The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is the recognized leader in corporate universities, advancing the use of technology in all areas of education. Faculty members are "thinking partners" and consult with acquisition customers and students, continuously improving product and service delivery to provide the right knowledge and skills at the point of need through mission assistance, workshops, classroom offerings and on-line resources.
Summary
The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is the recognized leader in corporate universities, advancing the use of technology in all areas of education. Faculty members are "thinking partners" and consult with acquisition customers and students, continuously improving product and service delivery to provide the right knowledge and skills at the point of need through mission assistance, workshops, classroom offerings and on-line resources.
This position will be filled by using the Acquisition Expedited Hiring Authority. This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens and DAU Faculty. Additional selections may be made. DAU participates in e-Verify with the DHS and USCIS
As a Life Cycle Logistics Management Learning Director, you will apply your knowledge, experience in educational development, training of defense acquisition workforce, and research and analysis of defense acquisition policy issues. The duties of this position on a daily/weekly basis will include:
1. Leverages Life Cycle Logistics knowledge and experience developing, implementing, and/or managing effective DoD weapons system product support strategies to perform as a "thinking partner" and consultant with DoD acquisition and sustainment customers and students
2. Continuously improves product and service delivery to provide the right knowledge and skills at the point of need through mission assistance, workshops, classroom offerings and on-line resources.
3. Proposes, develops, validates, and manages currency, quality, and competency alignment of DAU Life Cycle Logistics career field and associated interdisciplinary learning assets,
4. Leads geographically dispersed government and contractor teams in development, and maintenance of instructor-led classroom and computer-based on-line learning assets
5. Develops and conducts presentations/briefings, case studies, simulations and workshops.
6. Teaches and facilitates higher levels of adult learning for the DoD acquisition workforce, including leading and facilitating student discussion, problem solving, and critical thinking.
7. Leverages product support management expertise to develop and maintain workflow learning assets including communities-of-practice, ACQuipedia articles, job support tools, guidebooks, and related media
8. Provides consulting and mission assistance to defense program office and sustainment teams, and defense acquisition workforce members.
9 Supports senior internal and external senior DoD stakeholders on Life Cycle Logistics policy and process initiatives.
10. Leverages interdisciplinary skills such as reliability, availability, maintainability, and supportability analysis, configuration management, performance based logistics, technical data/product data management, software life cycle management, maintenance planning, intellectual property, supply chain management, and/or product support funding to integrate life cycle logistics learning assets with other acquisition communities
11. Leads diverse teams to successfully plan, budget for, and execute complex learning asset/ curriculum development projects
You must have specialized experience directly relating to the specific duties of the position, and demonstrate that you have the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully.
1. Foundational Learning (Learning Asset Development and Teaching): Ability (or potential) to develop, manage, assess and deliver learning assets for the Life Cycle Logistics career field, ensuring currency, quality, and competency alignment. This includes activities and ability to: propose, write, validate, manage and maintain quality Life Cycle Logistics courseware including post-level III executive-level learning assets; align and integrate life cycle logistics learning assets with other functional communities; manage and maintain case studies to depict realistic DoD sustainment and readiness challenges; develop, align Terminal Learning Objectives (TLOs), Enabling Learning Objectives (ELOs), and assessment rubrics to career field competencies;; conduct research on systems acquisition, life cycle management, product support, and leadership; assess the health of learning assets, as well as guide future curriculum development and maintenance requirements; identify, develop, validate and maintain Life Cycle Logistics support tools to support and enhance learning assets; integrate lessons learned from mission assistance activities into learning assets; communicate (orally and in writing) complex managerial and technical material to students teach and facilitate higher levels of learning (including at executive level) for the defense acquisition workforce; motivate learners to participate actively in the learning process; organize information; , leading diverse, interdisciplinary teams, including successfully planning, budgeting, and executing complex curriculum development projects.
2. Performance Learning (Consulting): Ability to consult with DoD clients at various levels of authority from mid-grade to general officers/SES, across the system life cycle including guiding life cycle logistics, product support and sustainment strategy development, implementation, and execution. This includes responding to defense acquisition workforce queries and support requests, providing consulting/mission assistance related to diagnosis, goal setting, problem solving and decision-making; communicate effectively with large groups, including senior stakeholders and customers across DoD, providing presentations at conferences, symposia, and team meetings, strategy sessions, and other related public forums; planning and successfully executing acquisition, product support/sustainment and life cycle management-related mission assistance for DoD acquisition and sustainment organizations; providing technical guidance and assistance on complex product support matters across the spectrum of the Life Cycle Logistics competencies; and leveraging subject matter expertise and leadership skills to support senior DoD and DAU stakeholders on a range of life cycle logistics related technical policy and process issues and initiatives.
3. Workflow Learning Asset Management: Ability to develop and manage on-line/web-based workflow learning assets, tools, and resources. This ability must include the continuous assessment, currency, and quality of these learning assets. Describe any experience with development, delivery, currency, and maintenance of computer-based workflow learning assets including communities-of-practice, functional community workspaces, timely responses to student ask-a-professor inquiries, ACQuipedia articles, job support tools, guidebooks, videos, podcasts, websites, webinars, and curriculum support media.
Additional information
Serves as a Learning Director and Professor of Life Cycle Logistics Management with experience in the Department of Defense (DoD) or a non-DoD agency. Applies knowledge, experience, and technical skills to teach and facilitate higher levels of learning for the Department of Defense acquisition workforce. This requires an in-depth knowledge of planning, strategy development, assessment and execution of DoD life cycle logistics, product support, and sustainment management, technical data management, supply chain and maintenance management, and supportability analyses for DoD weapons systems during the acquisition and operational phases of a system's life cycle.
DAU has a comprehensive benefits package that includes retirement, social security, and thrift savings; health, life, and long term care insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays. DAU employees enjoy flexible work schedules, transit subsidy, and the opportunity to telecommute.
For additional information on specific health benefits, life insurance, retirement, etc. please visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp.
For additional information on the Thrift Savings Plan please visit: http://www.tsp.gov.
For additional Veteran's information please visit: http://www.usajobs.gov/ei/VetPreference.asp or http://www.fedshirevets.gov
You must have achieved DAWIA Level III certification in Life Cycle Logistics or alternatively, you must have the ability to obtain the required certification for the position within 24 months of appointment.
If selected for this position, you are subject to the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
You will be required to become a member of the Acquisition Corps. DoD instruction 5000.58R specifies qualification standards for Corps membership (waiver of some of these standards is in the limited possible circumstances described in the instruction).
You will be required to join the DAU Faculty Plan as established by Title 10 of the US Code. This position is in the excepted service (non-career). Candidates currently in the competitive service will be required to sign a statement indicating that they are leaving the competitive services voluntarily to accept an appointment in the excepted service.
Initial appointment is made for a period of four years, conditional upon satisfactory completion of a DAU probationary period of one year. Every year, as part of an annual review, consideration is given to extending the appointment; thus, service at DAU can be extended indefinitely.
If selected for this position, you MUST be able to begin work within 30 days of acceptance.
Drug Testing: This position may be subject to random drug testing
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Your application (resume and supporting documentation) will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required as listed on the announcement under qualification requirements.
Veterans' preference eligibility is treated as a positive factor when making a selection from external sources. It is applied when the organization makes a final selection from the candidates with substantially equal qualifications as described in the Best Meets Mission Requirements definition below. If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.
Best Meets Mission Requirements definition: Applicant has the knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or competencies to substantially exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. This equates to the best qualified assessment criteria established for the vacancy and based on overall demonstrated experience, education, training, appraisals/evaluations, job-related awards, certifications, honors and relevant outside activities.
Appropriate experts within the Defense Acquisition University will evaluate applications. Salary determination is based on the requirements of the position as well as the qualifications of the selected applicant as aligned with the evaluation criteria for the Pay Band. Additional information can be found at http://www.dau.mil/AboutDAU/AboutDocs/DAU_Faculty_Plan.pdf
Pay Band A: Minimum Prerequisites
You must possess a Bachelor's Degree and have at least 4 years of experience in the appropriate functional area in either government or industry.
Pay Band B: Minimum Prerequisites
You must possess a Master's Degree in a related area from an accredited college or university and at least 6 years of experience in the appropriate functional area in either a government or industry position.
Pay Band C: Minimum Prerequisites
You must possess a Master's Degree in a related area from an accredited college or university and at least 8 years of experience in the appropriate functional area in either a government or industry position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Résumé: The latest resume submitted will be used to determine qualifications.
Complete Assessment Questionnaire
Academic Transcripts
Other Supporting Documents
The following supporting documents are REQUIRED to verify your individual eligibility status. Not all will apply for each applicant. They MUST be received by the closing date of the announcement.
SF-50 - (If applicable) Notification of Personnel Action for current or former federal employees- with the exception of current permanent DAU employees, please provide your most recent SF50 or the SF50 reflecting Career/Career-Conditional tenure and the highest grade held on a permanent basis.
If you claim Veteran's Preference, (5 or 10 points) you MUST provide a copy of your DD Form 214 (Member Copy 4) listing the dates of military service and rank. If you are claiming 10 points (10 percent or more disability), you must also provide a letter from the Veterans Affairs Office and a completed SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans Preference - http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf) substantiating your claim.
Performance Appraisal: Current or previous federal employees.
Other documents identified in the announcement.
Note: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information and documents entered or uploaded are received, legible, and accurate.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package. See required documents below.
Click 'Apply Online' to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents.
2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application.
3. Check application status by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Application Status, then More Information for this position. Return to an incomplete application by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY
9820 Belvoir Road
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. ALL eligible candidates will be forwarded to DAU for consideration. DAU will have a panel review all applicants and will contact individuals for interviews. We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation.
You will no longer need to call the HR Office to determine your application status. USAJOBS has added an alert setting to their system to drive status updates notification for applicants. You can elect to activate the proactive notification from your USAJOBS profile at any point during the application process to sign-up for automatic alerts when there are status changes for jobs to which you have applied.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Résumé: The latest resume submitted will be used to determine qualifications.
Complete Assessment Questionnaire
Academic Transcripts
Other Supporting Documents
The following supporting documents are REQUIRED to verify your individual eligibility status. Not all will apply for each applicant. They MUST be received by the closing date of the announcement.
SF-50 - (If applicable) Notification of Personnel Action for current or former federal employees- with the exception of current permanent DAU employees, please provide your most recent SF50 or the SF50 reflecting Career/Career-Conditional tenure and the highest grade held on a permanent basis.
If you claim Veteran's Preference, (5 or 10 points) you MUST provide a copy of your DD Form 214 (Member Copy 4) listing the dates of military service and rank. If you are claiming 10 points (10 percent or more disability), you must also provide a letter from the Veterans Affairs Office and a completed SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans Preference - http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf) substantiating your claim.
Performance Appraisal: Current or previous federal employees.
Other documents identified in the announcement.
Note: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information and documents entered or uploaded are received, legible, and accurate.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package. See required documents below.
Click 'Apply Online' to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents.
2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application.
3. Check application status by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Application Status, then More Information for this position. Return to an incomplete application by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY
9820 Belvoir Road
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. ALL eligible candidates will be forwarded to DAU for consideration. DAU will have a panel review all applicants and will contact individuals for interviews. We will notify you of the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation.
You will no longer need to call the HR Office to determine your application status. USAJOBS has added an alert setting to their system to drive status updates notification for applicants. You can elect to activate the proactive notification from your USAJOBS profile at any point during the application process to sign-up for automatic alerts when there are status changes for jobs to which you have applied.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
