PROFESSOR

Duties

• You will design, develop, and teach executive education addressing regional security architecture, alliances and partnerships, access, basing, overflight, force posture, operational access, and related Indo-Pacific security challenges.
• You will educate security practitioners on the strategic importance of access and posture and the political, diplomatic, institutional, and security relationships necessary to enable them.
• You will lead and support Center activities, including executive education courses, workshops, policy dialogues, senior-leader engagements, strategic visits, and international partnerships.
• You will collaborate across departments and disciplines to integrate alliance management, strategic deterrence, resilience, security cooperation, and regional security architecture into College programming.
• You will conduct research and publish scholarly and policy-relevant work addressing Indo-Pacific regional security architecture, access, alliances and partnerships, deterrence, and force posture
• You will serve as an action officer responsible for planning and executing courses, workshops, strategic dialogues, and regional engagements from concept development through execution and assessment.
• You will mentor Fellows and contribute to their professional and intellectual development.
• You will develop and maintain substantive expertise necessary to support executive education, regional engagement, academic partnerships, public outreach, and strategic initiatives.
• You will teach and facilitate seminars and collaborative learning among security practitioners from throughout the Indo-Pacific.
• You will develop curriculum, instructional materials, case studies, simulations, and experiential-learning activities appropriate to diverse civilian and military audiences.
• You will teach and facilitate seminars and collaborative learning among security practitioners from throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This is a Key Security Cooperation Workforce (SCW) position and requires a DoD SCW Certification. Selectee must obtain and maintain certification within prescribed timeframes. SCW level required: 3

Qualifications

DKI APCSS seeks qualified candidates at the level of Associate Professor or Professor specializing in Regional Security Architecture, Access, Basing, Overflight, and Force Posture to join the Department of Allies & Partners.

The successful candidate will educate civilian and military security practitioners on the strategic, political, diplomatic, and operational foundations of collective security in the Indo-Pacific. The position focuses on how regional security architecture, alliances and partnerships, access agreements, basing, overflight, force posture, operational access, logistics, and sustainment contribute to credible deterrence, crisis response, collective defense, and sustained operations.

A central purpose of the position is to deepen regional understanding of how access, basing, overflight, and force posture-enabled by trusted political, diplomatic, and security relationships-contribute to credible deterrence and collective security. The successful candidate will examine these issues from the perspectives of the United States, allies, and partners and help practitioners understand the national interests, political considerations, agreements, infrastructure, and relationships that enable effective regional access and posture.

The successful candidate's academic rank and salary will be determined based on education, professional experience, scholarly record, teaching and facilitation experience, subject-matter expertise, leadership, and demonstrated capacity to contribute to the DKI APCSS mission.

Faculty members at DKI APCSS are expected to be more than subject-matter experts. They serve as educators, facilitators, curriculum designers, action officers, researchers, mentors, and institutional leaders. Faculty plan and execute executive education courses, workshops, strategic dialogues, and regional engagements; develop and facilitate curriculum; conduct policy-relevant research; and build relationships with security professionals throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Essential Criteria

• An advanced degree in international relations, security studies, political science, military studies, public policy, strategic studies, or a related discipline. A doctorate or other terminal degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated substantive knowledge, research, or professional experience relevant to regional security architecture, access, basing, overflight, force posture, alliances and partnerships, political-military affairs, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research, analyze contemporary security issues, and produce scholarly or policy-relevant work.
• Demonstrated experience teaching, facilitating, or educating adult learners from diverse professional, national, and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate complex political-military and security issues clearly to practitioner audiences.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills with demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and execute complex projects or programs.
• Ability to work effectively as a collegial, collaborative, and team-oriented faculty member.
• Ability to use contemporary technologies and digital tools in research, teaching, collaboration, and program execution.
• Demonstrated commitment to the DKI APCSS mission and to advancing security cooperation and understanding throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Desired Criteria
Demonstrated expertise, research, or professional experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Indo-Pacific regional security architecture
• Access, basing, and overflight
• U.S., allied, and partner force posture
• Alliance and partnership management
• Security cooperation and defense diplomacy
• Political-military affairs
• Operational access and contested logistics
• Strategic mobility and sustainment
• Coalition integration and interoperability
• Deterrence and collective defense
• Theater campaigning
• Maritime security
• First and Second Island Chain security dynamics
• Pacific Islands and Oceania security
• Southeast Asian security

Additional desired experience includes:

• Experience working with or studying ministries of defense, ministries of foreign affairs, combatant commands, military organizations, international organizations, policy institutions, or allied and partner governments.
• Experience addressing the political, diplomatic, or operational dimensions of regional access, force posture, security agreements, or collective defense.
• Experience in executive education, facilitation, strategic engagement, policy dialogue, exercises, or multinational workshops.
• Experience building professional networks and fostering collaboration among individuals from diverse national, institutional, and professional backgrounds.
• Foreign-language capability relevant to the Indo-Pacific.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Basic Requirements:

Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position

OR

Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, 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 in A above.

An advanced degree in security studies, international relations, political science, public policy, military studies, education, instructional design, systems analysis, operations research, or another relevant field. A doctorate or other terminal degree is preferred.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

Applications may be retained for one year and considered against future faculty requirements.

PCS may be Authorized.