Technician Group Chief, Material Reception - NATO Support and Procurement Agency (Luxembourg)

About this position

The summary below is published by NATO Support and Procurement Agency on the official vacancy notice. Our own analysis — salary realism, comparable openings, career trajectory, language profile — follows further down the page.

Key responsibilities

According to the vacancy notice, the role centres on the following duties:

• Material handling and warehousing operations
• Coordinate internal projects with senior management, customs authorities, internal customers/stakeholders and contractors
• Execute loading/unloading operations
• Manage staff at low executive level
• Track metrics to measure performance improvements

Are you eligible?

Check these requirements from the notice before investing time in an application:

• Education: Complete secondary school or equivalent education
• Experience: Experience in material handling and warehousing and knowledge of transportation procedures and operations, normally acquired as a Senior Clerk after three to five years in the Agency or in a similar organization
• Languages: English (working…), French (working…)
• Key skills: Strong coordination and organizational skills, Thorough knowledge of and experience in work safety regulations, Good health and physical ability to handle semi-bulk and bulk items, Valid category B driving license, Ability to operate MHE (warehouse tractors and forklift trucks), Ability to develop resourceful and effective solutions to problems, Knowledge of SAP, Ability to manage staff at low executive level, Ability to establish good working relationships

Selection process

The notice describes the following selection steps:

• Screening process
• Preliminary interview (approximately six weeks after application closing date)

Contract and working arrangements

Contract duration: Initial three year contract.

Working arrangements: This post is deployable. The incumbent may be required to deploy or be assigned to a remote location to perform duties inside or outside a theatre/deployment location.

Hiring unit: NSPA.

Position details

Reference

LS019

Directorate-General

LS-W

Last Verified

23 July 2026

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Technician Group Chief, Material Reception at NSPA based in Luxembourg. The vacancy reference is LS019. It is hosted by LS-W, the Directorate-General responsible for this policy area.

Post No LS019/ Ref. No 2026_00490

JOB DESCRIPTION (See link to the full job description in the blue box)

* Complete secondary school or equivalent education. * Experience in material handling and warehousing and knowledge of transportation procedures and operations, normally acquired as a Senior Clerk after three to five years in the Agency or in a similar organization. * Strong coordination and organizational skills to follow up internal projects coordinating with senior management, customs authorities, internal customers/stakeholders and contractors. * Thorough knowledge of and experience in work safety regulations. * Good health and physical ability to handle semi-bulk and bulk items and to execute loading/unloading operations. * Valid category "B" driving license and ability to operate MHE (warehouse tractors and forklift trucks). * Ability to develop resourceful and effective solutions to problems (including personnel), focus on team performance goals and track metrics to measure performance improvements. * Knowledge of SAP. * Ability to manage staff at low executive level and to establish good working relationships. * NATO's official languages are English and French. Both languages are important in the work of this post, therefore a working knowledge of both languages is essential.

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 6 weeks plus official holidays * Pension Scheme

POST DETAILS

* Basic monthly salary:EUR 6 306.65, tax free - before insurance and pension contributions. * 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.

HOW TO APPLY?

All candidates (internal and external)should refer to the [FAQs](https://www.nspa.nato.int/join-us/faq) before applying.

NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completedperformancereport.

NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 27 July 2026.

Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.

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

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.

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.

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 14 July 2026, 8 days ago.

The application deadline is 10 August 2026, 18 days from today. Late applications are not accepted, so submit through the official EU Careers portal well in advance.

Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 23 July 2026.

Where to learn more

For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at NSPA see the NSPA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Luxembourg see our Luxembourg location page.

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