NATO Recruitment service

It remains NATO's firm aim to maintain a work environment that is free from discrimination or harassment and provides equality of opportunity regardless of sex, race or ethnic origin, religion, nationality, disability, age or sexual orientation. Without setting quotas NATO tries to ensure that its workforce reflects the diversity of cultures and backgrounds of the nations it serves as well as an appropriate gender balance. The objective is to be an organisation that flourishes in the natural diversity of its international employees.

The NATO HQ Recruitment Office deals with applications for the International Staff of NATO in Brussels.

The following list should enable prospective candidates to understand the grading structure :

A-grade posts	managerial/professional level
L-grade posts	linguistic positions
B-grade posts	secretarial/clerical level secretarial staff
C-grade posts	manual and technical posts

Only nationals from the 26 member states can apply for vacancies at NATO.The member states are:

NATO member countries
Belgium	Bulgaria	Canada	Czech Rep.
Denmark	Estonia	France	Germany
Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Italy
Latvia	Lithuania	Luxembourg	The Netherlands
Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania
Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Turkey
United Kingdom	United States of America

Candidates must apply  for a specific post  (see list of vacancies).

NB : We cannot keep applications pending for future vacancies, and a candidate can only be considered in the case that his/her profile matches a current staff vacancy.

Applications must be made using the NATO application form (.PDF/422Kb - .DOC/489Kb  / one form to be completed per post) and returned to the following address:

Recruitment Service
NATO Headquarters
1110 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Telefax n°: 32-2-707.3677
E-mail: Recruitment.A@hq.nato.int (Grades A)
Recruitment.LBC@hq.nato.int (Grades L,B,C)

After selection, a number of formalities have to be completed before employment (personal security check carried out by the national authorities of the nation of citizenship and in-depth medical check-up). This can be a lengthy procedure.

Please note that only applicants who succeed in the initial screening will receive a response. Due to the large amount of applications received for NATO vacancies, telephone, e-mail or telefax enquiries cannot be dealt with.

Before applying, please read carefully all of the instructions herein.

• Any requests for information or applications for vacancies in one of the NATO Agencies must be sent directly to the NATO body concerned. Please see the list of the NATO Agencies. For the NATO bases, enquiries should be directed to SHAPE Personnel Office.
• If you wish to apply for an internship/summer job, scholarship or temporary employment, please click on the appropriate link. (Please note that the Recruitment Service cannot answer any enquiries concerning internships/summer jobs, scholarships or temporary employment). Young graduates may wish to contact their national Delegations located in this Headquarters for possible placements.
• Please note that the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium is a non-smoking environment.