DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC OPERATIONS

Summary

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Duties

• SUMMARY: The primary purpose of this position is to serve as Director of Academic Operations / Executive Vice Provost, principal advisor, and administrator to the Joint Special Operations University President, Vice President, Provost, and Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs on all matters relating to policy, partnerships, and resourcing (human and financial), creating and leading strategies to foster and facilitate all research, academic offerings, and outreach activities of the University as a Direct Reporting Educational Activity to the Commander USSOCOM for the Global Special Operations Enterprise in accordance with guidance from the Secretary of Defense and Combined Joint Chiefs of Staff. DUTIES: Provide leadership and oversight in the development of strategies, plans, and policies to support academic research, modulization of curriculum, and strategic partnerships. Creates the legal documentation necessary for JSOU academic partnerships and commercial agreements. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Joint Special Operations University. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Incumbent is responsible to ensure the core classified national information protection security disciplines of information are fully covered from a policy and programmatic viewpoint to ensure overall information protection requirements meet mission requirements.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the basic requirement and specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-1701, General Education and Training series. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: A Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. OR 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: AND In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes mastery of Defense Post-Secondary Educational Institution administration, as well as accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, at the Dean, Department, or higher level; including knowledge of the application of Office of Personnel Management and Joint policies, processes, regulations and authorities in the areas of Human Resource Management and Personnel, Manpower Management, and Organization structures for a complex defense organization or Service or Joint Professional Military Education Institution within the Department of Defense (DoD) or equivalent public entity. NOTE:You must submit a copy of your transcripts. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in­-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Mastery of Defense Post-Secondary Educational Institution administration, as well as accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, at the Dean, Department, or higher level; including knowledge of the application of Office of Personnel Management and Joint policies, processes, regulations and authorities in the areas of Human Resource Management and Personnel, Manpower Management, and Organization structures for a complex defense organization or Service or Joint Professional Military Education Institution within the Department of Defense (DoD) or equivalent public entity. Mastery in the hierarchy of OSD and Combined Joint Special Operations doctrine, strategy, and operations including current issues as they relate to USSOCOM and OSD Leadership (including the Secretary of Defense) with respect to Education and Leader Development. Comprehensive knowledge of military organizations, operations, and culture including the ability to work collegially with diverse staff, faculty, and administrators; in-depth knowledge of Defense Organizations and overarching policies and regulations including the hierarchy of DoD, JCS, and Defense Services with respect to Service and Joint Professional Military Education Institutions and has applied that knowledge within USSOCOM or a similar DoD organization to demonstrated success in gaining support to in the areas of finance, manpower, personnel, security, facility management, contracts, and agreements to support education and academic operations. Skilled in planning, organizing, and directing the functions and staff in the critical aspects of operations for an accredited academic institution. Ability to interact collegially with both military and civilian scholars, and with both national and international security policy officials, including skilled subject matter expertise in DoD policies, regulations and operational support functions. Ability to apply subject matter expertise in DoD functional areas to gain resources and legal support to influence hybrid agreements for supporting a Service or Joint Professional Military Education Organization or equivalent academic institution. Ability to recruit, lead, motivate, train, and effectively employ a diverse team of personnel from the spectrum of Department of Defense and all ranks and hired under multiple pay systems and across different categories of academic and operations support PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. 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.

How to apply

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/09/2026 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13053580 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here. For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Application Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.