NIFC Intel Military Analyst - SOF / Non-Linear

Overview

The NATO Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) is a NATO establishment focused on improving the Alliance's operational capabilities through training and exercises. The JWC is located in Stavanger, Norway, and plays a critical role in preparing NATO forces for future challenges by delivering Training and Exercises; Doctrine Development; and Operational Support.

Role Background

The Intelligence (INTEL) support area simulates the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC). NIFC supports the exercise execution with full-spectrum, multi-domain operational and strategic intelligence, enabled by a wide range of intelligence disciplines, simulated national collection capabilities, and relevant subject matter expertise. INTEL creates situational awareness for EXCON on intelligence matters and provides training audiences with a RFI process and a range of resources to maximize training value.

Responsibilities

• Grant robust overall strategic situational awareness.
• Understand exercise and training objectives and ensure their representation of the scenario supports the training audience's achievement of those objectives.
• Assist JWC EXCON INTEL in the development of NIFC strategic and operational level scenario documents tailored to the TA and TO of exercise.
• Generate appropriate exercise material to provide a challenging and realistic problem set to the TA in line with the TO and scenario, under the guidance of the JWC EXCON INTEL Chief.
• Support the TA achievement of TO, through tailored and accurate delivery of scenario Intel-related information.
• Read, digest, analyse and understand the comprehensive strategic / operational environment and situational awareness as depicted in the scenario documentation provided by JWC.
• Understand and provide recommendations for improvement in the strategic / operational intelligence to refine or improve the scenario.
• Be prepared to update and amend exercise and scenario documentation during the course of the exercise to ensure training objectives continue to be met.
• Produce agendas, written speaking notes and minutes of meetings in support of scenario building, communication / coordination and knowledge management.
• Monitor TA activity and output to provide timely feedback to JWC EXCON staff to amend and adapt the exercise as required.
• Under JWC EXCON INTEL Chief’s guidance and management, be prepared to supply updates to JWC documentation to ensure representation of latest adversary doctrine / TTPs in area of intelligence subject matter expertise.
• Attend JWC EXCON meetings as dictated by the EXCON battle rhythm and JWC EXCON INTEL Chief, providing NIFC Intelligence SME advice as required.
• On request, provide feedback to JWC permanent staff for the improvement of NATO exercise processes.
• Provide NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC) subject matter expertise (SME) in MIL (SOF / Non-Linear) strategic / operational level intelligence to realistically represent the exercise scenario to include the adversary strategy, doctrine, TTPs and military thoughts to the training audience (TA).
• In line with relevant policy and doctrine (AJP-2 series, AJP-3, MC 348 and AD65-011), understand and analyse developing TA planning process, plans, documentation and their impacts on the Commander's decision-making process and Training Objectives (TO).
• Act as one of the focal points for the TA for NIFC MIL (SOF / Non-Linear) strategic and operational level intelligence matters.
• Contribute to the production of the MIL strategic level EXCON / NIFC Daily Intelligence Update (DIU) and strategic level assessment.
• Coordinate the DIU production with NIFC MIL Strategic Analyst, NIFC P_ESII Analyst, other NIFC MIL Analyst(s), NIFC JISR CM and all available Intel SMEs.
• Support and advise, during MMIDWS and / or MMSWS, a NIFC / OPFOR coordinated understanding of adversary Concept of Operations for the NIFC way ahead of strategic / operational level intelligence and doctrines in the exercise conflict settings.
• Replicate NIFC tasking to support the TA intelligence process and procedures in accordance with relevant doctrine.
• Understand and analyse training audience plans (OPLAN) and other OPP documentation and their impacts on the INTEL development.
• Assist TA by providing SOF / Non-Linear SME and scenario representation of NIFC DIU and appropriate focused strategic / operational intelligence assessments.
• Support full-spectrum PMESII strategic intelligence and doctrinal operational matters within EXCON and the NIFC team.
• Act as NIFC MIL (SOF / Non-Linear) Analyst in meetings with the TA during the exercise, whether face to face, by VTC, phone, or email.

Qualifications

NATO Intelligence Course or National equivalent

NATO Air / Maritime / Ground / Space Sensor capabilities

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