C004717 Operational Analysis ; NS - FRI

Deadline Date: Friday 13 March 2026

Requirement: Operational Analysis Support

Location: The Hague, NL

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 1100

Required

Start Date:

20 April 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

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.

This work may involve occasional short business travels to Mons (BEL) and/or Brussels (BEL) to support OA staff (usually a day trip but occasionally this could be up to 3 days).

• 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.