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NDU develops joint warfighters and other national security leaders through rigorous academics, research and engagement to serve the common defense.
This is a Title 10 Excepted Service Appointment.
04/30/2021 to 05/24/2021
$63,016 - $81,608 per year
AD 2
2 vacancies in the following locations:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - The travel requirement for this position is seldom
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
None
No
Yes
NDU-21-11105899-CC
600135000
Major Duties
Education Requirement
Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from an American Library Association accredited program or academic equivalent.
Official transcripts will be required at time of selection to verify educational requirements are met.
NDU 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. NDU employees enjoy flexible work schedules, transit subsidy, and the opportunity to telework.
Initial Probationary Period: You will be required to serve an initial probationary period of 18 months.
Reemployed Annuitants: Department of Defense has the authority to hire annuitants without reduction in pay. For more information, go to: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
To qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described in the qualifications section. A screening panel will review your resume and narrative answers to the assessment questions to evaluate your qualifications for the position. NDU uses a multi-tier selection process for academic positions. The following questions will be reviewed by the NDU screening panel https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11105899.
You MUST upload a cover letter separate from your resume addressing the following hiring criteria:
FACTOR 1: Library Experience
Provide your years of library experience and the types of libraries (academic, military, government, public, medical, or special library) .
FACTOR 2: Instructional Services
Describe your experience developing and delivering instruction and training on research methodology and strategies for conducting academic research.
FACTOR 3: Reference services
Describe your experience providing research and reference services in an academic or scholarly library.
FACTOR 4: Instructional design support
Describe your experience overseeing complex research projects and anticipating reference/research services, research products and library instruction needed by the user community.
FACTOR 5: Curating library collections
Describe your experience evaluating requirements and building library collections in all formats to meet them.
FACTOR 6: Curriculum development support
Describe your experience working collaboratively with faculty or others to develop curriculum and developing instructional approaches (in-classroom and online) to support student learning.
FACTOR 7: Teamwork
Describe your experience working collaboratively with a team to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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.
If you are unable to apply online, view the following link for information regarding Alternate Application.
Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. The questionnaire will assess your qualifications for the job. ALL eligible applicants will be referred to NDU which will convene a board to review all of the applicants. NDU will contact the applicants directly they would like to interview. 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.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/600135000. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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