National War College Alumni Association

The George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies in Garmich Germany is searching for an Associate Professor of Transnational Security Studies (Counter Terrorism).  This Excepted Service position is a TERM, not to exceed 3 years

• Educate, engage, and empower: Marshall Center participants, civilian and military, from all levels of government and from around the globe, to include non-governmental agencies and academia.
• Teach: Teach resident, outreach, and alumni participants in plenary presentations, seminar engagements, panel discussions, small groups, and one-on-one mentoring with standards prevalent in graduate-level education.
• Assess: Analyze and critique participant performance. This includes evaluating essays, case studies, papers, and tutorials. Assist with identifying appropriate measures of student performance and comprehension.
• Research: Conduct and/or supervise the conduct of research and publish appropriate original contributions to his/her field of knowledge.
• Curriculum Development: Develop curricula, evaluate and revise existing curricula, and prepare course modules and case studies.
• Faculty Support: Coordinate with other faculty in developing module study guides, exercise and case study design, creating and delivering presentations, identifying and inviting guest speakers, leading seminars, etc.
• Event Development: Assist in planning and executing events to build partner capability and capacity in support of stakeholder requirements, which may include serving as escort, moderator, project officer for field studies, or as course/event lead.
• Alumni Engagement: Support alumni programs by designing, developing, and presenting content to sustain and grow the Marshall Center and assist the Alumni Programs Office in developing and executing alumni events.
• Professional Development: Maintain a high level of currency in field of expertise through familiarity with emerging topics, research, and participation in appropriate professional conferences and other professional development activities.
• Strengthen Team GCMC: Actively participate in Marshall Center activities to contribute to faculty and staff professional development. Support the Team by showing respect, lever?aging diverse backgrounds and unique experiences, and unity of effort.
• PTSS Course Direction: Serve as the Course Director for the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS) and supervise the development, planning and execution of all course requirements.
• PTSS Participant Engagement: Educate, engage, and empower participants who include counter terrorism (CT) practitioners from the military, law enforcement, other governmental agencies; and international, non-governmental and civilian organizations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Connect, build relationships with, and engage with representatives of U.S. and Germany stakeholder organizations, in order to ensure PTSS courses and engagement events effectively support security cooperation objectives.
• PTSS Course Management: Identify, request, and coordinate necessary and desired logistical, administrative, and contractor support for the PTSS course and other engagement events.
• PTSS Course Curriculum: Develop, manage and, as appropriate, update PTSS curriculum, and supervise College faculty support to curriculum development.
• PTSS Faculty Support: Identify, request, direct and coordinate faculty support to PTSS, including the development of study guides, exercises, case studies, presentations, the identification and invitation of guest speakers, and seminar leadership.
• Annual Program Plan Development: In accordance with U.S. and German guidance and priorities, provide input for annual multi-year program planning to secure necessary resourcing and to synchronize with other Center activities.
• PTSS Outreach Development: Design, develop, implement, and execute multi-year CT focused educational/security cooperation events to build partner and ally capacity and capability and to assist in facilitating stakeholder requirements.
• PTSS Alumni Engagement: Design, develop, and implement events intended to sustain and grow a 2400+ person professional network of CT practitioners, and support Alumni Programs in developing and executing CT alumni events.

About George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is one of five United States Department of Defense Regional Centers, and the only bilateral Center—a partnership between the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the German Federal Ministry of Defense (FMoD). An instrument of German-American cooperation, the Center addresses regional and transnational security issues for the U.S. DoD and German FMoD while maintaining a vast alumni network of security professionals

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