Junior Project Manager > Braine-l'Alleud > Joboolo BE :

10pt;>Who we are supporting 

10pt;>The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners.

The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

10pt;>The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

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  10pt;>Cyber Security:
  
  The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
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  10pt;>Command and Control Systems:
  
  The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
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  10pt;>Satellite Communications:
  
  The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
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  10pt;>Electronic Warfare:
  
  The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
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  10pt;>Information Management:
  
  The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

10pt;>Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

10pt;>The program

10pt;>Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

10pt;>The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider.

It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

10pt;>To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce.

The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's:

NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s.

The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage projects, typically (but not exclusively) involving the development and implementation of business processes to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, scope and quality.
  
  Specialization in Enterprise and Service Management


• Assume full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of projects, assesses and manages risks to the success of assigned projects


• Ensure realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained and provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate


• Ensures Quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure


• Manages the change control procedure, and ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and achieve successful approval from Project Boards


• Provides effective leadership to the project team, and takes appropriate action where team performance deviates from agreed tolerances


• Provide Project Management support and expertise for multiple projects funded by the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP), including but not limited to the following:
  
  
  
  
  • initiation of new NCI Agency projects and management of the same in accordance with Agency policy;
  
  
  • generation, submission, tracking and defending Requests for Advanced Planning Funds (APF) for new projects;
  
  
  • providing support, guidance and management expertise for NSIP projects for task definition, planning and execution, project data entry and tracking using approved Agency methodology (e.g., Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Applications);
  
  
  • prepare presentation materials for project reviews;
  
  
  • provide project liaison and coordination internally and externally, in meetings and correspondence with Agency directorates and service lines and with NATO HQ International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff;
  
  
  • provide quarterly (minimum) status reports on the project finances, schedule, milestones and plans

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in performing all aspects of project management functions including the definition of requirements, project and funding authorisation, acquisition, testing, acceptance, fielding, supporting, training, schedule management, integrated project reviews


• PRINCE 2 Foundation and Practitioner Certified or other Program Management qualification, such as PMP.
  
  The lack of formal qualifications can be compensated by the demonstration of expertise and experience in the domain.


• Experience and knowledge of Management of Risk principles


• Experience and knowledge of using ServiceNow

Working Location

• Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Contract Duration

• May 2024 – Dec 2024

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance