Required Qualifications
- An earned master's degree or other international equivalent terminal degree (doctorate preferred) from a regionally accredited university in a discipline directly related to national security.
- Education or teaching experience in an academic environment, knowledge of best practices, and commitment to lifelong learning, with at least two years, or the instructional equivalent, of full-time graduate-level teaching experience at a regionally accredited college or university.
- A substantial record of excellence in teaching, research, and outreach in a discipline related to national security strategy.
- Professional knowledge and experience in teaching, research, and development of instructional materials, with emphasis on graduate-level teaching methodology and adult learning
- Sustained record of excellence and leadership of scholarship among peers and external recognition of excellence related to national security.
- Knowledge of national security affairs, international relations, international political economy, public policy, national security strategy formulation, national security decision making processes, and defense decision making processes.
- Experience utilizing leadership and management skills in an academic setting or similar complex organization to include service in senior executive or management positions. Proven understanding of the professional lexicon and related communications skills.
- Understanding of the professional lexicon and related communications skills. Aptitude in collaboration across institutional boundaries and the ability to develop relationships and coordinate with leaders across government and industry.
- Experience leading study groups in domestic and international interactions and maintaining professional relationships with campaign planners, officials in the U.S. Government, congressional staffs, non-governmental and academic organizations.
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in education, international relations, public policy, political science, strategy, military history, or strategic leadership, or a related discipline.
- Experience teaching Joint Professional Military Education.
- Operational experience at a Joint/Operational/Combatant Command.
- Experience counseling and mentoring students on their performance and academic work, to include graduate research and writing.
- Expertise in the fields of military history and theory; strategy at both the strategic and operational levels of war; ethical and moral principles of strategic leadership and decision making; and/or joint planning and operational art.
- Knowledge and experience of theater and joint task force operations, specifically planning and execution in the J33, J35, and JS enterprises.
Criteria for Determining Academic Rank Professor (AD-04): Requires an earned doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree in a field related to national security. Documented experience in full-time graduate-level teaching at a regionally accredited university or college for at least 8 years of which at least three years must be at the graduate level, sustained record of excellence and leadership of scholarship among peers and external recognition of excellence and a sustained record of advancement of institutional partnerships, relationships that leverage cross-component mission success, and networks of influence that contribute to national security.
Associate Professor (AD-03): Requires an earned doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree in a field related to national security. Requires 5 years teaching experience, with at least 2 years graduate, record of excellence and leadership of scholarship among peers, and external recognition of excellence and record of advancement of institutional partnerships. relationships that leverage cross-component mission success, and networks of influence that contribute to national security.
Assistant Professor (AD-02): Requires an earned master's degree, doctoral degree, or equivalent terminal degree preferred, in a field related to national security. Education or teaching experience in an academic environment, knowledge of best practices, and commitment to lifelong learning, and at least one (1) year, or the instructional equivalent, of full-time graduate-level teaching experience at a regionally accredited college or university, scholarship/research resulting in the creation and sharing of new knowledge through teaching or publishing; and aptitude in collaboration across institutional boundaries.
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.