CO-26125 (OS) POOL: Deployed Catering and Food Servi...

CO-26125 (OS) POOL: Deployed Catering and Food Services Consultant

• Completed higher education with certification, award or diploma in subjects related to food safety, food hygiene, hospitality or operational food and soft services service management.
• Experience in the supervision and management of staff within a catering or base soft services operations environment.
• Experience in Mobilization and Demobilization activities usually associated with the provision of food and camp soft services.
• Experience in the field of food safety and food defence related to military operations.
• Experience of food preparation and food hygiene acquired in a military environment.
• Experience in the administration of contracts and in project management including Mobilization.
• Knowledge of quality assurance (QA) and risk management (RM) standards and policies.
• Experience with auditing to ISO family of standards.
• Experience working remotely and in austere conditions.

N° CO-26125 (OS) POOL / Ref. N° 2026_0003

STATEMENT OF WORK

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POST DETAILS

• This post is deployable . The incumbent of this post may be required to deploy or may be assigned to a remote location, to perform duties (inside or outside a theatre/deployment location) in support of Council approved operations/missions or in support of national or multinational operations/missions authorised by the Agency Supervisory Board of NSPO.
• Contract duration: 9 months
• Level: III
• Daily fee per worked day: 340 EUR

HOW TO APPLY?

All candidates should refer to the FAQs before applying.

Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.

All application deadlines are based on the Central European Time (CET) zone.

IMPORTANT NOTES

In accordance with the NATO employment regulations, the contract will be established for a 6-month period. The working language will mainly be English. Other location and/or NATO countries as indicated in the PD.

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.

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 you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.

Minimum educational level: Full secondary school

Grade: CLT

Duty Location:: Other location and/or NATO countries as indicated in the PD

Who can apply?: NATO Civilian Staff and external candidates who are nationals of a NATO member country are invited to apply.

Deadline: 08 April 2026

Vacancy status: Receiving applications until deadline