Job opening: Instructor / Assistant Professor
Salary: $91 863 - 133 695 per year
Published at: Nov 01 2024
Employment Type: Part-time
About the Position: The U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY is an academic institution located in the Hudson River Valley, 50 miles from New York City. The historic site is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America. West Point is a self-contained city with housing, a Department of Public Works, libraries, hospital, fire department, chapels, and restaurants. Employees have access to Eisenhower Hall Theater, Hudson Valley's performing arts center, and recreational facilities.
Duties
Work with the International Affairs program to provide instruction to cadets in comparative politics, international political economy, international relations, and/or Chinese politics.
You will conduct research in own area of expertise.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Appointment to this position may be subject to a one-year trial period.
- This is a part-time position. The incumbent will work 20 hours per week with maximum of 40 hours per pay period depending on mission requirements.
- The salary listed reflects a full-time work schedule. Salary will be prorated based on actual hours worked.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens and Non-Citizens with Allegiance to the United States
This is a part-time term appointment in the excepted service not to exceed 13 months. Term appointments may be extended beyond the initial term. As a term employee you will be eligible for medical insurance, life insurance, retirement dental and vision. You will be eligible to earn annual leave and sick leave. The salary listed reflects a full-time work schedule. Salary will be prorated based on actual hours worked.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must (a) hold a bachelor's degree or higher that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, OR (b) possess a combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR/KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):
Applicants will be evaluated on the following:
1) Academic Accomplishment (Master's or Ph.D. preferred) in Political Science, Public Policy or a related field.
2) Ability to conduct social science research.
3) Demonstrated ability to teach Political Science, International Affairs, Comparative Politics, and International Political Economy.
Education
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address BR-W1FBAA US MILITARY ACADEMY
DO NOT MAIL
West Point, NY 10996
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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