• Directs the development, execution, and sustainment of the AWC's Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program. Interprets and applies guidance from higher headquarters, the Joint Staff, and the AWC Commandant to shape curriculum. Approves all core and elective courses and special program elements. Ensures curriculum integration, effective assessment tools, and appropriate learning methodologies. Oversees faculty recruiting, hiring, development, evaluation, and management. Represents AWC at MECC Working Group meetings and other Joint, Air Force, and AU forums. Sets priorities for department chairs and subordinate deans and allocates personnel, time, and resources to meet mission requirements. Advises employees on policies, procedures, and management directives.

• Directs day-to-day work and supports mission accomplishment through a team of civilian and military members. In this capacity, the supervisor performs a full range of first-line supervisory and personnel management responsibilities. The supervisor develops, interprets, and communicates performance standards; assigns work; provides ongoing feedback; and evaluates performance in accordance with established policies. They hold personnel accountable for meeting work requirements and recommend appropriate recognition or approve within-grade increases when warranted. The supervisor identifies developmental needs and arranges for required training to enhance job performance, while encouraging continued professional growth. The supervisor participates in staffing actions by assisting with recruitment activities, interviewing candidates, and recommending selections or promotions based on qualifications, mission needs, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) principles. They hear and resolve informal employee concerns, implement minor corrective actions such as verbal warnings or counseling, and recommend more significant actions to higher-level management. The supervisor prepares necessary documentation, approves leave, and manages work schedules to ensure adequate mission coverage. The supervisor fosters a work environment that encourages communication, collaboration, and employee participation in support of mission objectives. They ensure compliance with security and safety directives, apply EEO principles in all personnel actions, maintain a workplace free of discrimination, and address conditions that may pose safety or health risks.

• Teaches, lectures, and supports research across AWC curriculum areas such as leadership, warfighting, strategy, national security, regional expertise, and global security. Advises and supervises student research, including coursework, projects, and Professional Studies Papers. Provides detailed feedback and documents student progress in core and elective courses. Engages in professional outreach aligned with AWC curriculum. Supports faculty scholarship, including publication of articles, monographs, and reviews in academic and professional outlets. Participates in professional development with PME institutions, DoD organizations, universities, and scholarly associations. Delivers lectures, seminars, and panel contributions at AWC and external institutions. Maintains academic currency through literature review, association participation, and support to AU events and conferences.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
• A top-secret security clearance is required
• You may qualify for moving expenses if authorized and may be covered using PCS, Recruitment or Relocation Incentive in accordance with agency policy
• Position is subject to random drug testing.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service. This is an Administratively Determined position in the excepted service.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• A one (1) year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the subject matter that comprises the JPME curricula, including strategic leadership; military history; great power competition; grand strategy; national and international security structures and strategy; organization, capabilities and limitations of US and allied armed forces; joint planning processes and products.
• Ability to effectively lead graduate-level faculty and direct subordinate leaders in the development of a complex academic requirements.
• Knowledge of scholarly research methods and the ability facilitate faculty inquiry and publication in academic venues.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, execute and evaluate JPME processes and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a wide range of diverse groups of people.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions of a military organization and to mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of the organization.
• Knowledge of health, safety, security, personnel management, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Significant teaching and administrative experience in JPME at the graduate level in a field relevant to the AWC curriculum, including the ability to develop curriculum and present the material at the graduate level, is highly desired.

How you will be evaluated

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

Starting September 27, 2025, USAJOBS began restricting all resumes to two pages in length. The restriction does NOT apply to this position. Please upload your Resume/Curriculum Vitae using the Other Documents (3) - Curriculum Vitae option. You are still required to provide a document in the Resume section to successfully submit your application. In the Resume section, please upload a document informing your Resume/Curriculum Vitae was submitted using Other Documents.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application for this Public Notice: Applicants who do not submit required documentation to determine eligibility and qualifications will be eliminated from consideration. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming.

1. Cover letter, which should address your qualifications for the position described above. Include the Announcement Number for this position in your letter.
2. Digital Education Statement: Applicants will submit a statement describing their approaches to integrating digital education into teaching, scholarship, life experiences and/or service. The statement needs to highlight examples of leveraging technology to enhance learning, promote innovation, or advance digital literacy in an academic setting. Applicants are encouraged to address the use of emerging technologies, such as AI or data analytics, and their potential contributions to Air University's mission of preparing students, faculty, and staff for a rapidly evolving digital environment.
3. Curriculum vitae (CV) or academic resume.
4. Transcripts for graduate degrees. Legible PDF copies of official transcripts are required for initial application submission. If an official transcript is not yet available due to a recent graduation, a letter of degree completion provided by the university awarding the degree will suffice. However, if selected, you will be required to provide original copies of official transcripts.
5. Separate List of Professional References: Names and contact information for three individuals who can speak to your accomplishments, work ethic, and character. These individuals should have no stake in the outcome of this search.
6. Veterans: If claiming VRA, VEOA or Veterans' Preference - Submit VOW certification memo or copy of the official DD Form 214, which must include the character of service/type under honorable conditions (i.e., with an honorable or general discharge). This will be annotated in block 24 on member copy 2, 4, or 7 of the DD Form 214. If you are also claiming 10-point preference and/or 30% Disabled Veteran, you must submit a VA Letter or a disability determination from a branch of the Armed Forces (or documentation of Purple Heart, if applicable).
7. Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy of a SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action. The SF-50, block 24 must contain "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "1". Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement, block 34 may contain a "1" or "2".
8. Promotion Consideration: If you wish to be considered as a promotion candidate and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirements. You will need to provide additional SF-50s which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-Grade, Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act requires federal agencies to treat an eligible active duty service member as a veteran, disabled veteran, and preference eligible (as applicable) when applying for civil service positions before the effective release or discharge date. Appointment of military members before the release or discharge date is permissible if the member is on terminal leave. At the time the active duty member applies for a civil position, he or she must submit a "certification" memo in lieu of a DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. Active duty members applying for a civil service position without submitting a valid certification memo or DD-Form 214 with their application will render the member ineligible for the position. The certification memo must originate from the member's military service branch on official letterhead and contain the following:

• Name/Rank/Grade of Service Member
• Branch of Armed Forces
• Dates of Active Service (Start and End Date(s)
• Expected Date of Discharge/Release from Active Duty
• Terminal leave start date (if applicable)
• Expected character of service/discharge and type of separation (i.e. separation or retirement)
• Must be certified within 120 days of anticipated discharge
• Signature by, or by direction of the adjutant, personnel office, unit commander, or higher headquarters commander.

Note: The VOW Act provides tentative preference. If appointed, a DD Form-214 must be submitted upon receipt.

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