The President of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) serves in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)), reporting to the USD(A&S) through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (ASD(A)). DAU is the primary means by which the USD(A&S) executes mandated statutory and regulatory responsibilities for the workforce, and the DAU President is the principal advisor to the USD(A&S), Deputy USD(A&S), and ASD(A) on workforce matters.

Duties

The President, DAU leads a large and complex organization with 600 full-time equivalent employees, spread across multiple geographic locations, and with a significant online presence. Annually, DAU graduates 30,000 students from instructor-led courses, provides over 500,000 hours of acquisition consulting assistance, and delivers millions of hours of self-paced online learning. To lead this organization effectively, the incumbent must understand the rapidly changing environment that affects DAU's mission, including DoD leadership priorities, evolving warfighter requirements, acquisition processes and challenges, military technologies, business systems, and best practices in corporate learning. The incumbent must create a vision and strategy to address this complex environment, and must use leadership skills, political acumen, and management expertise to drive the continuing transformation of the enterprise. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Exercises managerial authority and oversees the shaping of DAU's strategy, processes, and culture to thrive in a changing environment, ensuring agility and responsiveness to new challenges. Identifies and seizes on opportunities to improve the performance of the workforce. Maintains thorough awareness of the DAU operating environment, including DoD leadership priorities, acquisition system policies and challenges, warfighting technology and materiel priorities, and changes in learning technology. Builds a positive culture that supports individuals in the organization and the performance of DAU. Ensures that operations are conducted efficiently, that personnel policies and statute are adhered to, and that budgets are executed according to direction and law. Builds a central repository for the acquisition functional area competency models and the tracking of competencies to learning assets. Provides a uniform framework for certification standards, assignment specific learning, and qualification standards applicable to acquisition position categories. Directs the functions of and provides executive leadership and supervision to the Director, Human Capital Initiatives and the 4th Estate Director for Acquisition Career Management (DACM). Guides development of plans and policies; and encourages use of innovative principles in developing new policies, appraising establishes programs, identifying best practices, removing barriers, or devising creative approaches to supporting A&S goals in these Components.

Requirements

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), the Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately, not to exceed 10 pages. You are required to respond to all ECQs. If you fail to do so will result in a rating of 'ineligible.' When responding to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), you must clearly show that you possess the experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of this position by submitting narrative responses in which you detail your experience in each of the ECQs. Your examples should be clear and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments with results of your actions, policy initiatives and level of contacts. You should limit your narrative to two pages per ECQ, and address each ECQ separately. OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications can assist you in writing an effective SES application. In particular, please note the Challenge-Context-Action-Result Model that is recommended and very helpful when drafting ECQ narrative responses. The Guide is available on OPM's Website at: http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/guidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf Applicants must utilize the Challenge-Context-Action-Result (CCAR) Model when writing Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ). Use two examples of relevant experience for each ECQ being sure your experience matches the ECQ criteria. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal. Context - Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale). Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result - Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments (e.g., Led the development and implementation of....) and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.). ECQ 1 - Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2 - Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3 - Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Applicants that are either Career or former Career SES members, or graduates of the Office of Personnel Management Certified Development Program are not required to address the ECQs. MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. You are required to respond to all of the technical qualifications. If you fail to do so, you will be rated as ineligible. Please limit your written statements to no more than two pages per technical qualification. Demonstrated experience and understanding of the Defense acquisition system which includes: (a) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for DoD; (b) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for DoD; and (c) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for DoD. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with a wide range of audiences and stakeholders, such as DoD senior leaders, Congress and professional staff members, industry executives, foreign counterparts, the public, and the media.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of the USD for Acquisition and Sustainment Human Resources Directorate 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US
• Name: Senior Executive Services
• Email: [email protected]