ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS Mr Philip

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS Mr. Philip Turner NATO Manpower Policy International Military Staff/ HQ NATO turner. philip@hq. nato. int Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 1

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STANDARD LANGUAGE PROFILE (SLP) LEVELS n n n Level 1 – Survival Level 2 – Functional Level 3 – Professional Level 4 – Expert Level 5 – Highly Articulate Native Speaker Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 3

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS n n FACTORS The SLP requirements for NATO posts are set without expert scrutiny. STANAG 6001 is not non-specialist userfriendly. SLP Level 5 is redundant. Achieving SLP Levels 3 and 4 is not easy. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 4

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS n n n LANGUAGE NEEDS ANALYSIS OF CE POSTS All posts at Level 1 required less language ability than requested by the JD. 70% of the JDs requiring SLPs in the Level 2 range were considered ‘high’ The majority of JDs for posts required Level 3 SLPs. Only 42% of these SLPs were considered appropriate. Only 51% of the profiles at 4343 were considered to have tasks at that leve. l Only 1% of the JDs had SLPs of 4444. 75% of these were considered appropriate. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 5

STATED SLP REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JDs – MAY 2010 NCS ACO ACT NCSA SLP % of Posts 4444 0. 8% 1. 0% 1. 9% 0. 0% 4343 6. 3% 8. 4% 10. 3% 1. 4% 3333 41. 9% 48. 0% 65. 7% 23. 8% 3322 29. 2% 27. 0% 21. 3% 35. 7% 2222 21. 8% 15. 7% 0. 8% 39. 1% Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 6

level SLP REQTS IN NATO JDs – IMS JUN 2013 5555 4444 4343 3333 4333 3231 3332 2220 TOTAL OF-7/8/9 8 8 OF-6 1 5 6 OF-5 71 5 1 77 OF-4 1 106 30 10 1 148 OF-3/2 3 6 3 9 21 OR-7/8/9 10 1 12 8 1 32 OR-4/5/6 9 1 17 3 5 9 4 48 CIV A 18 6 24 CIV B 5/6 1 4 1 5 2 13 CIV B 4 1 16 4 3 24 CIV B 3 8 1 9 1 2 21 CIV B 2 1 CIV C TOTAL MANNIN G 4 4 427 258 51 62 27 5 12 4 4 6. 3% 1. 1% 2. 8% 0. 9% TOTAL 4 Logistics & Resources Division PERCENT 0. 9% 60. 4% 11. 9% 14. 5% NATO UNCLASSIFIED 7

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JOB DESCRIPTIONS Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 8

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS QUESTIONS? Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED 10