Air University's Global College of Professional Military Education (GCPME) invites applications for a faculty position as a Professor of Warfare Studies. The position is responsible for educating military and civilian Professional Military Education (PME) students enrolled in multiple Air Force officer distance education programs by developing online curriculum, teaching, and conducting research in the areas of joint warfighting and airpower.

Duties

Develops curricula for online professional military education courses in one or more of the following areas: Joint Forces, Joint Planning, Airpower, and Joint Air Operations. Teaches required GCPME nonresident courses and optional in-resident PME classes within the core curriculum. Serves as Course Director for GCPME courses, to include those taught by contract instructors; works with contract instructors on course and student issues. Conducts research in support of course development and/or within area of specialty. Establishes and maintains professional partnerships and relationships with academic and professional colleagues. Supports communication with Air University, other DoD schools and organizations, civilian institutions, and businesses related to distance learning. Performs administrative support functions and special projects, as directed, to include serving on internal committees.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
• A secret clearance is required
• You may qualify for moving expenses, if authorized, it may be covered using PCS, Recruitment or Relocation Incentive in accordance with agency policy.
• Incumbent may be required to travel by commercial or military conveyance to perform temporary duty.
• 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.

Qualifications

Broad knowledge of subject matter and experience with Service and joint military strategy and doctrine. Broad knowledge of national military strategy, military thought and theory, military history; organization, capabilities and limitations of the services and the joint force. Broad knowledge and experience in the development of joint and combined warfighting plans and strategies. Broad knowledge and experience in joint/combined planning and familiarity with the Joint Planning Process (JPP) and/or Joint Planning Process for Air (JPPA). Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. PME curriculum development and teaching experience in the subject areas above. Air University is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive educational environment: We are dedicated to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty committed to inclusive teaching and scholarship. Prospective candidates must engender a climate that values and uses diversity in all its forms to enrich debate and promote institutional inclusivity. Applicants should address how they will further these goals in their diversity statement.

Education

A master's degree is required, but a Ph.D. is desired in Military or Diplomatic History, International Relations, Security Studies or a closely related field with an emphasis on the development of joint and combined warfighting strategies, national security strategy, global environment, international political structures and strategy, and joint military environment.

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FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Contacts

• Address AETC Maxwell Faculty 50 Lemay Plaza South Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 US
• Name: Mark Burge
• Phone: 334-953-6352
• Email: [email protected]