Details
Posted: 01-Jun-22
Location: Washington, D.C.
Required Education: Doctorate
Salary: $180,613 - $187,300 per year
Employment Type:
Management/Leadership
Primary Field:
United States/North America
Salary Details:
Pay scale & grade - AD 8
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Summary
National Defense University (NDU) is the premier U.S. professional military education institution for joint warfighters and other national security leaders from the U.S. and more than 70 countries, developing their critical and strategic thinking skills to confront the current and future challenges of the global security environment and prevail in war, peace and competition.
This is a Title 10 Excepted Service Appointment. Appointment is not to exceed 3 years with the possibility for extension.
Duties
The National Defense University (NDU) is recruiting for a VP for Academic Affairs and Provost to serve as the Chief Academic Officer of the premier national security institution focused on advanced joint education, leader development and scholarship.
- The VP-AA/Provost advises the NDU-P on all academic matters within the University and is a key member of the University executive leadership team. Focuses their leadership on academic excellence, research relevance and integration, strategic planning, change management, institutional improvement and faculty management.
- Ensures delivery of high quality, coherent, and rigorous academic programs, making use of best practices to support joint education, leader development, and scholarship.
- As the University's Chief Academic Officer (CAO), the Provost is responsible and accountable for the relevance and efficacy of all academic program curricula design and delivery, research and academic and enterprise business support functions including their regional and joint military accreditation.
- The Provost provides leadership to the Component Colleges, the Institute for National Strategic Studies, International Student Management Office, NDU Library and Learning Services Center, the Center for Applied Strategic Learning, Health and Wellness Directorate and the Office of Academic Affairs.
- Leads stakeholder engagement for the planning and assessment of NDU's academic programs, courses and curricula including new academic program requirement validation, design and development.
- Lead Change Management Strategist for Academics and Curriculum
- Provides leadership for NDU efforts to achieve and/or retain institutional accreditation. Oversees processes to maintain federal degree granting authority as well as regional and specialized accreditation. Monitors compliance of programs with accreditation requirements.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
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 TS/SCI security determination to occupy a Special Sensitive position within the agency as a condition of employment.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Qualifications
- Doctorate or equivalent terminal degree from a regionally accredited institution or international equivalent in a field related to the NDU mission.
- A minimum of 5 years of senior-level management experience in an institution of higher learning and demonstrated effectiveness as a leader in higher education.
- Strong record of innovation and institutional improvement. Demonstrated ability to lead collaboratively and manage a diverse workforce.
- Demonstrated ability to create a climate that fosters respect among students, faculty, staff, and administration from a range of diverse backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; with a demonstrated ability to build effective and productive relationships.
- Experience recruiting, developing and leading/managing faculty/staff.
- Experience collaborating with faculty and senior leaders across an institution and leading teams to enable a culture of collegiality and shared governance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategically a shared vision through open dialogue and transparency.
- Demonstrated ability to develop diverse networks and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve the strategic goals and objectives of an organization.
- A record of sustained University-level teaching effectiveness in a discipline related to national security studies at an accredited graduate level institution; a strong record of excellence in research/scholarship, outreach/engagement and institutional service.
- Demonstrated experience in the development of organizational vision, mission, strategy and goals and implementing the policies and processes necessary to successfully execute within available resources in a continuously changing environment.
- Demonstrated record of successfully leading change in complex organizations; includes knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools, experience with the completion of change management assessments, ability to identify, analyze and prepare risk mitigation tactics, ability to identify and manage anticipated resistance, ability to consult and coach project teams, experience with the creation of actionable deliverables for the five change management levers: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, resistance management plan.
- Demonstrated experience with outcomes based military education.
- Demonstrated experience retaining and participating in regionally-accrediting organizations and their processes over a 5 year period
Education
Education Requirement:
Doctorate or equivalent terminal degree from a regionally accredited institution or international equivalent in a field related to the NDU mission.
Official transcripts will be required at time of selection to verify educational requirements are met.
Apply at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/655607400.
