oin a team of passionate professionals serving the nation at National Defense University. We are the premier Joint Professional Military Education institution for military and civilian leaders from the U.S. and more than 70 international countries. We provide our students with the high-quality, immersive, strategic education necessary for solving current and future complex challenges in the global security environment.

NDU is focused on the future!

Our mission is to educate joint warfighters and other national security leaders in critical thinking and the creative application of military power to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions of disruptive change, in order to prevail in war, peace, and competition. Our vision is to create strategic advantage for our students by forging relationships through whole-of-nations and whole-of-government educational programs, research and engagement.

NDU is looking for talented people to join our outstanding workforce and ensure the success of our exciting national security mission. You will thrive in our collaborative, inclusive and supportive culture that values your knowledge, experience, and expertise and advances your career.

Major Duties:

• Serves as the principal advisor to the Provost and President of the National Defense University for education and the building of partnership capacity in combating terrorism and irregular warfare; exercises senior executive direction and leadership over all aspects of the College of International Security Affairs.
• Oversees, manages, and evolves all aspects of the Master of Arts degree in Strategic Security Studies including curriculum development and currency, institutional research, course development, program accreditation: solicits, collects, analyzes and adapts to student feedback as appropriate; recommends faculty selections to the NDU President, maintaining the College's compliance with civilian accrediting agencies requirements for academic quality and integrity.
• Responsible for planning, programming for, and directing the College's education and training activities, establishing short/long-range goals, policies. and procedures; assigning responsibilities; tracking work in progress; and solving problems referred by superiors, peers, and subordinates.
• Within the College, participates actively and constructively as a member of the NDU faculty. Speaks, publishes, and lectures to maintain scholarly currency needed to lead an academic organization. Guest lectures in areas of special expertise; develops and delivers entire courses as appropriate: maintains scholarly currency in national and international security, global politics, grand strategy, the interagency process, instruments of power, national security decision making, belief systems, and the ingredients of successful national security leadership.
• Responsible for the NDU's Regional Defense Fellowship Program (RDFP) in partnership with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) for in-residence education of international fellows assigned by U.S. coalition partners culminating in a master's thesis in fulfillment of requirements for the MA degree. Provides overall leadership of the education process, develops interpersonal relationships, builds networks, and nurtures a worldwide alumni community in which graduates participate throughout the remainder of their careers in furtherance of partnership building interests.
• Responsible for budget, personnel management and relations with partner NDU components. Builds and sustains partnerships with agencies and throughout the U.S. Government.
• Responsible as senior leader of a major NDU component for assuring proper emphasis on equal opportunity. affirmative action, and nondiscrimination with regard to race, gender. religion. national origin, color. age, and physical or mental handicap in employee selection, promotion, training. and overall personnel management. Ensures that equal opportunity underlies all personnel and supervisory actions. including special objectives relating to minority or women employees.

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 clearance with SCI access security determination.

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