Deadline Date:
Thursday 14 August 2025
Requirement:
AFN/AFS Governance & Management Instantiation
Location:
Mons, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site:
Yes
Time On-Site:
100%
Not to Exceed:
93,600 EUR
Period of Performance:
1 September 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
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Overall Project Scope
Support in the instantiation of a Governance & Management Support Structure to support AFN/AFS.
Scope of Work
CIS Operational Authority
Information Management Authority
Service Management Authority
Technical Authority Verification and Validation Authority
CIS Security Coordinating Authority
Security Accreditation Authority;
Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Profile for AFS Service Management Authority Lead Manager
- The Alliance Federation Network (AFN) and Alliance Federation Services establishes a federated network that integrates the NATO Enterprise, NATO Nations, NATO Force Structures, and Multinational Entities across the Alliance. NCIA is the primary contractor to deliver the AFN/AFS Federation with NATO Nations on behalf on NATO Digital Staff, Brussels This integration facilitates the interconnection of Alliance Federated Participants (AFP) to the AFN by encompassing a range of technical services, including Communications, the Core Services, the Community of Interest (COI) Services, the Service Management and Control (SMC) and Communication and Information Systems (CIS) Security.
- The AFN is a NATO Enterprise-driven and Nations-enabled initiative to build a modern, coherent, transparent and effective CIS platform for delivering and consuming C3 services across the Alliance. It evolves the current NATO Enterprise-centric Alliance-wide network (NS WAN) into a broader and distributed network of networks, building upon the model of the Internet and specifications developed under the Federation Mission Networking (FMN) framework.
- The project will instantiate the Governance & Management structure to realise the intended AFN/AFS aims as stated above.
Support in the instantiation of a Governance & Management Support Structure to support AFN/AFS.
Scope of Work
- Provide subject matter expertise to facilitate the creation of the AFN/AFS Governance & Management Support Structure across the 32 NATO Nations also known as Alliance Federated Partners (AFPs) and NCIA;
- The contractor's personnel shall provide the mechanism (processes) for the AFN/AFS assigned authorities (beneath) to collaborate with each other and receive requirements from NDS and Nations:
CIS Operational Authority
Information Management Authority
Service Management Authority
Technical Authority Verification and Validation Authority
CIS Security Coordinating Authority
Security Accreditation Authority;
- The contractor's personnel shall draft the AFN/AFS roadmap and governance and managements plans; coordinate and synchronise and update as necessary with approval from NDS;
- The contractor's personnel shall lead and Implement governance and management activities to ensure seamless application of the AFN/AFS instantiation and its operational and change management processes;
- The contractor's personnel shall initiate a Communications and Information knowledge Management strategies;
- The contractor's personnel shall create issue and risk registers and link to NCIA registers
- The contractor's personnel shall direct the service management activities, processes and functions across the AFPs;
- The contractor's personnel shall organise key stakeholder meetings in the name of AFN/AFS/NDS/NCIA; ensuring agenda, minutes etc. are recorded and distributed.
- The contractor's personnel shall engage and interact with senior staff officers from all AFPs/NDS/NCIA;
Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Profile for AFS Service Management Authority Lead Manager
- A university degree in computer science or a related scientific or engineering discipline. The lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of particular abilities or experience of interest to the Agency;
- Extensive relevant and recent experience (at least 10 years) in IT Service Management experience in a military service provider environment
- Extensive relevant and recent experience (at least 10 years) in Project Management, Prince 2;
- 5 years' experience in preparing, planning and participating in formal testing events such as NATO interoperability exercises
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Experience in engaging with the primary customers i.e. NDS, NHQ, ACO etc.;
- Knowledge of the NATO processes especially for requirements management and capability planning
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Leadership within the Federated context i.e. AMN, FMN, AFS
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including International, International Military Staff and NATO Digital Staff (former C3 Board).
- All personnel assigned to this contract by the Contractor are required to hold a valid NATO SECRET security clearance for the duration of the contract period of performance.