TEMPORARY STAFF: Staff Assistant

Primary Location

Belgium-Mons

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

25-Aug-2026, 2:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

4,738.84

Grade

NATO Grade G10

SHAPE is looking for employing a qualified and suitable candidate to fill this post as a temporary staff. The contract is foreseen to start as soon as possible and has an end date set on 31 December 2026. The full duration of the contract is thus dependent on the start date. It includes the possibility of extension.

If you meet the requirements described in the job description below and wish to work in a fast-paced international environment, this post is for you.

In view of the nature and of the urgency of this temporary position, it is important for candidates to be available for temporary employment. In practice, this implies being in possession of valid NATO security clearance at the time of application, or having been in possession of such a clearance with the possibility to reactivate it swiftly. We therefore only encourage applications for this post if you are already, or have previously been, in possession of a valid NATO security clearance.

POST CONTEXT

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) provides an integrated Strategic Effects framework, employing a multi-domain and multi-region focus to create a 360-degree approach, with the flexibility to enable,upon direction, a seamless transition from Baseline Activities and Current Operations (BACO) up to the Maximum Level of Effort (MLE). SHAPE supports SACEUR in fulfilling his terms of reference, as directed by the North Atlantic Council.

The J2 Geospatial Support Section provides the requirements management of the NATO Strategic Database and provides geospatial support and advice to SHAPE and the wider ACO community including all operations and activities.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

• Data management and metadata management. To contribute significantly with the assessment of Location-Based Information across NATO COIs as guided by SHAPE Geospatial Data Manager / GISOfficer / Geospatial Support Section Head, their management and day-to-day activities. Understand data and metadata management and the tool options to support its delivery. Design and maintain the appropriate data and metadata repositories to enable the organization to understand its data assets.
• The incumbent is responsible for assessing the location-based information data architecture manage data operations, and develop detailed data schemas with other COIs in order to enable data-centric working from a geospatial or location-based perspective.
• Systems handling. To manage data on exchange platforms such as (but not limited to) PANGEA and other, allied or nations’ owned platforms and work data with them, contribute to their evolvement and effective use as required.
• Data schema development and data modelling. Develop coherent data schemas (including identification of data owners) in order to enable data-centric working from a geospatial or location-based perspective, in support of the NATO Data Exploitation Policy. This will be linked to the Digital Transformation systems architecture. Produce data models and understand where to use different types. Understand different tools and apply and compare different data models, including analysis and reverse-engineering of a data model from a live system in order to understand industry-recognized data modelling patterns and standards.
• Facilitation among data owners. Exchange within the data owner communities from a geospatial perspective to make data interoperability and implement relevant NATO standards (e.g. JGSWG artifacts)are known, accessible and well-advised. This comprises interaction with a broad range of COIs to improveunderstanding and compatibility between community groups.
• Liaison. Liaise effectively with key stakeholders from all relevant groups, including operations, requirements and standards bodies, and communities across SHAPE and the Alliance in a broader sense,
• Communication. Communicating between stakeholders and able to make the technological accessible to non-technical audiences across the organization understanding the context, making complex information and language understandable. Can advocate on behalf of a team.
• Data governance. Understand, develop and apply data governance, how this relates to data architecture and how it works in relation to other organizational governance structures. Participates in or delivers aservice, project or program not limited to the geospatial COI, but also cross-functionally and as required inclose cooperation with e.g. Functional Services managers.

Additional Duties

• Data innovation. Explore new, more efficient and effective ways of deriving value from data. Optimize and design data to support business opportunities.