NSPA: PP-Pool: Senior Buyer – Capellen

Post N° PP-Pool/ Ref. No 2025_00298

JOB DESCRIPTION –please clickhere.

Complete secondary education, equivalent education, or relevant professional experience.
Sound experience in procurement methods and procedures involving contract negotiations, placement and close-out, normally acquired as a Buyer after seven to ten years in the Agency or in a similar organisation.
Ability to work with minimum supervision under pressure.
Sound digital literacy with experience in using office automation systems and software applications, e.g. Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Experience in procurement methods and procedures for the acquisition of complex material and services.).
WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Multicultural environment
Initial three year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary (subject to Article 19 of the Ottawa agreement on exemption of Taxation)
Additional benefits for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave
Excellent health coverage
Great work/life balance
Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
Pension Scheme

POST DETAILS

Basic monthly salary:EUR 6,948.26, tax free.
Somepositions withing the pool are deployable, this means that: Deployment will be expected to specified areas in support of NATO council operations 6 months out of every 18 months throughout the contractual period.
HOW TO APPLY?

All candidates (internal and external)should refer to theFAQsbefore applying.

NSPA internal candidatesmust submit additionally their latest completedperformancereport.

NSPA staff membersof the same grade can submit a transfer request till 23 October 2024.

Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Qualified redundant NATO civilian candidates of the same grade will be considered in priority.

Interviews are expected to be held approximately six weeks after the application closing date. The Talent Acquisition and Development Office shall let you know in due course the outcome of the screening process.

Moreover, due to the broad interest in NSPA and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or email enquiries cannot be dealt with.

The Agency would appreciate it if addressee countries could provide their support by submitting candidates whose security clearance can be effected (or confirmed) rapidly and who could report for duty as soon as possible after selection.
NSPA as an employer values diverse backgrounds and perspectives and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce. NSPA welcomes applications of nationals from all Member States and strongly encourages women to apply.

NSPA COVID MEASURES:
All deployable vacancy announcements include the requirement to be fully vaccinated at the time of receiving the offer of employment. No offer of employment shall be made to deployable candidates who refuse to be vaccinated.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT MILITARY OR ADMINISTRATION POST HOLDERS:
Please note that if you currently hold a military or administration post, you will be required to decide, in accordance with your national authorities’ regulations, whether to retire or resign from your post, or apply for special leave from your national authorities. If you are invited to a preliminary interview, you will be asked to indicate your preference at that time as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and youwill notbe able to modify your data once submitted.

qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree

workHours: 40 hours per week

experienceRequirements: No experience required