Duties
Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the Deputy Provost, Deans, and Department Chairs to establish a plan for achieving expected outcomes for teaching excellence. Maintain a climate that encourages and facilitates interdisciplinary engagement, participation, collegiality, and innovation. Advises senior leadership on administrative matters relating to the accomplishment, coordination, integration, and synchronization of a variety of substantive staff actions, events, and other related assignments.
Professional Development Workshops' New Faculty Orientation: Facilitate various faculty development events, including workshops and seminars throughout the academic year. Coordinate orientation programs for new faculty.
Support Faculty: Work with full-time and adjunct faculty, both in groups and individually, to foster excellence in teaching and assessment of student outcomes.
Instructional Technology Integration: Leverage technology for instructional design and enhancement. Effectively utilize the university's learning management system (e.g., Blackboard) and other educational technologies. Collaborate with faculty and staff to improve online and blended learning offerings in alignment with university strategies for instruction in both classified and unclassified environments.
Pedagogical Expertise: Stay knowledgeable of pedagogical and andragogical approaches and best practices in instruction. Assist faculty in increasing experiential learning opportunities in the classroom, revising syllabi, and engaging students.
Program Assessment and Data-Driven Improvement: Utilize data to assess and enhance the effectiveness of teaching initiatives and faculty development programs. Assess faculty needs to design programs that meet identified instructional needs.
Learning Spaces Design: Work with university stakeholders to envision and create learning spaces that support innovative teaching practices.
Centralized Digital Repository: Establish a centralized digital repository of teaching resources and oversee the distribution of these resources to support faculty development.
Research Promotion: Promote research on effective teaching and learning practices, as well as the art of teaching. Work with faculty on initiatives focused on researching and reporting on emerging teaching and learning methods and innovative practices for adult learners.
Project Management: Manage large-scale projects, present to leadership and academic departments, and support other administrative activities as needed.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Master's degree in instructional design, educational technology, higher education leadership, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of teaching experience in higher education at the graduate level, including experience in developing courses and programs.
Demonstrated experience in course and program-level assessment.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team member, and proactively manage competing priorities under strict deadlines.
At least 3 years of experience providing faculty development and support for academic technologies to higher education faculty and staff.
Experience as an instructor of record or other primary faculty role in higher education courses.
Experience working with faculty across a variety of disciplines and ranks.
Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience.
At least 3 years of experience leading teams that support faculty with course design, development, and technology integration in teaching and learning.
Certification in Quality Matters.
Desired Requirements:
Earned Ph.D., Ed.D., or terminal degree.
Prior experience working in/with a Center for Teaching and Learning on a college campus.
Record of teaching excellence at the college level.
Prior experience leading faculty development that contributed to measured, enhanced student success, particularly among adult learners.
Expertise in educational technology.
Education
Master's degree
Additional information
Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
Salary Determination:
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.
Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.
Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.
On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.
Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
Reasonable Accommodations:
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dni_reasonable_accommodation_wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.
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