EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Chief Learning Officer for Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education Programs

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Chief Learning Officer for Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education programs. Serves as the primary advisor to the Commander and President of Air University on matters of Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education. The incumbent oversees the activities of AU's Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education programs and directly supports AU academic programs by ensuring critical strategic issues related to the quality and effectiveness of AU academic programs are made available to AU senior leaders, and other key stakeholders. Responsible for formulating program goals, plans, and policies to develop, monitor, and sustain the Command's Learning Strategy for Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education programs. Provides academic advice to ensure that programs meet Air Force, Joint, and regional requirements. Ensures policy, procedures and methods are based on sound education principles and a solid foundation of Instructional System Design methods. Provides academic advice on managing and governing the AU academic enterprise to the AU Commander and President (AU / CC), the AU Chief Academic Officer (AU / CAO), AU / A3, AU School and Center Commanders, and AU Faculty. Reports to the Chief of Academic Affairs (AU / A3A).

Duties include :

• Serving as Chief Learning Officer for Undergraduate and Continuing Professional Education Program to accomplish substantive advisory and managerial responsibilities to the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) / AU commander and to build and maintain the University's Learning Strategy for Education.
• Serving as the educational advisor to the Air University Commander on programs that are extremely complex with significant agency, national or international scope and impact.
• Serving as a senior educationally-focused resource advocate to support delivery of Undergraduate and Professional Continuing Education Strategic learning objectives.
• Representing educational issues for the AU Commander in a variety of external and internal organizations at a high level and is able to act on behalf of the Senior AU Leadership.
• Initiating special projects to resolve long and short-range problems in the application of emerging educational technologies.

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 for GS-1701 Positions : 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. NOTE : You must submit a copy of your transcripts. AND 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 professional knowledge in educational supervision, out-reaching, research, administration, development of curriculum and instructional material and other educational activities with emphasis on adult learning. Note : Your resume must show supporting details. 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 :