[5833] Operational Analysis Support

Start date: April 2026 (negotiable)
Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent
Location: The Hague, Netherlands (onsite)

Skills

• 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

Activities:

• 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
• 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
• Summarizing 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