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Organizational Development and Learning SpecialistSpektrum • Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Organizational Development and Learning Specialist

Organizational Development and Learning Specialist

Spektrum • Norfolk, Virginia, United States
18 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
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Job description

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change : driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are : providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role Responsibilities

  • Define “personas” to demonstrate understanding of the ACT target audience(s) and to test pathways.
  • Collect and consolidate business information requirements for staff, shaped to levels of experience and cultural awareness.
  • Develop learning pathways / maturity models that consider staff competencies (knowledge, skills, and experience) for cross-organizational culture, NATO-specific topics, and in defined functional areas.

Collaborate with ACT culture and functional communities to design specific pathways.

  • Research functional or skills standards, where functions have reasonable civilian or military equivalents with accessible information.
  • Run workshops to elicit, consolidate, and / or validate functional requirements.
  • Consolidate job descriptions to identify stated functional levels.
  • Communicate pathways via maturity models and / or competency roadmaps, using standard MS Office tools and / or central intranet resources.
  • Define and support onboarding activities for new staff up to 12 months from arrival to embed organizational culture.
  • Develop learning games, role-play, and other experiential learning events.
  • Collect, consolidate, and act on feedback received across competency development activities.
  • Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to culture assessment and formation, or staff training development.
  • Essential Skills and Experience

  • Minimum of 3 years in the last 6 in the field of organizational development and learning, or corporate skills development in complex knowledge-based organizations.
  • Experience shaping experiential learning and skills development for multinational audiences, especially for high and low power-distance audiences.
  • Experience in shaping staff onboarding and communication of business information
  • Education

  • Certification, including a degree or other advanced professional qualification, in Organizational Development, instructional design and education, or a related field.
  • Language Proficiency

  • Advanced Proficiency in English.
  • Working Location

  • Norfolk, VA, USA
  • Working Policy

  • On-Site
  • Contract Duration

  • December 2025 – December 2026
  • Security Clearance

  • Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
  • We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.

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