CONTRACTOR SUPPORT TO OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·       A Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree.  Alternatively, 5+ years of Operations Research/ Operational Analysis experience conducting and leading analytical studies in relevant military, strategic, political or international environment

·       Minimum two examples in the last 10 years (at least 3 years combined duration) in the field of military Operations Research / Operational Analysis / Data Science, supporting policy development, capability development or acquisition.  With a relevant Bachelor’s degree (listed above), only 2 years in the last 5 must be in the fields / areas /listed above

·       Experience designing, leading, and facilitating structured stakeholder engagements to elicit objectives, assumptions, measures, risks, preferences and expert judgement in support of defence capability decisions involving technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority

·       Experience, within last 5 years of determining Operations Research / Operational Analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision makers

·       Experience of developing data collection and analysis plans or assessment frameworks that include measures of effectiveness and measures of performance

·       Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through use of operations research and analysis methods to defence domain issues

·       Experience identifying, eliciting, assessing, analysing and communicating uncertainty and risk associated with capability / acquisition, project, programme, or portfolio decisions

·       Experience of producing or working with cost and schedule estimates, including estimating methodologies, methods and processes

·       Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization

·       Experience supporting project, programme, and / or portfolio decisions through analytical assessment in the past 10 years, within complex and dynamic programme environments

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

·       Experience using AI to support OA

DUTIES/ROLE:

·       Contribute to Course of Action analysis using Operations Research and Analysis methods in support of Capability Development within ACT in order to mature NATO capability requirements and set programmatic direction

·       Plan and conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses

·       Where necessary and appropriate, interact with NATO and National research entities and industries to establish the impact of alternatives on operational effectiveness

·       Where necessary and appropriate, attend engagements or workshops with NATO, National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis

·       Support the creation of Requests for Information and surveys to NATO Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and industry

·       Analyse the potential impact of identified individual and aggregated risks, and propose possible risk management approaches

·       Elicit, and / or review and assess schedule estimates, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis

·       Review and assess cost estimates provided by others, to ensure appropriate quality and supporting evidence for decisions being supported by analysis

·       Analyse and document comparative assessments of cost, risk, schedule and operational effectiveness to inform programmatic decision-making

·       Produce decision briefs / presentations describing the underlying rationale / justification for analytical outcomes.  If appropriate, brief decision-makers on the context, process and outcomes

·       Produce written reports of analysis conducted as part of the Capability Programme plan evidence package, for review with the International Military Staff and International Staff in NATO Headquarters.

·       Produce summary briefs of lessons identified / lessons learned to support continuous improvement of NATO capability development and OA branch skills and competencies

·       May be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO boundaries for up to 60 days per year

·       Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category