Headquarters, Izmir (Türkiye)
Closing Date: 3 January 2025
LANDCOM serves as a Combined Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) responsible for providing theater-wide domain expertise to SACEUR. As SACEUR's land advisor, LANDCOM coordinates Area of Responsibility (AOR)-wide land activities to effectively deter threat actors and ensure a trained, ready, and lethal land force for NATO. As Multi-Corps Land Component Command (MCLCC), Headquarters (HQ) LANDCOM generates two Core Staffs, one to support Joint Force Command Brunsum (JFCBS) in vigilance activities in Joint Operational Area Centre (JOA-C) and one to support Joint Force Command Naples (JFCNP) in Joint Operational Area South and East (JOA-SE).
The Operations Directorate is responsible for monitoring and coordinating operational staff functions.
The G2 Division is responsible for the provision of intelligence on all external factors that may influence LANDCOM operations and especially the status and foreseen activities of opposing forces.
The Knowledge Development and Assessment Branch processes the collected information into intelligence, collates and evaluates intelligence products and operational reports and supports the target development process.
The Military Land Threat Assessment Section is responsible for producing intelligence reports on military land threats in LANDCOM Area of Interest to satisfy standing Information Requests and for producing a periodical intelligence summary.
The Political/Governance Analyst is responsible for producing and providing intelligence on political forces, social stability and criminality in the Area of Interest that might affect LANDCOM mission.
The incumbent's duties are:
Provides the command with objective, scientifically based analytic capability.
Conducts analytic studies of political systems to support planning and command decision making. Provides analysis to support joint operations, logistics, political military affairs, war gaming, and advocacy for Land Forces.
Develops in-depth knowledge of the ideology, doctrine and strategy of potential NATO adversaries.
Develops or oversees the development of analytical tools and methodologies to meet the HQ’s needs.
Provides political analysis in support of the Operational Planning Process.
Provides political analysis to support Assessment Processes.
Interacts on a regular basis with counterparts to integrate Political Analysis in G-2 analytic efforts.
Expands Priority Intelligence Requirements and Intelligence Requirements into Specific Intelligence Requirements (SIR) and Essential Elements of Information (EEI) within the functional area.
Updates the IR/SIR/EEI as questions are answered by the output of the intelligence cycle.
As PIR and IR help provide the Commander with an understanding of the Operational Environment, ensures that the Headquarters’ Collection Plan includes questions concerning potential adversaries, political considerations and political perspectives. The intent is to assist the entire staff in preparing the Commander for making the most informed decisions.
Coordinates with associated HQs as necessary to ensure intelligence requirements are met.
Supports development of doctrine and procedures t and provides subject matter expertise within the functional area.
Maintains awareness of current activities and developments across the full spectrum of HQ’s roles, missions, and staff areas to identify requirements for Political Analysis.
Maintains leading-edge professional knowledge in the field of Political research, and in particular its application in military operations.
Leads in training on Political Analysis within the HQs, and provides support training for NATO Command Structure and NATO Force Structure.
Interacts on a regular basis with high ranking civilian officials both within the NATO analytic community and areas of possible conflict.
Supports exercises (FTX, CPX, CAX).
Contributes to the Lessons Learned process.
The employee may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organisation at the same grade without there being any change to the contract
The incumbent may be required to undertake operation deployments and/or TDY assignments both within and without NATO's boundaries for up to 180 days.
The work is normally performed in a Normal NATO office working environment.
Normal Working Conditions apply.
The risk of injury is categorized as: No Risk
(1) Political sciences and civics
Political sciences and civics is the study of government and political principles or practice. The study of the rights and duties of the citizens are included here.
Skill Level (Enable)
Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes. Influences customers, suppliers and partners at account level. May have some responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources. Participates in external activities related to own specialism. Makes decisions which influence the success of projects and team objectives. Work includes a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts. Investigates, defines and resolves complex issues. Selects appropriately from applicable standards, methods, tools and applications. Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives. Plans, schedules and monitors work to meet time and quality targets. Rapidly absorbs new information and applies it effectively. Maintains an awareness of developing technologies and their application and takes some responsibility for driving own development.
Experience
A minimum of 4 years of relevant international analytical experience.
(2) Intelligence (General)
Activities that encompass planning, managing, and conduct of activities to collect, analyse, process, exploit, produce, and disseminate intelligence information, including human, identity, signal, imagery, and measurement and signature intelligence; assess industrial, technological, geographical, and sociological factors; use processed intelligence information to support military operations; prepare intelligence assessments; use and manage intelligence data handling systems; and exchange information and intelligence with other MoD, NATO HQs, agencies and organisations.
University Degree in political science, public administration, international relations, criminology, police, public or business administration, administration of justice, criminal law, comparative general management, political theory, behavioural or social psychology or related discipline and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
The additional job specific qualifications and experience is described under Professional/Experience paragraph (4/a). In case of ambiguity the required job specific experience have priority over the standard education and training levels and experience described here.
English - SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
NOTE: The work both oral and written in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.
A broad international political relationship background. Extensive experience in supporting national and NATO military HQs, to include during operations. Experience in an international organization, national organization with an international focus or experience in the political domain.
A Master’s degree in one of the social sciences, but preferably in International Relations or Political Science.
Russian - Working knowledge of Listening and Reading.
Arabic - Working knowledge of Listening and Reading.
This post reports to:
OLC OIAC 0010 - Section Head OF – 4
This post does not deputizes anybody
This post is not deputized by anybody.
Members of the staff who fulfil the conditions of eligibility laid down in the Civilian Personnel Regulations shall receive the appropriate allowances/supplements. Some of the allowances are installation allowance, expatriation allowance, family allowance and education allowance. Please refer to Chapter VII of the Civilian Personnel Regulations for details.
Note on the Special Allowance: The granting of a temporary and pensionable special allowance equivalent of 100% of the basic salary is applicable on a monthly basis as from 1 January 2024, until a long-term solution is proposed for the salaries of A and L grades in Türkiye.
In line with the bilateral agreement, the NATO International Civilians who are neither Turkish nationals, nor permanent residents in Türkiye are granted various privileges and tax exemptions (covering purchase of motor vehicles, motorcycles, caravans, trailers, fuel, household furnishing and appliances and other similar items).
The successful candidate will receive a three-year definite duration contract, which may be followed by an indefinite duration contract. Also, the first 6 months of the employment is considered as the probationary period during which the performance of the incumbent is assessed. The definite duration contract will be confirmed only after the incumbent receives a “good” or “above good” performance evaluation in the probationary period.
In order to apply for this vacancy, please visit the platform at: https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en and search for vacancies within Land Command HQ.
Note that once you created your profile, you will be able to use it to apply for other vacancies within NATO.
Candidates are invited to submit their applications only if:
Notice for candidates: LANDCOM is undergoing a reorganization that might affect the job description of this post.
LANDCOM is the Theatre Land Component and Land Advocate responsible for coordinating and synchronizing NATO and Partner Land Forces by enabling land domain READINESS, INTEROPERABILITY, STANDARDIZATION, and COMPETENCY; stands ready to deploy headquarters elements to provide planning, coordination, and C2 capabilities to Allied forces.
For history of LANDCOM, please refer to this link: Allied Land Command - History (nato.int)
Izmir is Türkiye’s third largest city and one of its largest ports. It is located on an important commercial route with its 13 industrial areas and 2 free zones. With its multi-directional manufacturing facilities, rich natural resources and high quality of life; Izmir is a prominent city both in Türkiye and the world. Izmir demonstrates development in terms of exportation, an important indicator of economy. This qualification provides advantage to Izmir to compete socially and economically, to develop capacity and to accommodate.
For more information: İzmir - Wikipedia
A) All applicants are reminded that if hired, to reside here, all members including their dependents must comply with Host Nation requirements and definitions regarding residency.
B) NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion, and strives to provide equal access to employment, advancement, and retention, independent of gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, cultural background, sexual orientation, and disability. NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member Nations.
C) Building integrity is a key element of NATO’s core tasks. As an employer, NATO values commitment to the principles of integrity, transparency, and accountability in accordance with international norms and practices established for the defence and related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to be role models of integrity, and to promote good governance through ongoing efforts in their work.
D) Shortlisted candidates will be requested to provide original documentary evidence and a set of copies supporting statements in their applications. Appointment is subject to obtaining a NS security clearance and a medical certificate.
E) NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to Chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATO’s sole discretion, and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.
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