Prepare key leaders to hold a key position in a National or Combined Strategic or Operational Joint Force HQ, up to chief of a functional cell

Key leaders are capable of managing main functions and branches of a strategic or operational staff and providing draft commander’s input to planning and execution. Ensure proper application of processes and method to provide analysis, assessment, and develop relevant products for submission to the approval and decision of a commander

• PO 1. understand the complexity of Joint operations and comprehensive approach to crisis
  • ELO 1.1: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding the need for a wide military contribution on modern crisis using NATO concepts and wording
  • ELO 1.2: Produce: Key Leaders are capable to orientate staff for producing relevant military contribution and coordination with other instruments of power
  • ELO 1.3: Influence: Key Leaders are capable to bring military contribution in a comprehensive approach to crisis
• PO 2. understand the planning process in NATO, EU, and France
  • ELO 2.1: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding interaction and outcomes during planning using NATO concepts and wording; Understand the guiding principles and philosophy of planning.
  • ELO 2.2: Produce: Familiarise with NATO COPD; Key Leaders are capable of managing staff officers during planning process
  • ELO 2.3: Influence: KL are capable to figure out when and where to act within a coalition
• PO 3. understand the complexity of Operational Art at both strategic and operational level
  • ELO 3.1: Understand: Key Leaders master the operational design concept used to design and manage a joint campaign
  • ELO 3.2: Produce: Key Leaders can develop articulated inputs to the planning process at force commander level
  • ELO 3.3: Influence: Key Leaders are capable to insert national agenda items during planning within a coalition
• PO 4. understand the major functions and production of a strategic HQ and its relationship with subordinate HQs
  • ELO 4.1: Understand: Key Leaders understand planning at strategic level
  • ELO 4.2: Produce: Key Leaders are capable to produce directives and orders to JFHQ
  • ELO 4.3: Influence: Key Leaders are capable to deal with Political level explaining military view and contribution either in national or multinational environment.
  • ELO 4.4: Produce: Key Leaders are capable of giving orientation to the staff to produce Strategic Assessment, MROs, ID, SPD and CONOPS/OPLAN using NATO concepts and wording
• PO 5. understand the major functions and production of an operational HQ and its relationship with higher & subordinate HQs
  • ELO 5.1: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding how a JTFHQ should be organised using NATO concepts and wording
  • ELO 5.2: Produce: Key Leaders are capable of drafting directives aiming at setting up a JTFHQ
  • ELO 5.3: Influence: Key Leaders are capable of insuring jointness and appropriate skills when setting up a JTFHQ
  • ELO 5.4: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of running Boards and Working Group using NATO concepts and wording
  • ELO 5.5: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding campaign synchronisation, stakes and responsibilities of mid-term planning at operational level and are capable of giving orientation to the staff to develop a Joint Coordination Order (objectives, intent, synchronisation)
  • ELO 5.5: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding campaign execution, stakes and responsibilities of short-term monitoring, assessment, and direction at operational level
  • ELO 5.6: Understand: Key Leaders are capable of understanding the contribution of STRATCOM &Info Ops using NATO concepts and wording
  • ELO 5.7: Produce: Key Leaders are capable of providing directives to j3/effects to synchronize info ops with other contributions
  • ELO 5.8: Produce: Key Leaders are capable of giving orientation to the staff to produce Operational Assessment (MAB, DB), and CONOPS/OPLAN using NATO concepts and wording

Job Performance Outcome: 300 – Advance level (Apply)

Basic staff skills (how to staff documents, how to prepare and deliver a briefing to an authority)

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows® and the common Microsoft Office® applications (Word®, PowerPoint® and Excel®)

• 1x plenary room, with 25 tables & chairs, teacher desk and chair, 1x computer /projector/ screen, 2x white boards and associated stationary
• 2x (minimum 1x) syndicate rooms with 10 x tables & chairs, 1x computer /projector/ screen, 2x white boards, 2x paper boards and associated stationary
• Ability to deliver basic admin tasks (e.g. printing)