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All U.S. Citizens.

Provides senior executive leadership and direction over all aspects of the National Intelligence College (NIC), the Department of War's premier senior national security educational institution focused on the intelligence domain to educate the leaders from the U.S. military, USG interagency, and international partner countries.

Oversees, manages, and evolves NIC's graduate and certificate programs with responsibility for classroom and office facilities, and relations with partner NDU components. Builds and sustains strategic educational partnerships with U.S. Government agencies, the private sector, international partners and allies, and other DoW educational institutions and universities. Prepares IC strategic leaders to meet the institutional learning outcome: communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, engagement, expertise, and research.

Develops and leads the implementation of the NIC strategic plan and continuous improvement process. Develops alternative learning modalities, including credentialing options and certificate programs that are accessible to full and part time DoW and interagency employees. This includes refreshing curricula to ensure NIC coursework continually evolves in response to mission requirements of the Department change, and ensure academic accreditations and requirements are met.

Exercises overall direction and management of all civilian and military positions. Establishes processes to ensure close coordination with the NDU staff and academic components. This includes 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.

Engages regularly with the NDU President, Provost, counterpart Chancellors, Commandants, and other NDU leaders, Joint Staff, and experts and key stakeholders to support curriculum development, teaching, research, and outreach. Liaises with high-ranking visitors, foreign dignitaries, and senior government officials, as well as leaders of industry, civilian academic institutions, and professional associations.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.ssa.gov/)
• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
• The position is governed by 10 USC 1595 and NDUI 1416.0l dated March 2017.
• Must be able and willing to travel both domestically and internationally. Travel is seldom required. Less than 20 % of the time.
• 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.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Applicants must evidence the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. Prior service as a senior leader in the Intelligence Community.
2. Possess a master's degree (a Doctorate or other terminal or professional degree is preferred) from a regionally accredited institution of higher education (or international equivalent) in an appropriate discipline or field.

While not required, exceptional candidates will provide evidence of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. Experience teaching and advising adult learners from within the military, intelligence community, and national security enterprise. This includes academic and/or senior professional experience, and a strong record of teaching, research, and publication, in a field relevant to the NIC mission.
2. Demonstrated ability to plan and execute strategic management of information, resources, and budgets in support of mission and organizational goals.

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.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.A screening panel will review your resume and narrative answers to the assessment questions to evaluate your qualifications for the position.To qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described above. A NDU screening panel will review your resume and narrative answers to the hiring criteria to evaluate your qualifications for the position. NDU uses a multi-tier selection process for academic positions. The following competencies will be examined:

• Education
• Leadership
• Building Partnerships
• Curricula Development
• Business Acumen
• Success in Team Building and Leading Teams
• Success in Distributed Leadership

You MUST upload a supplemental document or cover letter separate from your resume addressing the following hiring criteria (3 pages maximum):

Factor 1: Building Partnerships and High Performing Teams: Provide a narrative that demonstrates your success in building high-performing teams, managing senior-level personnel, and fostering collaboration across complex environments. Examples should illustrate your ability to establish and sustain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders within the Department, other Federal agencies, academic institutions, and/or non-government organizations. Responses should clearly describe the context, your approach, key actions, and measurable impact.

Factor 2: Professional/Operational Experience Within the Intelligence Community (IC): Provide narrative examples that demonstrate your leadership in mitigating threats and addressing complex intelligence challenges within intelligence operations. Examples should describe the context, leadership approach, key decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Factor 3: Curriculum Development & Academic Program Leadership: Proved narrative examples that demonstrates your experience in designing, developing, and implementing academic or professional curricula, including programs relevant to intelligence, national security, or related fields. Examples should describe the context, your role in curriculum design or revision, stakeholder engagement, alignment with learning or program objectives, and resulting educational impact.

You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Resume: A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two page resume requirement may be found at: Learn more about the new resume requirements.
2. Complete initial Eligibility Questionnaire: Your resume must demonstrate the quality of your work as it relates to the experience requirements outlined in the job announcement.
3. Supplemental Document or cover letter with narrative responses answering hiring criteria questions listed in the "How you will be evaluated" section of this announcement. Failure to submit will result in an ineligible rating.
4. Other Supporting Documents - Refer to the eligibilities section for documents to submit.

NOTE: Unofficial transcripts are required at time of application submission. Your resume and narrative answers to the hiring criteria will be reviewed by the NDU screening panel to evaluate your qualifications for the position. If selected for an interview, official transcripts will be requested at that time to verify educational requirements are met.

Eligibilities Information: 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.

1. SF-50: Current and former federal employees, including those currently working for the agency, must submit their SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) reflecting their highest grade held on a permanent basis for at least 52 weeks, tenure, and appointment type. Failure to provide this document may result in disqualification.
2. If you claim Veteran's Preference:
   - You must submit a copy of your DD Form-214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty", showing the dates of active duty service, type of discharge and the character of service. Alternatively, If you are a current military member in active duty service and do not have a copy of your DD Form-214, you must submit a written documentation (certification) from your branch of service certifying that you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted with your application for this position. The certification should also include your rank, dates of active duty service and what they condition of discharge is thought to be.
   - If claiming 10-point preference and/or are a 30% or more Disabled Veteran, you must submit both a DD Form-214 or expected discharge documentation as described above AND a copy of a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or your branch of service certifying the presence of service-connected disability and indicating the percentage of disability
   - If you are claiming eligibility based on 10-point derived veterans' preference (i.e. a spouse, widow/widower, or parent of a veteran claiming veterans' preference when the veteran is unable to use it), you must also submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15) "Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference" and any required documents indicated on the SF-15 to substantiate the claimed preference.
3. 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.

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