• Perform professional instructional duties in a graduate level academic environment for Spanish language courses such as the Intermediate Level Command, and General Staff Officer Course, Joint Operations Course, and the Captains Career Course.
• Revise, evaluate, adapt, prepare, design, research, and teach PME curricula.
• Develop, revise, evaluate, and present subjects relative to graduate level resident and non-resident instruction in an adult experiential learning environment.
• Conduct curriculum development activities for assigned lessons and development and management of graduate level PME.
• Act as Small Group Advisor and/or perform leader performance coaching duties for a student staff group.
• Assist in preparation of graduate level course syllabi, lesson plans, practical exercises, visual aids, support requests, and other instructional support requirements.
• Serve as a faculty Member in the School of Professional Military Education (SPME) and conduct Unified Land Operations instruction in the Professional Military Education courses Captain through Colonels.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must possess a masters degree in any discipline from a Regionally accredited university or college.
• Must be a graduate of any US Armed Forces or US sponsored Intermediate Level Education Course, or Command and General Staff Officer Course or its equivalents.
• Must be capable of passing the Modern Language Arts Examination for Spanish and annually scoring 2+/2+-3/3 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT).
• You may be expected to travel up to 10% of the time.
• This is a Term position scheduled to last 2 years. A term position may be extended to a maximum of eight years depending upon the needs of management.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Masters Degree Requirement:

All applicants must possess a Masters Degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts to your application.

In addition to meeting the Masters Degree requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

AND

Military Education Requirement:

This position requires the incumbent must be a graduate of an Intermediate Level Education (ILE) graduate, or Command and General Staff Officer Course, or its equivalent.

NOTE Military Education: You must attach copies of your transcripts, certificate of completion, DD214 Member Copy 4 showing the course under the education portion or other documentation for the above course.

AND

Specialized Experience:

Your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience in 1) teaching, training, or mentoring an adult education/program at the Federal or State level; 2) developing and revising course material; 3) preparing and reviewing course syllabi, lesson plans for curriculum.

Selective Placement Factor: This position requires fluency in the Spanish language.

Academic rank and salary will be determined based on the selectee's education and experience as outlined in the Title 10 Civilian Faculty Manual. This position will be filled at one of the following academic ranks:


You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Knowledge of Joint and Army Doctrine
• Experience in planning at the Operational Level of War at the field grade level
• Level of responsibility attained in the area of professional expertise
• Teaching small group facilitation, competency in curriculum development, competency in assessing graduate level work.

This position can be filled at one of the following academic ranks:

• Instructor
• Assistant Professor
• Associate Professor
• Professor

Academic rank and salary will be determined based on the selectee's education and experience.

If you are currently serving on active duty: You MUST submit a certification from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted for consideration in the hiring process. The certification MUST show the characterization of your discharge (Honorable, General, etc.). Prior to appointment, the service member's character of service and qualifying discharge or release must be verified through a DD form 214 or equivalent documentation. For more information about Veteran's Preference, OPM's Veteran's Guide - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/veterans-services/vet-guide-for-hr-professionals

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

NOTE: There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to Title 10 appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for Title 10 hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions.

Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at www.opm.gov

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses
• This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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