The National Defense University is recruiting for a Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs for the College of Information and CyberSpace (CIC.) The Dean is principally responsible to the VP-AA/Provost and their Component Head for the management and governance of the academic mission and their respective academic/research programs. Serves as the executive head of the
faculty and as chief academic officer, in collaboration with the Component Head, with responsibility for the development, implementation and assessment of its college's strategic plan.
The CIC serves as the Department of Defense's (DoD's) principal educational resource for the Services, the Joint Staff, the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy (OSD(P)) senior staffs for senior-level education regarding information and cyberspace strategy, policy, and warfare. As such, the CIC is responsible for a number of programs associated with leveraging information and information technology to achieve strategic objectives through cyberspace capabilities.
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. Appointment is not to exceed 3 years with the possibility for extension.
Summary
The National Defense University is recruiting for a Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs for the College of Information and CyberSpace (CIC.) The Dean is principally responsible to the VP-AA/Provost and their Component Head for the management and governance of the academic mission and their respective academic/research programs. Serves as the executive head of the
faculty and as chief academic officer, in collaboration with the Component Head, with responsibility for the development, implementation and assessment of its college's strategic plan.
The CIC serves as the Department of Defense's (DoD's) principal educational resource for the Services, the Joint Staff, the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy (OSD(P)) senior staffs for senior-level education regarding information and cyberspace strategy, policy, and warfare. As such, the CIC is responsible for a number of programs associated with leveraging information and information technology to achieve strategic objectives through cyberspace capabilities.
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. Appointment is not to exceed 3 years with the possibility for extension.
Principal academic and policy adviser to the VP-AA/Provost and Component Head on all matters pertaining to the curriculum, accreditation, and faculty of their associated academic programs.
Provides the leadership, management, and expertise necessary to accomplish University-wide and component: strategic and operational academic program planning and assessment;
Ensures a comprehensive college oversight policy and assessment program to deliver an effective, high quality, graduate-level academic program.
Leads a rigorous process of planning and assessing the curriculum to ensure: it remains relevant to the national security environment; compliant with governing commissions, the curriculum appropriately reflects the mission of College; and is pedagogically sound.
Serves as an academic and educational advisor on University Dean's Council, the College Academic Policy Council (APC) and other governance councils
Teaches core, concentration, or elective courses as needed to maintain contact with College courses, classrooms, and students, and to support delivery of the College curriculum.
Maintains currency, expertise, and professional stature in the field through research and publication of scholarly work.
Background or Security Investigation: This is a Special Sensitive position which requires a background investigation. The individual selected for this position is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security determination to occupy a Special Sensitive position within the agency as a condition of employment.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must:
Have a doctoral degree or other terminal degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education (or international equivalent) in a cyberspace, information operations, information technology, information warfare, systems management, computer science, law, public policy or related field. Professional experience in cyberspace or related field
Have a substantial record of excellence in teaching, continuing scholarship, and service contributions within an appropriate field of academic study. Experience in graduate-level education is strongly preferred.
Have a demonstrated successful record of leadership achievements, innovation and managerial skills.
Have demonstrated successful experience as a department head or as associate dean in an academic institution, or an equivalent leadership position. Must have a proven record for building partnerships and coalitions at similar or larger/more complex organizations.
Have a demonstrated record of successfully leading change in an organization of similar or larger size/more complex including involved in developing the organizational vision and implementing policies and procedures to achieve this vision within available resources in a continuously changing environment.
Have experience providing leadership and strategic direction over personnel management across complex organizations.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience working in the interagency, joint, multi-service, or multi-national military environment.
Knowledge of public and/or private sector academic institutions' organization, structure, and operations.
Familiarity with the missions, organization, and operations of the Department of Defense.
Experience managing at the highest levels within a large diverse academic environment.
Senior service college graduate level education preferred.
Volunteer Experience: 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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Additional information
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 telecommute.
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
If you are unable to apply online, view the following link for information regarding Alternate Application.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The following questions will be reviewed by the NDU screening panel. YOU MUST ATTACH YOUR RESPONSES TO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AS A SEPARATE WORD DOCUMENT with your application. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. A screening panel will review your resume and narrative answers to the questions listed below 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
Teaching: Describe the number of years and your record of excellence in teaching in a discipline related to a cyberspace, information operations, information technology, information warfare, systems management, computer science, or related area, including law and policy at an accredited college or university. Please highlight graduate level teaching experience.
Leadership: Describe your leadership experience in organizational innovation and institutional collaboration, and proven ability to lead, mentor and manage faculty and staff, and lead internal and external engagement efforts in pursuit of institutional and academic excellence. Please provide positions held.
Policy Development/Implementation: Describe your professional or academic experience in cyberspace, information operations, information technology, information warfare, systems management, computer science, or related area, including law and policy.
Research/Scholarship: Describe your research experience in a related field as demonstrated through curriculum/course development, policy oversight, outreach activities, peer-reviewed scholarship, and/or military doctrinal/posture development; citing evidence of recognition gained within academic or research communities.
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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
Other Supporting Documents
Word document with responses to evaluation criteria
Transcripts
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 NDU 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.
Other documents identified in the announcement.
WARNING: Failure to submit a complete application package including any required documentation by the closing date of the announcement at 11:59 EST, or at the time of application for announcements with an extended closing date, may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. To verify that your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Application Status and More Information. The Details page will display the status of your application.
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered or uploaded is received, legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant.
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.
National Defense University
300 5th Avenue Bldg 62
Washington, DC 20319
US
Next steps
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.
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
Other Supporting Documents
Word document with responses to evaluation criteria
Transcripts
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 NDU 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.
Other documents identified in the announcement.
WARNING: Failure to submit a complete application package including any required documentation by the closing date of the announcement at 11:59 EST, or at the time of application for announcements with an extended closing date, may result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. To verify that your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Application Status and More Information. The Details page will display the status of your application.
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered or uploaded is received, legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers submitted by an applicant.
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.
National Defense University
300 5th Avenue Bldg 62
Washington, DC 20319
US
Next steps
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.
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.
