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Posted 4 Nov 2026 · Full time · Pay not stated

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ACT contributes to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of Alliance member states by leading, at Strategic Command level, Warfare Development required to enhance NATO's posture, military structures, forces, capabilities and doctrines.

The Capability Development Directorate (CAPDEV) comprises two Divisions—Requirements and Capabilities. The Directorate supports SACT in his Capabilities Requirement Authority (CRA) role. It is responsible for a holistic through lifecycle Capability Development approach that infuses innovation and transformative efforts that are an integral part of the Warfare Development. This includes responsibilities for elicitation, development, capture and collection, quality review, traceability and visibility of capability requirements.

The Requirements Division executes requirements management for NATO capabilities. It develops capability requirements, provides traceability and quality assurance of capability requirements, performs gap analysis and supports interoperability and implementation options across the DOTMLPFI spectrum.
The Requirements Traceability and Quality Assurance Branch supports Requirements Management Teams and Capabilities Programme Directors to maintain the quality of the capabilities requirements and traceability throughout the lifecycle of the capability. The Branch produces and ensures bi-directional traceability among all requirements, from the Operational Requirements, Capability Requirements, and other high-level requirements down through the technical requirements and specifications.



Branch members may be assigned to lead Requirements Management Teams.

The incumbent is a staff officer in the Requirements Traceability and Quality Assurance Branch to provide requirements quality assurance analysis support to Requirements Management Teams and Capability Program Directors. The incumbent may lead a Requirements Management Team.

The incumbent's duties are:

- Represent ACT at appropriate levels of engagement at requirements management related meetings, discussions, committees and working groups within Europe.
- Monitor requirements developed in all life cycle stages to support continued integrity and quality, to ensure they remain valid, applicable, and continue to satisfy operational user needs.
- Conducts analysis of and verification of requirements to ensure continuous adherence to quality standards and processes
- Conducts analysis of and verification of requirements quality standards and processes, through the capture and analysis of lessons learned from requirements management processes.
- As a member of a Requirements Management Team, validate the quality of capability requirements and their continuous alignment with user needs across all aspects of DOTMLPFI for all assigned Operational Requirements, Capability Targets, and other high-level requirements.




- Provides technical guidance to Requirements Management Teams and Capability Programme Directors related to maintaining quality of requirements.
- Supports identification of options in for resolving requirements management issues.
- Maintains configuration control of the requirements traceability matrices throughout the capability life cycle.
- Provides guidance, mentoring and training to Requirements Division staff on requirements quality assurance standards, processes and integration in the requirements definition process.
- Support requirements quality assurance aspects of Board and Committee approval processes.
- Coordinate requirements quality assurance technical guidance for the elicitation, capture and development of capability requirements across all aspects of DOTMLPFI for all assigned
- Operational Requirements, Capability Targets, and other high-level requirements to HQ SACT branches, ACO subject matter experts, industry, and Host Nations, as required.
- Support the management of traceability, validity, and applicability of requirements through the life cycle.
- Mentor Requirements division members on requirements management process, practices, and best practices

Essential Qualifications / Experience:

- University Degree in management information systems, accounting, economics, finance, business administration, public administration, operations research, project management or related discipline and 2 years functional related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
- Has at least two years (in the last five years) experience in quality assurance of government or military capability development

📌 Quality Assurance Analyst (Kingston)
🏢 NATO
📍 Kingston