• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution;
• Identifies, evaluates and recommends options;
• Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements;
• Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required;
• Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.

Specialist advice:

• Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area;
• Actively maintains recognised expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms;
• Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others;
• Consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third;
• Party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives;
• Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

Methods and tools:

• Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards;
• Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools;
• Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.

Data modelling and design:

• Investigates enterprise data requirements where there is some complexity and ambiguity;
• Plans own data modelling and design activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives;
• Provides advice and guidance to others using the data structures and associated components.

Data visualisation:

• Applies a variety of visualisation techniques and designs the content and appearance of data visuals;
• Operationalises and automates activities for efficient and timely production of data visuals;
• Selects appropriate visualisation approaches from a range of applicable options;
• Contributes to exploration and experimentation in data visualisation.

Additional duties for this post:

• Collaborating with other departments to address quality issues;
• Ensuring the processes produce their intended result;
• Providing inputs to annual quality plans;
• Developing and implementing quality assurance and quality control procedures;
• Team & Task Leadership;
• Co-ordinate work with related activities inside and outside of the Agency Acknowledged as a recognised expert and advisor to customers on OA services and support;
• Technical Leadership in OA;
• Acknowledged as a recognised expert, and customer advisor, related to a particular OA technique or domain;
• Give scientific briefings and presentations; write and/or review scientific papers and articles for publication;
• Represent the Agency, as directed, in NATO-related events, E.g. working groups and panels, seminars, workshops.