Staff Officer (China Strategic Policy)

The Staff Officer supports the development and harmonization of NATO's China-related strategic policies and concepts. The role involves research, analysis, coordination, and representation to inform strategic planning and operational implications related to China and the PLA modernization.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preliminary research and data compilation on Chinese military strategy and PLA modernization to inform reporting and briefings.
• Track developments in NATO’s China-related policies, maintaining a living reference repository to support policy harmonization across J5 and related branches.
• Support the development of reports and relevant material about China.
• Pre-screen documents and stakeholder inputs for relevance, consistency, and implications before review.
• Support the management of tasking calendars and deliverable timelines to ensure alignment and plan and coordinate internal meetings on China.
• Support representation at working-level engagements when required, providing reliable follow-up and continuity.
• Track and update China-related Lessons Identified and Lessons Learned across NATO stakeholders.
• Maintain task trackers and calendars, ensuring alignment of deliverables with deadlines and internal dependencies.
• Support the coordination of working-level policy harmonization by identifying overlaps or divergence in perspectives, and flagging issues for escalation.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of professional experience in a national or international defense organization, focused on China-related issues in a strategic or operational capacity.
• Academic or policy experience related to China’s military strategy with demonstrated ability to connect analysis to operational or doctrinal implications.
• Understanding of NATO’s political-military processes, including NAC-MC direction, strategic planning cycles, and coordination mechanisms.
• Experience integrating China-related intelligence, foresight, and trend analysis into actionable military assessments and recommendations.
• Ability to communicate, negotiate and liaise with relevant stakeholders to achieve optimum outcomes.
• University Degree and 2 years function related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
• English - SLP 4444 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
• Previous work experience in a Joint environment and/or NATO environment (desirable).
• Previous work experience in political/military advisory role (desirable).
• Master’s degree in international relations, political science, security studies or similar (desirable).

Skills

• China Military Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Operational Analysis
• Political-Military Processes
• NATO Coordination Mechanisms
• Intelligence Analysis
• Trend Identification
• Military Assessments
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Negotiation
• Policy Research
• Strategic Policy Development
• Joint Environment Experience
• Political-Military Advisory
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English