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Marine Transportation (Asst./Assoc. Professor)

Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
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Summary

As an Assistant/Associate Professor you will be responsible for developing and teaching courses in the Maritime Logistics and Security Program designed to provide midshipmen/students with the knowledge and skills required to manage complex maritime and intermodal supply chains and assist in the addressing of the security challenges facing the marine transportation systems.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
06/23/2021 to 07/23/2021
Salary
$72,782 to - $131,310 per year
Pay scale & grade
AD 00
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Kings Point, NY
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
00
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
MARAD.MMA-2021-0023
Control number
605227300

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Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from any U.S. Citizen. This position is in the Excepted Service. For information on the Excepted Service, please visit: Excepted Service Appointing Authorities@ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-authorities/excepted-service/

Duties

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As an Assistant/Associate Professor, you will be responsible for developing and teaching courses in the Maritime Logistics and Security Program designed to provide midshipmen/students with the knowledge and skills required to manage complex maritime and intermodal supply chains and assist in the addressing of the security challenges facing the marine transportation systems. 

The ideal candidate for this position is a highly motivated and experienced professional who possess a Master’s Degree or higher, teaching experience at an accredited institution of higher education, and industry experience in the related field to the position.

Highly Desirable:

  • Assistant or Associate Professor experience at an accredited institution of higher education.
  • Experience in Security Management, Homeland Security, Marketing, Project and Operations Management, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Risk Management & Insurance, or Transportation and Logistics Technology.
  • Recent teaching experience in Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Maritime Business, or Maritime Security.
  • Demonstrated potential for an outstanding research record.
  • Recent management experience in the shore-side marine transportation industry or seagoing experience as a professional mariner.
  • Demonstrated skill in developing and expanding relationships with the maritime industry and other professional organizations.
  • Industry activity, leadership, and participation in maritime business activities.
  • Demonstrated ability to work successfully with students, staff, and community from diverse backgrounds, and a commitment to a culturally diverse work environment.
  • Proficiency in working effectively, cooperatively, and flexibly in a team environment.
  • Well organized and strategic thinker.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • This is an Excepted Service position.
  • Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
  • Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
  • You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

  • SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
  • TRIAL PERIOD: This is an Excepted Service position. This job will be filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive service. Applicants selected for an excepted service position may be subject to a two-year trial period.
  • PCS/RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT: Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Relocation, and Recruitment Incentive authorization varies by position/selection.

NOTE: This is a Full-Time Faculty Tenure-Track appointment in the Excepted Service, with an initial term not-to exceed 06/17/2023.  Reappointments to additional one or two year terms are possible.  If Tenure is achieved (after four to six years), employment will be made permanent, provided a satisfactory performance appraisal is received annually.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the education requirements for the position.

To qualify for this position, you must have: 

  • A minimum of one (1) academic year of full time teaching in a related field at an accredited college or university, AND
  • A minimum of three (3) years of successful full time industry experience required in the transportation/logistics/supply chain management.

Your resume and application materials (including college transcripts) must show that you have the education and specialized experience necessary to teach college-level courses.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

  • Accountability
  • Computer Skills
  • Customer Service (++)
  • Developing Others
  • Education and Training


For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).  Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.  You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link:  https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


Education

The educational requirements for this position include a minimum of a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Maritime Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Maritime Business (Marine Insurance, Marine Chartering and Brokerage, Admiralty Law), Maritime Security (Port Security, Vessel Security). 

Additional information

This vacancy may be used by any DOT agency to fill similar positions within 90 days.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level

For this announcement, all applicants will be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for this position, specifically the educational and specialized experience requirements.

Applicants will not be rated or ranked.

All applications that are verified to meet the basic qualifications will be referred to the selecting official.

The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package.  If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers.


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