Faculty Senior Associate

Defense Security Cooperation Agency • Dayton, OH

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About The Position

This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU). The Faculty Senior Associate serves as a specialist in their discipline and primarily supports the University’s education, training, and workforce development missions, while also contributing to research, analysis, and lessons-learned activities. The position develops and reviews instructional materials and intellectual content, creates major curriculum segments in accordance with DSCU standards, and delivers education and advising programs as a solo instructor or as part of faculty teams. The incumbent advises University leadership, faculty, and the broader security cooperation enterprise; prepares competency-based curriculum; assesses student performance; contributes to professional and academic forums; supports security cooperation lessons-learned efforts; and participates in DSCU shared governance relating to technology and services for teaching, learning, and scholarship.

This is a full-time term appointment in the excepted service for up to three years. Appointments may be extended in one-, two-, or three-year increments, indefinitely. The position is telework eligible, has a flexible tour of duty, and may involve occasional overtime. The incumbent must obtain and maintain the required security clearance and attain DoD security cooperation workforce certification, including related continuous learning requirements. The position is subject to drug testing and may require a probationary period.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entering on duty; failure to obtain or maintain the required clearance may result in withdrawal of the offer or removal.
• Must pass required drug testing, including initial screening and random testing thereafter.
• Must attain DoD security cooperation workforce certification and complete related continuous learning requirements.
• Master’s degree from a regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher education, or international equivalent, in an appropriate social science or related discipline relevant to the DSCU mission.
• At least five years of experience practicing, training, or studying security cooperation or a related field.
• Experience in government, military, private sector, or academia of sufficient depth or breadth to establish professional expertise in leadership, management, planning, and execution.
• Documented intellectual contributions in areas of expertise, such as developing or revising policy, doctrine, analytic or instructional materials; publishing in peer-reviewed publications; or delivering invited presentations to professional, public, or academic audiences.
• Transcripts or other documentation supporting educational claims must be provided; failure to provide transcripts will result in an ineligible rating.
• Education cannot substitute for specialized experience at this grade level.
• All qualifications and eligibility criteria must be met by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specialist in the incumbent’s discipline, supporting DSCU education, training, and workforce development missions and contributing to research, analysis, and lessons-learned activities.
• Support the development and review of instructional materials and other intellectual content.
• Develop major curriculum program segments, including planning and developing course materials, readings, and instructional resources in accordance with DSCU standards and processes.
• Deliver education and advising programs as a solo instructor or as part of ad hoc faculty teams, depending on requirements.
• Provide advice to University leadership, fellow faculty, and the security cooperation enterprise in areas of expertise.
• Prepare competency-based security cooperation curriculum in assigned areas of expertise.
• Assess student performance in achieving learning objectives.
• Sustain academic expertise through participation in and contributions to internal and external professional or academic forums.
• Contribute expertise to security cooperation lessons-learned efforts through developing and analyzing observations, institutionalizing best practices, and resolving issues as appropriate.
• Participate in DSCU shared governance supporting the academic mission and the use of technology and services affecting teaching, learning, and scholarship.
• Attain DoD security cooperation workforce certification and complete related continuous learning requirements.

Benefits

• Eligible for medical benefits.
• Eligible for dental benefits.
• Eligible for life insurance.
• Eligible for retirement benefits.
• Eligible to earn annual leave and sick leave.
• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior