Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED1 Mr. Philip Turner NATO Manpower Policy International Military Staff/ HQ NATO ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS
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Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED3 STANDARD LANGUAGE PROFILE (SLP) LEVELS Level 1 – Survival Level 2 – Functional Level 3 – Professional Level 4 – Expert Level 5 – Highly Articulate Native Speaker
Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS FACTORS The SLP requirements for NATO posts are set without expert scrutiny. STANAG 6001 is not non-specialist user- friendly. SLP Level 5 is redundant. Achieving SLP Levels 3 and 4 is not easy.
Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS 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 % of these were considered appropriate.
Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED6 STATED SLP REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JDs – MAY 2010 NCSACOACTNCSA SLP% of Posts %1.0%1.9%0.0% %8.4%10.3%1.4% %48.0%65.7%23.8% %27.0%21.3%35.7% %15.7%0.8%39.1%
Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED7 level TOTAL OF-7/8/9 8 8 OF OF OF OF-3/ OR-7/8/ OR-4/5/ CIV A CIV B5/ CIV B CIV B CIV B2 1 1 CIV C 44 TOTAL MANNIN G 427 TOTAL PERCENT0.9%60.4%11.9%14.5%6.3%1.1%2.8%0.9% SLP REQTS IN NATO JDs – IMS JUN 2013
Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED10 QUESTIONS? ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS