Staff Assistant (2030 OPFOR Sustainment Expert)

Integrates adversary sustainment capabilities into NATO exercises and wargames in Stavanger. The expert advises opposing-forces leaders, develops realistic scenarios, leads specialist activity during exercises, trains colleagues and maintains liaison with relevant experts across the NATO command structure.

Department: RIVAL Division, Joint Warfare Centre

• Advise exercise planners on adversary sustainment capabilities and effects
• Integrate sustainment concepts into operational-level scenarios and wargames
• Develop realistic opposing-force setting and scenario products
• Support the Chief OPFOR during collective training events
• Lead specialist contributions during JWC-directed exercises
• Deliver internal training to the OPFOR Branch and wider centre
• Maintain current subject knowledge through workshops and training
• Build liaison networks with experts across the NATO Command Structure

• Higher secondary education with vocational training in logistics planning, economics or acquisition and three years of related experience, or secondary education with advanced vocational qualification and five years
• At least three years of sustainment-planning experience in a joint environment
• Knowledge of adversary, particularly Russian, sustainment capabilities
• Upper-intermediate English
• Eligibility for NATO security clearance

• NATO 2030 project-linked civilian post
• Three-year definite-duration contract with no guarantee of continuation
• Irregular hours and temporary-duty travel may be required