Police Commissioner of the Affected Nation SME, Northern and Central African Specialty, NATO-JWC - Yorktown Systems Group

Summary:

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Police Commissioner of the Affected Nation SME to support NATO’s Joint Warfare Center’s (JWC) high priority exercises. JWC’s mission is to deliver high value exercises to NATO Command Structure and Force Structure entities and organizations in accordance with direction and guidance received from Allied Command Transformation (ACT) as well as SACEUR’s Annual Guidance for Exercise (SAGE) and the Military Training Evaluation Plan (MTEP). JWC employs a matrix-management organizational structure with staff Directorates and Divisions comprising the vertical component, and multi-year Exercise programs, led by Program Directors, providing the lateral component. By managing the multi-year Exercise programs, the Program Directors coordinate JWC’s contribution and support to NATO’s exercise and training program. the provider will be required to develop, produce, deliver, and archive new settings and scenarios, and update / review and deliver existing settings and scenarios, to include necessary consultation that complement and support the work carried out by JWC’s Scenario Branch. The ambition is to leverage professional, forward-thinking Provider(s) with the ability to bring creativity, novel design thinking and industry best practices to JWC’s business functions of designing, developing, and delivering exercise settings and scenarios, as well as directly supporting the delivery of NATO’s Major Joint Exercise Program.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Provide subject matter expertise to realistically represent the Affected Nation's (AN; country with NATO Forces deploying/deployed) National Policing strategy to the training audience in accordance with the exercise scenario.
• To provide strategic advice and guidance on matters concerning AN policing and counter terrorism approach.
• Ascertain that the TA is exposed to a realistic and coherent national police campaign by the AN in particular and the GYC in general.
• Act as the focal point for the training audience for Policing matters during exercise preparation and execution. 
• Coordinate operational policing matters within the AN and EXCON team. 
• Quickly read, digest, analyse and understand the policing situation as depicted in the scenario documentation provided by JWC. 
• Understand and provide recommendations for improvement of policing concerns within the scenario.  
• Understand exercise and training objectives and ensure their representation of the scenario supports the training audience’s achievement of those objectives. 
• Develop a basic Concept of Operations for the use of AN Police Service in the conflict, if required, develop and present plans. 
• Be prepared to assist JWC in the development of strategic and operational level scenario documents tailored to the training audience and exercise. 
• Assist training audiences with initial planning stages by providing subject matter expertise and scenario representation to incorporate AN policing. 
• Understand and analyse developing training audience plans and documentation and their impacts on AN policing. 
• In accordance with JWC guidance and management, and with all necessary co-ordination, generate appropriate exercise material to provide a challenging and realistic problem set to the training audience.  
• Act as the AN Police Commissioner in meetings with the training audience during the exercise, whether face to face, by VTC, phone, email or letter. 
• Produce agendas, written speaking notes and minutes of meetings in support of scenario building, communication/coordination and knowledge management. 
• Be prepared to update and amend exercise and scenario documentation during the course of the exercise in order to ensure training objectives continue to be met. 
• Monitor training audience activity and output so as to provide timely feedback to JWC Exercise Control staff to amend and adapt the exercise as required.  
• Attend daily coordination meetings as dictated by the EXCON battle rhythm and Chief Grey Cell, providing SME advice as required.
• Undertake any other duties as directed by the Grey Cell JWC permanent staff as reasonably expected within the exercise.
• Make solicited recommendations to the JWC Exercise Control team.  
• Under JWC guidance and management, be prepared to supply updates to JWC documentation to ensure representation of latest doctrine/TTPs in area of subject matter expertise. 
• Provide feedback to JWC permanent staff on request for the improvement of NATO exercise processes.

Required Qualifications: 

• A University/Bachelor’s Degree, Police Academy, or Staff College.
• Demonstrated 5 years of operational experience in the last 15 years of current police and internal security matters at the national and international level.
• Three (3) years of working experience within the last 10 years in briefing senior leaders/decision makers at the governance level in a National or Multinational environment.
• Demonstrated participation in NATO and/or international strategic planning exercises and operations in the last 10 years. 

• Current NATO Secret Security Clearance or National equivalent.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 – Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.

Clearance:  Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.

Location:  NATO Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway

Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.