CHANCELLOR

Summary National Defense University (NDU) supports the joint warfighter 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. Major Duties: Provides senior executive leadership and direction over all aspects of the National Intelligence College (NIC), the Department of War's premier senior national security educational institution focused on the intelligence domain to educate the leaders from the U.S. military, USG interagency, and international partner countries. Oversees, manages, and evolves NIC's graduate and certificate programs with responsibility for classroom and office facilities, and relations with partner NDU components. Builds and sustains strategic educational partnerships with U.S. Government agencies, the private sector, international partners and allies, and other DoW educational institutions and universities. Prepares IC strategic leaders to meet the institutional learning outcome: communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, engagement, expertise, and research. Develops and leads the implementation of the NIC strategic plan and continuous improvement process. Develops alternative learning modalities, including credentialing options and certificate programs that are accessible to full and part time DoW and interagency employees. This includes refreshing curricula to ensure NIC coursework continually evolves in response to mission requirements of the Department change, and ensure academic accreditations and requirements are met. Exercises overall direction and management of all civilian and military positions. Establishes processes to ensure close coordination with the NDU staff and academic components. This includes planning, programming for, and directing the College's education and training activities; establishing short/long-range goals, policies and procedures; assigning responsibilities; tracking work in progress; and solving problems referred by superiors, peers and subordinates. Engages regularly with the NDU President, Provost, counterpart Chancellors, Commandants, and other NDU leaders, Joint Staff, and experts and key stakeholders to support curriculum development, teaching, research, and outreach. Liaises with high-ranking visitors, foreign dignitaries, and senior government officials, as well as leaders of industry, civilian academic institutions, and professional associations.