Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

About the role

About the Position: This is a full-time civilian faculty position at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) as provided under Title 10 USC. Initial appointment may be up to three years. The appointment may be renewed in one- to five-year increments thereafter.

Academic rank and salary will be based on the selectee's academic credentials, experience, and professional accomplishments.

What you will do

• Evaluate program quality and enable continuous improvement of the institution and all academic programs.
• Communicate, convey, and visualize informed conclusions and recommendations in a manner to tell the story behind the data.
• Responsible for accreditation activities of Army War College; assists in accreditation activities of Army University component colleges and academies.
• Formulate and implement assessment policy and annual assessment strategy (including metrics, reports, and dashboards) that explore all relevant components of the academic mission and institutional support.
• Assist with coordination assessment actions across Army University enterprise.
• Produce reports and recommendations that influence educational policies of the Army War College, Army University, Department of the Army, Joint Force, and DoW.
• Advises the Academic and Research Board.
• Establish policies for the Army War College and Army University Human Research Protection Program (HRPP).
• Collaborate with civilian and other military institutions to collect and share best practices.
• Teach, conduct research, and provide service in accordance with institutional policies.
• Provide counsel to staff and faculty on subjects related to institutional improvement, assessment, and human research protection.
• Potentially serves as the Designated Federal Official for the Army Education Advisory Committee (or subcommittee), to include planning and executing semiannual meetings.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

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How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the experience and education requirements listed on this announcement. If you are one of the top candidates, you may be invited to interview.

Depending on the strength of the applicant pool, this process may take several months after the closing date of the job announcement. If selected, you will receive a tentative job offer. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. NOTE: There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to Title 10 appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of War considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for Title 10 hiring.

Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include the supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions.

Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed.

(SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website at ***)

Documents you must provide

• Letter of application addressing the required KSAs.
• Curriculum vitae or Resume.
• Unofficial academic transcripts (if selected official transcripts must be provided).
• At least four disinterested professional references (i.e., people who can affirm the candidate's qualifications, but have no stake in the outcome of the selection).
• NOTE: If you claim veteran's preference, you must provide documentation to support your claimed preference (i.e. DD-214-member copy 4, or statement of service to include character of service, VA Letter, etc.).
• If you fail to provide these documents, you may be marked as having an incomplete application package and may not be considered any further.
• NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

What to expect next

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

Additional information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

This position requires a 1 or 2-year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. *Please see TRIAL PERIOD note below.

TRIAL PERIOD: An individual appointed to an excepted service position under this authority Sch A, 213.31 07 (h)(1) who is not preference-eligible must complete a two-year trial period of current continuous service. However, a preference-eligible (veteran) appointed under this authority is subject to a one-year trial period of current continuous service.

Subsequent extensions or renewals of this appointment within the same position or similar line of work will not require the employee to serve an additional or restarted trial period. Direct deposit of pay is required.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Science, Engineering, & Analysis Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable.

Visit *** for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances MAY be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Recruitment incentive MAY be authorized.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill one position located at either Fort Leavenworth, KS or Carlisle Barracks, PA.

Applicants must specify their location preference(s) within the application questionnaire.