Deadline Date:
Friday 29 August 2025
Requirement:
Geospatial Production SME
Location:
Off-Site
Not to Exceed:
2025 BASE: NTE € 1620 per 1.7 week (up to 20 weeks for a total NTE € 32,400) excluding travel costs.
2026 - 2027 - 2028 Options
Period of Performance:
2025 BASE: 01 October 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
Please do NOT
apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
Introduction:
- NATO Core Geographic Information System (Core GIS) Application Service provides a suite of data, services and products that ensure all phases of military operations are conducted on the same (geo-) spatial data and information. The NATO Information and Communication Agency (NCI Agency) located in The Hague, Netherlands, is currently providing data procurement and processing support to the NATO Core GIS and the wider NATO Command Structure (NCS).
- The GeoMetOc Services Branch within the JISR Centre is responsible for the full lifecycle support of the GeoMetOc Application Services and is looking for an individual to perform tasks in the areas of Geospatial data production/processing to support the NATO Designated Geospatial Information project.
The GeoMetOc Branch requires the support of contractors for the execution of geospatial production related tasks performed in support of NATO operations.
Under the direction of the JISRC/GeoMetOc/NATO DesGI Data Processing Section Head the incumbent will perform the following duties:
Data processing in support of the NATO DesGI project. This comprises but is not limited to:
- Production and maintenance of geospatial information.
- Required data processing so the data can be used by the NATO C4ISR systems as well as distributed to the nations.
- Quality control of GIS products and NATO Mapping series to agreed standards.
Close coordination of all activities with the NCI Agency Project Manager (PM) as well as strict adherence to agreed timelines is mandatory.
Roles and Responsiblities:
- This work will be carried out at the contractor's premises. Access to the relevant NCIA networks and software can be established as needed. The work will be conducted during normal office hours following the NCIA The Hague calendar, as well as outside office hours and on weekends, if necessary.
- The Contractor will be part of a team under the supervision of the NCIA project manager (PM) and will provide services using an agile and iterative approach using multiple sprints. Each sprint is planned for a duration of 1 week. The content and scope of each sprint will be agreed with the project manager and technical staff during the sprint-planning meeting.
- The work shall be conducted in close collaboration between the Contractors and NCI Agency project manager as described below:
- NCI Agency JISRC/GeoMetOc/NATO DesGI Data Processing Section Head: Project lead and main stakeholder
- Contractor: To provide services and deliverables as identified above
Access for the contractor-owned end devices to all relevant cloud-based systems can be provided by NCI Agency. Working environment is at contractor's office environment. The Contractor shall work at their company site with the exception of required travel to NATO Sites.
A Sole contractor must accomplish this work, and identified as the primary contractor for each sprint. In the event that the contractor leaves during the contract period, a new contractor who has the proven required qualifications and is evaluated qualified and suitable shall replace them, having received a training and handover of the performed history of the project. All normal NCI Agency Terms and Conditions apply.
The contractor will work under an NCI Agency contract. They will access the networks of the NCI Agency as a member of the JISR Centre under the supervision of JISRC/GeoMetOc/NATO DesGI Data Processing Section Head or delegated staff.
Specific requirements:
Geospatial information quality assessment in compliance with NATO standards, which includes but is not limited to:
- Inventory data
- Assess data properties like spatial reference, format, coverage, metadata
- Compare with existing datasets to determine currency, gaps and overlaps in coverage
- Produce quality reports in various formats
- Standardization of data naming convention and data structure
- Create final Designated GI catalogues
- Maintaining metadata for source and final GI delivery
- Create or/and update basemaps (caches) reflecting the latest version of the designated GI
- Documenting workflow at technical level
- Investigating improvements of quality and procedures
- Managing dissemination of GI
- Managing data holdings as per guidance
- Investigating in automation
- Advising supervisor on technical aspects and trends
- Performing related ad-hoc tasks as necessary
- NCIA Recognised Business hours/Holidays: NCIA-The Hague official holiday schedule applies and will be provided to the contractor.
- NCIA Hours of Operations: Monday to Thursday 0830 - 1700 and Friday 0830 - 1500 (CET)
- Contractor Furnished Services: Contractor shall furnish everything required to perform the contract except for the items specified and covered under NCIA Furnished Property and Services below.
- NCIA Furnished Property and Services: Access to relevant Geospatial data processing networks can be provided by NCIA as agreed in sprint meetings.
Requirements:
Required qualifications:
- University degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in Geospatial Science, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or other relevant scientific, engineering or geospatial related field supplemented by relevant GIS postgraduate qualifications.
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
- Solid understanding of geographic matters: data types, data formats, coordinate systems, projections
- Minimum 5 years of experience in working with ArcGIS (desktop), which includes raster and complex vector data manipulation, Geo data management and inventorying
- Expert Knowledge in Microsoft Excel
- Fluent business English Professional