PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. Summary continued in next section Learn More about This Agency

Duties

• You will teach seminars in the 7200-series Operational Planning Line of Education.
• You will supervise, mentor, and evaluate planning problems, briefs, written products, wargames, decision games, and other adult learning activities.
• You will mentor Future War Master’s Thesis papers and provide feedback on student assignments linked to applied learning activities.
• You will design new curriculum informed by joint, service, combined, and competitor doctrine; recent operational experience; red teaming/alternative analysis techniques; and force modernization programs.
• You will coordinate, administer, and execute applied learning events such as planning exercises, war games, and staff rides.
• You will maintain an network of military professionals across the services and in the joint community to ensure access to the latest classified, unclassified and CUI documents on concepts, capabilities, and modernization activities.
• You will represent School of Advanced Warfighting at key forums, professional organization meetings, and public hearings
• You will develops, supervises, and evaluates graduate-level course of instruction designed to meet learning outcomes established by the faculty and approved by Marine Corps University leadership.
• You will ensure course materials are current, relevant, and responsive to the needs of the student body. Conducts the Course Content Review board for his/her course.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate the following: a minimum of 25 years of relevant professional experience related to military/defense professional experience, including significant service, joint, coalition, and/or interagency planning assignments; and extensive education/teaching/instruction/practical experience in military operational planning and leading planning teams. The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. The incumbent must possess an expert knowledge of military operational art, campaigns, tactics and other relevant functional areas such as intelligence, logistics, communications, etc. to prepare students for follow on assignments as Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) or Joint/Coalition level planners working at flag officer-level headquarters. Extensive education in service schools, along with extensive practical experience planning and leading planning teams, is required. Candidates must demonstrate extensive military and defense-related professional experience (including significant experience in service, joint, coalition, and/or interagency planning assignments), must hold at least a MA/MS degree, and have a minimum of twenty years of military experience. A PhD is not required for this position. Other qualifications that will make candidates especially competitive include: Graduate of JPME I/II-level courses. Graduate of Intermediate Level Education (ILE), Advanced Intermediate Level Education (A-ILE), and Top-Level School (TLS) or equivalent fellowships. 25-30+ or more years as a military officer, including multiple planning assignments at increasingly higher levels of military command (e.g. MEB; Marine Major Subordinate Command; service component; regional combatant command; Joint Staff; etc.). Successful command at the O-5 and O-6 levels. Extensive experience in force and operational planning, including campaign planning and the application of operational art at the major operation/campaign level. A track record of writing for publication and leading/influencing unit and service level operational initiatives. This opening will be filled under Title 10 Excepted Service, Professor of Practice, AD-07, salary range: $137,248 - $167,532, which includes the current Local Market Supplement of 33.94%. Pay and title will be set commensurate with the successful candidate's qualifications and MCU pay setting. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/general-education-and-training-series-1701/ 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

EDUCATION: Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcripts (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited education institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

How to apply

If interested in this position, please submit a brief letter of interest with your curriculum vitae and current contact information to [email protected] For additional information or assistance, please contact: LtCol Brian Jaquith, (703) 784-6890 or via email at [email protected]. Or write: LtCol Brian Jaquith, Deputy Director, School of Advanced Warfighting Marine Corps University 2076 South Street Quantico, Virginia 22134 This announcement will close Tuesday, September 8, 2026, and a candidate's completed application package must be received by COB on that date to be considered. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Resume (Curriculum Vitae) showing relevant experience (with brief cover letter). Please make sure your resume includes the following: first and last name, current address, current email address, current phone number, where you worked, job titles, job duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week & salary. If ever employed by the Federal Government, please show the highest Federal civilian grade held, job series, and dates of employment for that position. Copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcripts (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). Note: If you submit more than one resume, only the last resume received will be reviewed. Facsimile applications will not be considered. All resumes/applications must be received no later than the close date of this flyer. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents, are received, legible, and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.