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Department of Defense
Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situational telework at the discretion of management.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation expenses (i.e. PCS) may be authorized in accordance with applicable travel regulations.
Salary
$111,119 - $195,644 per year

A Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) of 8.64% will be added to the stated salary.

Pay scale & grade
AD 5 - 7
Promotion potential
7
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Term - 3 years
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Secret
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
DE-13070144-26-JAS
Control number
885683800

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

US Citizens

Duties

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  • You will design, develop, and teach executive courses on alliance management, security partnerships, coalition integration, and interoperability. Cover defense diplomacy, burden sharing, and Indo-Pacific security architecture
  • You will examine how bilateral, minilateral, and multinational alliances generate capability, strengthen deterrence, enable collective defense, and contribute to Indo-Pacific regional security.
  • You will develop educational programs that help security practitioners overcome political, institutional, and operational challenges when building and sustaining effective alliances and coalitions.
  • You will lead and support Center activities, including executive courses, workshops, policy dialogues, senior-leader engagements, strategic visits, and international partnerships.
  • You will serve as an action officer responsible for planning, executing, and assessing courses, workshops, strategic dialogues, and regional engagements from concept to completion.
  • You will develop curriculum, instructional materials, case studies, simulations, and experiential-learning activities tailored for diverse civilian and military audiences.
  • You will teach and facilitate seminars and collaborative learning sessions among security practitioners from across the Indo-Pacific region.
  • You will conduct research and publish policy-relevant work on alliances, partnerships, coalition integration, burden sharing, interoperability, and regional security architecture.
  • You will engage allied and partner governments, defense institutions, academia, and regional stakeholders to strengthen networks and deepen collective security cooperation.
  • You will maintain the deep regional expertise required to support executive education, strategic initiatives, academic partnerships, and public outreach.
  • You will collaborate across departments to integrate partnership perspectives into programming on strategic deterrence, force posture, security cooperation, and resilience.
  • You will mentor Fellows, contributing directly to their professional and intellectual development, and support the administration and institutional growth of the College.
  • You will travel internationally to support DKI APCSS programs, maintaining professional, respectful, and collegial relationships with leadership, staff, and regional partners.
  • You will maintain productive, professional, respectful, and collegial relationships with leadership, faculty, staff, Fellows, and regional partners.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
  • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

  • An advanced degree in international relations, security studies, political science, strategic studies, military studies, public policy, Asian studies, or a related discipline. A doctorate or other terminal degree is preferred.
  • Demonstrated substantive knowledge, research, or professional experience related to alliances, security partnerships, coalition operations, security cooperation, defense diplomacy, regional security architecture, or a closely related field.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct rigorous research, analyze contemporary security issues, and produce scholarly or policy-relevant work.
  • Demonstrated ability to teach, facilitate, and mentor adult learners from diverse professional, national, and cultural backgrounds.
  • Ability to communicate complex political, strategic, institutional, and military issues clearly to practitioner audiences.
  • Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and execute complex projects or programs.
  • Ability to work effectively as a collegial, collaborative, and team-oriented faculty member.
  • Ability to use contemporary technologies and digital tools in research, teaching, collaboration, and program execution.
  • Demonstrated commitment to the DKI APCSS mission and to advancing security cooperation and understanding throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Desired Criteria
Demonstrated expertise, research, or professional experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Alliance management and alliance politics
  • Coalition integration and interoperability
  • Burden sharing and allied role differentiation
  • Security cooperation
  • Defense diplomacy
  • Collective defense and collective security
  • Bilateral, minilateral, and multinational security arrangements
  • U.S.-Japan alliance
  • U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance
  • Australia-U.S. alliance and AUKUS
  • U.S.-Philippines alliance
  • Japan-Republic of Korea security cooperation
  • Trilateral and minilateral security cooperation
  • NATO or other comparative alliance experience relevant to the Indo-Pacific
  • Indo-Pacific regional security architecture
Additional desired experience includes:
  • Research, professional, military, government, or field experience involving one or more U.S. allies or security partners in the Indo-Pacific.
  • Experience working with or studying ministries of defense, foreign affairs, military organizations, combatant commands, international organizations, policy institutions, or allied and partner governments.
  • Experience examining the political and institutional dimensions of coalition interoperability, burden sharing, role differentiation, or allied contributions to collective security.
  • Experience in teaching, facilitation, executive education, strategic engagement, policy dialogue, exercises, or multinational workshops.
  • Experience building professional networks and fostering collaboration among individuals from diverse national, institutional, and professional backgrounds.
  • Foreign-language capability relevant to the Indo-Pacific.

Additional information

DKI APCSS seeks qualified candidates at the Associate Professor or Professor level specializing in Alliance Management, Coalition Integration, and Regional Security Architecture to join the Department of Allies and Partners.

The Center welcomes applications from both established scholar-practitioners and exceptional early-career professionals. The successful candidate's academic rank and salary will be determined based on education, professional experience, scholarly record, teaching and facilitation experience, subject-matter expertise, leadership, and demonstrated capacity to contribute to the DKI APCSS mission.

The successful candidate will educate civilian and military security practitioners on how alliances and partnerships generate greater capability, interoperability, and collective action in the Indo-Pacific. The position focuses on how alliances and security partnerships are built, managed, adapted, and integrated to strengthen deterrence, distribute responsibilities, improve interoperability, and enable effective collective action.

The position will examine bilateral alliances and increasingly important minilateral and multilateral security arrangements and how these relationships contribute to an evolving Indo-Pacific regional security architecture. Areas of particular interest include alliance management, coalition integration, burden sharing and role differentiation, interoperability, security cooperation, defense diplomacy, and the political and institutional challenges of collective defense and security.

Candidates are not expected to enter the position with expertise across every alliance, partnership, country, or element of this portfolio. DKI APCSS seeks individuals with demonstrated expertise in relevant areas and the intellectual ability and professional commitment to develop broader expertise in alliance management, coalition integration, and Indo-Pacific regional security architecture.

Faculty members at DKI APCSS are expected to be more than subject-matter experts. They serve as educators, facilitators, curriculum designers, action officers, researchers, mentors, and institutional leaders. Faculty plan and execute executive education courses, workshops, strategic dialogues, and regional engagements; develop and facilitate curriculum; conduct policy-relevant research; and build relationships with security professionals throughout the Indo-Pacific.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.Excepted appointments may be extended at the discretion of management and in accordance with applicable regulations.Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.

If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) is a U.S. Department of War institution dedicated to advancing security throughout the Indo-Pacific through executive education, strategic dialogue, research, and regional collaboration. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Center educates, connects, and empowers civilian and military security professionals to address complex regional and transnational security challenges.

Through executive courses, workshops, strategic dialogues, policy engagements, and scholarly activities, DKI APCSS develops enduring professional networks, strengthens institutional capacity, and advances a free, open, secure, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

Agency contact information

Catrina Manabe
Phone
(808) 971-8914
Email
catrina.t.manabe.civ@mail.mil
Address
DDHBAP ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES
2058 Maluhia Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
US

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