About the role
Deadline Date: Wednesday 15 July 2026
Requirement: Resource Manager
Location: Naples, IT
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 10 August 2026
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties & Role:
Portfolio, programme and project support
- Supports coordination and facilitates data collection for Business Intake related processes: annual Demand Forecast exercise as well as Customer Request Forms (CRFs) with local stakeholders and leadership.
- Provides administrative support to project boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings.
- Uses recommended portfolio, service and project control solutions for planning, scheduling, tracking of execution and delivery.
- Compiles and distributes reports using NCIA dedicated reports and dashboards.
- Supports accurate time accounting through direct user guidance and participation in weekly timesheet monitoring initiative.
- Provides guidance on project and service management related software, procedures, processes, best practices, tools and techniques.
Resourcing
- Facilitates and supports managers and teams in resourcing and recruitment activities, including onboarding
- Uses recommended tools for planning, scheduling and tracking resourcing activity.
- Contributes to transitioning of resources, complying with relevant statutory or external regulations and codes of practice.
Business administration
- Provides administrative support function to teams and meetings, follows up on action items if needed.
- Takes an active part in team meetings and knowledge sharing sessions.
- Sets up files and libraries in intranet, compiles and distributes reports.
- Sets up and provides detailed guidance on software, procedures, processes, tools and techniques for administration and workplace productivity.
Budget Management
- Analyzes budgets for patterns and causes of budgeting inaccuracies.
- Implements the organization's budget cycle and process.
- Participates in establishing procedures for planning, implementing and monitoring budgets.
- Assists in the collection and preparation of required budget information.
- Works with capital budgets, operating budgets and cash budgets.
Internal Controls
- Studies and evaluates the audit trails of various operational processes.
- Participates in the testing, review and analysis of existing internal controls.
- Re-engineers business processes for the sake of improving internal controls.
- Completes, files and maintains forms used for internal control documentation.
- Makes recommendations for the enhancement of certain internal controls
- Coordinates, supports and executes portfolio, budget and workforce processes within the designated area;
- Ensures budget allocations and forecasts align with strategic priorities and available resources, including the development of scenario analyses to support informed decision-making.
- Facilitates direct communication between CSUs leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment with NCIA processes and objectives.
- Supports and provides input to tasks related with BEP and QPRs.
- Supports financial governance by ensuring compliance with organizational policies and accounting standards, contributing to audit readiness, and recommending improvements to financial processes, reporting accuracy, and internal controls.
- Performs other duties as may be required.
- Deputizes for higher grade staff, if required.
Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience.
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in coordination roles within financial management, workforce management and project management in a customer-funded environment;
- Proven experience in planning, preparation, execution, and reporting related to financial management, workforce management, and project management activities.
- Knowledge and experience in enterprise resource planning systems, project management processes, procedures and tools