Natois-0030 Gis Specialist

**Deadline Date**: Friday 9 May 2025

**Requirement**:GIS Specialist

**Location**: Brussels, BE

**Full Time On-Site**: Yes

**Time On-Site**: 100% (Limited amount of teleworking might be granted under exceptional circumstances)

**Total Scope of the request (hours)**: 836

**Period of Performance**: 2025 BASE: 16 June - 21 December 2025, with the possibility of further extensions. The work will be conducted during normal office hours following the NATO HQ calendar.

**Required Security Clearance**: NATO SECRET

**Special Terms and Conditions**:The contractor will be responsible for complying with the respective national requirements for working permits, visas, taxes, social security etc. whilst working on site at NATO HQ Brussels, Belgium. No special status is either conferred or implied by the host organisation, NATO HQ Brussels, Belgium to the contractor whilst working on site. The contractor will be responsible for complying with all the respective National Health COVID-19 regulations in Belgium before taking up the position.

**Profile Description Summary**:We are looking for an experienced GIS (Geographic Information System) Specialist to support the implementation of the Indoors GIS strategy for Operations and Maintenance of the NATO Headquarters, within the Facilities Information Management team, part of the Executive Management Division.
- Create and maintain the Indoors GIS environment to support Operations and Maintenance of the NATO Headquarters site.
- Contribute to the Indoors GIS implementation roadmap, in close coordination with the Head of Section and the BIM Coordinator.
- Manage and update the Indoors GIS environment by developing data management workflows that consume information from key systems (Building Information Models, Building Management Systems, and Facility Management Information Systems).

**NATO’S DIVISION & SUPERVISION, COORDINATION AND REPORTING**

**Division**:NATO International Staff - Executive Management - Headquarters Support and Transformation - Infrastructures and Facilities Management

**Mission**: The role of Infrastructure and Facilities Management (IFM) is to support NATO’s political and decision-making processes by managing and maintaining the NATO Headquarters site. IFM provides the International Staff (IS), International Military Staff (IMS), national Delegations, Partners, independent bodies and all others accommodated at NATO Headquarters, with facility management services.

IFM is responsible for the overall management, supervision and technical and financial control of all in-sourced and out-sourced facility, maintenance, transportation and logistics services, major and minor investment projects and asset and inventory management in support of NATO Headquarters functions.

**Current Context**: The Infrastructure and Facility Management (IFM) department is currently managing a high workload due to an increasing number of projects and ongoing baseline maintenance activities. The Facilities Information Management (FIM) team supports Facility Management operations by digitalizing and optimizing tools and workflows. The team works to improve operations and maintenance, with a strong focus on energy efficiency, data exploitation, and the centralization of facility-related information.

**NATO POC for supervision and coordination purposes**:BIM Coordinator

**Objectives and Scope of Work**:The contractor will provide support the Infrastructure and Facilities Management department to implement the Indoors GIS strategy to support Operations and Maintenance of the NATO Headquarters site, through the GIS infrastructure.

**DUTIES AND ROLE**
- Define the technologies, data models, and workflows required to implement sustainable GIS solutions that meet operational needs.
- Execute GIS products implementation cycles, from planning to deployment.
- Manipulate and integrate large amount of data coming from the different Facility Management systems.
- Document the system architecture, including GIS portals, apps, and the single geospatial system of records, composed by external systems such as BIM, BMS, and IWMS.

**REQUIRED EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATION**

Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in the GIS field;
- Good knowledge of ArcGIS Pro;
- Knowledge of ArcGIS Indoors is desired;
- Experience in creating and maintaining automated data workflows, using tools like ArcGIS Model Builder or ArcPy;
- Understanding of the Facility Management environment is desirable;
- Understanding of Building Information Modelling is desirable;
- Knowledge of innovation and digitalization practices using GIS tools in the Facility Management environment is desirable.

Education and Qualification requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, Facility Management, building services, or any other related field is desirable.

Language requirements
- Possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official languages (English/French): IV (“