Section Head; Reprographics and Conference Services

Position: Section Head (Reprographics and Conference Services)
Job Title:

Section Head (Reprographics and Conference Services)

Grade:  14

Duty

Location:

Brunssum, The Netherlands

Requirement filling date:  as soon as possible

Closing date for applications:  26 July 2026

The main duties of Section Head (Reprographics and Conference Services) are:

Plan, schedule, perform and supervise the BSG Services Section's activities (both Reprographics and Conference Services) in support of the JFCBS and collocated organizations.

Manage daily activities of assigned staff working in the domain of graphic creation utilizing software‑graphics equipment.

Implement photographic, vector files, text files in graphics art programs.

Oversee design, reproduction, conference and front office services.

Manage the design, co‑ordination and generation of reprographic products in support of NATO/JFCBS and other Alliance entities located on the JFCBS site in support of internal and external messaging campaigns.

Control, manage, store graphic files made by the BSG Services Section.

Combine professional expertise and creativity to ensure BSG Services staff develop images, draft, templates, layouts and other products making best use of available graphic design tools.

Support personnel with professional Adobe training in graphics design programs such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat; and teach printing principles and file preparation for digital and printing output.

Provide professional training on BSG Services Section equipment and software use.

Use flatbed printing, preparing and initializing settings for different materials and tools. Currently JFCBS uses Arizona 1280GT, Cuter Pro Cut Synth, LEF2 300, TruevIS VG3 640, Versant 4100 press, ...

Create E‑Books and digital publications.

Establish and sustain professional relationships with companies contracted by J8 to provide reprographics products.

Provide guidelines for contracts related to reprographics/CS/Front Office equipment acquisition and maintenance, and implement them in coordination with the companies and J8.

Prepare annual budgets for equipment and supplies.

Control workload statistics and accounting for supply stocks.

Manage production planning to include critical path/plan, progress charts and precise tasking instructions.

Act as COM BSG principal advisor and POC regarding the NATO Branding campaign, graphic adoption, presentation and print/reproduction support; and advise on all commercial outsourced print products for digital and offset printing and large‑scale printing.

Manage reimbursable printing and graphic services.

Write technical specifications, reports and evaluations.

Provide customer assistance in defining requirement details.

Implement photographic and graphics arts programs and operate the printing and reproduction services.

The incumbent may be required to undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises, and/or TDY assignments, both within and without NATO boundaries. Such operational deployment may exceed 30 days duration up to 183 days in any period of 547 days, and may be on short notice. For NATO International Civilian Staff, acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.

Required Qualifications

English – good – NATO Standard Language Proficiency 3322 (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) in accordance with NATO standard agreement (STANAG) 6001. The work in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.

Higher Secondary education and completed higher vocational training in a related field or discipline.

Minimum 4 years of professional experience leading teams in an advertising or print production agency.

Minimum 4 years of professional experience in print productions with commercial printing companies in digital, offset and large format printing.

Professional experience as trainer/instructor in print production and related graphic environment.

Experience with video production and graphic reproduction, including programs and qualifications in methods of colour reproduction, photography, computer graphics, and the combination of pictures, words, and decorations in the production of books,…