This position is located in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Building Partner Capacity (BPC), Institute of Security Governance (ISG) in Monterey, CA. DSCA's mission is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building the capacity of foreign security forces to respond to shared challenges. DSCA leads the broader U.S. security cooperation (SC) enterprise in its efforts to train, educate, advise, and equip foreign partners.

ISG is the Defense Department’s center of excellence for Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) and a leading DSCA international partner schoolhouse. ISG advances national security and foreign policy objectives by building partner institutional capabilities, advancing knowledge, and enhancing the conduct of the ICB field to address security challenges. The development of functioning, accountable, and effective defense and security institutions is critical to enabling the long-term success of security cooperation and partner capability development, is a focus across the security cooperation enterprise, and is foundational to ISG. ISG’s approach is oriented to meet partner institutional capacity and capability, education, and professional development needs, grounded in American values, and tailored to meet partner requirements.

ISG is seeking a senior lecturer to support its Logistics Capacity Building (LCB) team. This position requires experience and education in Defense Logistics, Institutional Capacity development, and broader national logistics capacity. The LCB Senior Lecturer is an instructional faculty position with responsibility for facilitating, advising, educating, and formally teaching in support of ISG Security Cooperation activities.

Primary duties include:

• Support ISG, DSCA, and other SC / ICB elements by scoping partner nation (PN) institutional capacity, designing ICB logistics programming, executing logistics activities and developing complementary monitoring plans.
• Teach, instruct, and facilitate LCB resident courses, mobile engagement teams, and advisory projects.
• Synchronize, within ISG’s purview, logistics capacity building programs and resources across DoD, interagency communities, and international organizations to strengthen Allied and PN logistics forces.
• Analyze and provide recommendations for the prioritization, resourcing, planning, monitoring, and adapting of country projects and other activities implemented by ISG.
• Oversee the documentation and reporting on all activities to ensure accountability, quality control, and a record of activities.
• Development of LCB curriculum, methodology, approaches, and supporting courses and activities.
• Researches, provides analysis, reviews and produces original literature related to logistics, associated networks and systems, policy and planning, institutional capacity building and broader security cooperation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's degree in an appropriate discipline required: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Analysis, Operations Research, institutional change, organizational management, or in a generally related field required

Significant experience with logistics, acquisition, and program management

Proven ability to lead diverse teams

Experience working with the leadership of foreign defense sectors (ministry, joint/general staff, Service Headquarters, defense and security agencies) to accomplish institutional capacity building and broader security cooperation objectives

Experience in the oversight of multiple complex, globally dispersed programs

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability

Significant experience with logistics, acquisition, and program management

Experience in the oversight of multiple complex, globally dispersed programs

ISG is a Defense Security Cooperation Agency security cooperation institute. We provide advising, education, and professional development to international military personnel and security and defense civilians. U.S. citizenship is required and salary is competitive.

Applications must be received by January 22, 2021: A resume and a statement of interest, professional expertise, specialty, and relevant research and publication should be included. Names and contact information for letters of reference may be requested. A copy of your transcripts are required. Official transcripts not required until Contingent offer extended.

Please address e-documents to:

Institute for Security Governance
c/o Willamina Strupat email: willamina.k.strupat.civ@mail.mil 
Phone #: 571-309-9175
We will only accept electronic submissions.

Relocation package, including recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized depending upon availability of funding.

This position may or may not be eligible for telework.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency is an equal opportunity employer. For additional information about DSCA, please refer to the website at http://www.dsca.gov.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, Veteran’s preference is treated as a positive merit factor for ISG faculty positions. We strongly encourage you to indicate if you are a veteran in your application when applying to ISG positions and you must provide a copy of your signed DD-214 (member 4 copy), Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other acceptable documentation.

Are you a current active duty service member? If yes, you are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Please note: you will be ineligible if your statement of service is not submitted with your application or it shows an expected discharge or release date greater than 120 days from the date of application.