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National Defense University · Posted 59 days ago
Hybrid Bethesda, MD $77K – $183K Apply by Aug 11, 2026 General Education And Training INFJINTJINTP Education
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National Defense University (NDU) supports the joint warfighter and Intelligence Community by providing rigorous Joint Professional Military Education to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and select others in order to develop leaders who have the ability to operate and creatively think in an unpredictable and complex world. This is a Title 10 Excepted Service Appointment. Appointment is not to exceed 2 years with the possibility for extension.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Instructional faculty are the core of the National Intelligence College academic mission.
- →They are responsible for delivering high-quality instruction, mentoring students, conducting relevant research and contributing to the NIC-NDU community and the broader intelligence enterprise.
- →Teaching and Instruction Teaches classified core and elective courses in one or more NIC programs (degrees, certificates, and/or JPME).
- →Develops expertise and teaches classified courses within a specific concentration or topic area as required by the Dean and Department Chair.
- →Implements and enforces appropriate learning standards and rigor, using outcome assessment data for course, curricular, and program improvement.
- →Integrates classified intelligence products and capabilities into the learning environment.
- →Actively participates in the management of College curriculum through the effective and collegial engagement with quality circles and other bodies (formal and informal) focused on curriculum management.
- →Student Advising and Mentorship Serves as committee chair for graduate research projects in accordance with department chair, program director, and Dean guidance.
- →Advises students with respect to admissions, degree options, degree requirements, and the graduation process.
- →Research and Professional Engagement.
- →Conducts research on specific areas of intelligence concern.
- →Maintains currency on scholarship in their fields of expertise and fields related to their teaching assignments.
- →As appropriate, coordinates for guest speakers from the IC and national security community to enhance the student learning environment.
- →Represents the NIC and NDU at DoW, ODNI, IC agency meetings, conferences, and symposia.
Requirements
- ✓Education Requirement: Master's degree or other international equivalent terminal degree (doctorate preferred) from a regionally accredited university in a discipline directly related to national security, public policy, cyberspace strategy security, information technology, data analytics, strategic leadership, or financial management.
- ✓Official Transcripts: Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if the position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified PRIOR to appointment, if selected for the role. * An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education must accredit education.
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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 a conventional U.S. education program.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence PRIOR to appointment.
- ✓Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities.
- ✓Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.
- ✓You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation upon request.
- ✓Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.
- ✓For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 23e30101-d4ad-41c7-b119-cd0cb725486a
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