Job opening: Professor of Space Security
Salary: $58 000 - 160 000 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Dec 27 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a position on the US Space Force Professional Military Education faculty in Washington, DC. The primary duty is teaching military officers, international fellows, and DOD civilians in one or more of the following areas: joint warfighting, joint global campaigning, and joint planning. Duties also include original research, advising students, service, and curriculum development. May be required to teach in either the Schriever Space Scholars (SSS) or West Space Scholars (WSS) programs.
Duties
Teaches in core and elective courses covering joint, multi-agency, and multinational military actions occurring across the range of military operations and future conflict areas. Accomplishes teaching duties in classroom, exercises, and wargame environments. Provides detailed feedback to students and documentation of student progress; instructs students in a seminar environment in core course, elective course, regional studies program, and other courses as determined by SSS and WSS requirements. Produces curriculum under Joint PME and Space Delta 13 guidance for core, elective, and regional studies courses including curriculum content, instructional methods/material, and testing/evaluation instruments. Supports curriculum production and lesson development to include authoring/selecting readings, building scope sheet/faculty guides, sourcing speakers (if required), conducting faculty workshops, and preparing exercises/wargames/case studies meeting suspense and conformance guidance.
Serves as subject matter expert and advisor to Space Delta 13 on subjects of relevance to academic background and teaching areas. Engages in professional research and writing in areas of expertise. Actively seeks publication of book manuscripts as well as scholarly works such as articles, monographs, and book reviews for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, professional journals, and other outlets. Presents results of research at appropriate conferences and symposia. Supervises and advises student research in course work, research projects, and professional studies papers. Serves in faculty positions supporting personnel and programs as determined by program directors, the Dean of Space Education, or the Detachment 3 Commandant. Delivers lectures, conducts seminars, participates in panel discussions related to SSS and WSS curriculum and in area of expertise at various institutions such as other professional military education schools, civilian institutions, and other learned societies. Attends conferences and workshops to acquire relevant material for inclusion into SSS and WSS courses. Counsels and advises students on academics and professional development
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guide
- A top-secret security 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.
- 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 (or other
means of travel) to perform temporary duty.
- This is a position is assigned to Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, but on the US Space Force Professional Military Education faculty in Washington, DC.
- Incumbent is assigned to be physically present in the classroom and office spaces on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Washington, D.C.
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings,
weekend and/or holidays
Qualifications
A strong knowledge of joint, multi-agency and multinational military operations, doctrine, and processes. There is a strong preference for knowledge, operational experience, and/or practical application in the command, strategy, design, and planning of joint operations. This position is included in the Space Force PME programs' student-faculty ratio for purposes of Joint Professional Military Education accreditation.
Education
Master's Degree required; A PhD or equivalent terminal degree is desired.
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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: Gregory Miller
- Phone: 334-953-1686
- Email: [email protected]
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