Requirement: Operational Analysis Support
Location: The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 68 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 1100
Required Start Date: 20 April 2026
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
Duties & Role:
The main role for this junior contractor position is to undertake a range of analytical and data related tasks, under the direction and supervision of Operational Analysis (OA) Centre staff. More specifically duties will entail:
- Supporting OA Centre staff in the development and conduct of studies, including being comfortable with manipulation of large data sets and supporting analysis of problems using a variety of supporting analytical tools.
- Carrying out data collection, collation and analysis using a range of tools (such as Python, MS Excel, MAVEN Smart System (MSS)).
- Being able to undertake in a methodical way data collection using a range of sources and presenting data back in a concise, clear and logical manner.
- Producing, under time pressure, accurate (i.e. verified, validated and consistent) data sets using MS Office tools at an expert level.
- Summarising results to be presented in dashboards (e.g. Power BI, MSS), MS PowerPoint presentations and MS Word documents.
- Supporting OA Centre staff in the development and update of documentation/reports.
Requirements:
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- Recent experience in conducting analysis in support of decision makers.
- Very good knowledge of MS Office Suite, in particular MS Excel and Power BI.
- Ability to develop and apply simple programmes / coding in NCIA OA tools to support analysis.
- Ability to undertake detailed review and analysis of large data sets using commercial and in-house tools (e.g. MS Excel and other data integration and AI tools such as MAVEN Smart System).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, providing fit-for- purpose, rapid analysis under the direction of OA Centre staff.
- Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing, particularly being competent in writing in English and communicating complex results in an understandable way.
- Experience in supporting analysts in a military environment.
- Experience with data science techniques/tools, Power BI, statistical software (such as R), MAVEN Smart System.
- Knowledge/experience on Defence Planning related work, either nationally or NATO.