The Air University Commander and President seeks a dynamic Principal Representative to the Commander. This key leader drives professional military education, continuing education, doctrine development, lessons learned, and educational technology initiatives for the Department of the Air Force. The role serves as Air University's primary representative to the Air Force, as well as to joint, multinational, and interagency education partners.

Duties

Serves as a principal advisor, driving strategic initiatives, operational excellence, and institutional innovation. Leads cross-functional teams, aligns resources with organizational goals, and integrates administrative, logistical, and IT functions. Key responsibilities include safeguarding data integrity, improving efficiency, and enhancing student and faculty experiences. Fosters stakeholder engagement, promotes collaboration, and shapes strategic priorities to ensure the university's success in a dynamic, global environment. Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors, ensuring alignment with mission objectives. Provides guidance on policies, procedures, and directives, selects candidates for nonsupervisory roles, and recommends supervisory appointments based on qualifications and needs. Ensures equity in performance standards, explains expectations, offers feedback, and appraises performance. Approves critical expenses, recommends awards and supports the university's mission through teaching, scholarship, and service. Provides expert instruction, workshops, and briefings, ensuring alignment with AU's strategic goals. Offers high-level expertise, supporting projects through detailed reporting and presentations at symposia. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to foster partnerships and represents AU in academic and professional forums, enhancing its visibility and influence in the academic and defense communities.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
• A top-secret security clearance
• You may qualify for moving expenses, if authorized, it may be covered using PCS, Recruitment or Relocation Incentive in accordance with agency policy.
• Position requires random drug testing.
• 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.
• Incumbent may be required to travel by commercial or military conveyance to perform temporary duty.
• This is a Mission Key and Mission Essential position

Qualifications

In-depth understanding of senior headquarters staff functions, operational planning, the budget process, and the Department of Defense's education and training mission. Proven experience leading functional staff, operations, planning, policy development, and the budget process within a senior headquarters or combatant command. Expertise in applying management principles, including planning, programming, budgeting, and execution, while organizing, directing, and evaluating institutional processes and performance. Demonstrated success in leadership, team-building, managing change, developing resources, and fostering collaboration in a diverse, complex, and evolving environment. Extensive executive-level experience in large, diverse organizations, particularly within the IT sector, is highly desired. Other significant facts pertaining to this position are: 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 make the institution more inclusive. Applicants should address how they will further these goals in their diversity statement.

Education

A master's degree in a relevant field of study, such as Public Administration, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a closely related field.

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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: Dr. Yolanda Williams
• Phone: 334-953-5488
• Email: [email protected]