Overview
The SCEPVA Operational Planner is responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating Sovereign Cyber Effects Provided Voluntarily by Allies (SCEPVA) into NATO operations and missions.
Key Responsibilities
- - Is responsible for analysis and definition of operational requirements for requesting cyber effects support;
- Support planning, coordinating and integrating of SCEPVA effects into NATO AOM on the strategic and / or operational level;
- Supports the coordination of SCEPVA framework participation in NATO exercises;
- Supports the Cyber Operations Room as required;
- Assists in writing directives, standard operating procedures (SOPs), military orders etc., in order to provide NATO the necessary level of mission assurance;
- May be required to formally represent section head/branch head/director various meetings;
- Provides support to discipline related capability development;
- Contributes to the preparation of, and participates in, NATO conferences/workshops related to the Cyberspace Operations (CO) discipline and CO capability development;
- Contributes to Education and Training (E&T) functions and doctrine development;
- Contributes to the collective Cyberspace readiness activities as a part of Collective Training and Exercises (CT&E);
- Contributes to the analysis conducted from correlated information sources, including Lessons Learned from Exercises;
- Routine / constant engagement with SCEPVA Contributing Nations regarding Cyberspace effects development in support of ACO MDO.
- Routine / constant engagement with all key stakeholders related to integration of SCEPVA into MDO (J2, J3. J3/5, J5, J6 and J10).
- Routine / constant engagement with ACO Operational HQ stakeholders (principally but not limited to J2, J3, J5, J10)
- Support any other related operational tasking as directed by CyOC Ops Branch Head
Required Experience
- Minimum of 4 years experience working within a National Cyberspace organization, or a military Operational and/or Strategic Headquarters.
- Minimum of 2 years Operational experience including the integration of non-lethal Effects disciplines.
- Experience of development and execution of military planning and operations.
- Experience in undertaking activities that includes the development of non-lethal Effects doctrine and policy, including but not limited to PSYOPS, INFO OPS, CYBERSPACE, LAWFARE or EW for the purpose of executing Joint Effects.
- Experience in providing training within the field of Cyberspace Operations (to include one or more of the following – Planning, synchronisation and execution, training, intelligence, STRATCOM, or authorities framework of Cyberspace Operations).
- Recent Joint Operational experience is desirable.
Qualifications
University Degree in computer science, engineering disciplines, statistics or similar numerate discipline, operations research. or related discipline and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
