1. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED1 turner.philip@hq.nato.int Mr. Philip Turner NATO Manpower Policy International Military Staff/ HQ NATO ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS

2. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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 4444. 75% of these were considered appropriate.

6. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED6 STATED SLP REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JDs – MAY 2010 NCSACOACTNCSA SLP% of Posts 44440.8%1.0%1.9%0.0% 43436.3%8.4%10.3%1.4% 333341.9%48.0%65.7%23.8% 332229.2%27.0%21.3%35.7% 222221.8%15.7%0.8%39.1%

7. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED7 level555544444343333343333231333222222220TOTAL OF-7/8/9 8 8 OF-615 6 OF-5 7151 77 OF-4110630101 148 OF-3/2 3639 21 OR-7/8/9 101128 1 32 OR-4/5/6 91173594 48 CIV A 186 24 CIV B5/614152 13 CIV B4116 43 24 CIV B3 8191 2 21 CIV B2 1 1 CIV C 44 TOTAL MANNIN G 427 TOTAL425851622751244 PERCENT0.9%60.4%11.9%14.5%6.3%1.1%2.8%0.9% SLP REQTS IN NATO JDs – IMS JUN 2013

8. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JOB DESCRIPTIONS

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10. Logistics & Resources Division NATO UNCLASSIFIED10 QUESTIONS? ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATO APPOINTMENTS