Associate Dean For Stem And Artificial Intelligence
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Air Force Academy, CO - USA
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Job Summary
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Major Duties of the Position: The Associate Dean for STEM and Artificial Intelligence provides academic leadership and portfolio administration for the STEM and Artificial Intelligence academic portfolio establishing priorities translating senior-leader direction and emerging scientific and technological developments into executable academic objectives and overseeing academic programs curriculum governance assessment laboratories and technical-learning environments faculty utilization resources and continuous improvement. Ensures the portfolio provides coherent integrated technical general education rather than disconnected introductory specialist courses. Supervises and develops faculty and staff including civilian and military personnel and subordinate leaders as assigned. Plans and assigns work; establishes performance expectations; evaluates performance; supports recruitment and staffing; identifies training and developmental needs; addresses employee concerns; and promotes organizational effectiveness accountability and a professional workplace. Oversees curriculum integration academic quality assessment and cadet technical development across the STEM and Artificial Intelligence portfolio. Guides curriculum development laboratories and hands-on learning academic standards assessment and program improvement with emphasis on scientific quantitative computational systems engineering data and technical judgment. Ensures cadets develop the ability to reason from evidence model and test solutions evaluate uncertainty and tradeoffs and address complex technical and national-security problems. Provides leadership for the responsible integration of artificial intelligence as a longitudinal capability within USAFAs technical general-education curriculum. Ensures AI-enabled tools enhance rather than replace first-principles scientific mathematical computational and engineering reasoning and that cadets develop appropriate understanding of validation limitations reliability bias human oversight and responsibility for AI-informed decisions. Provides strategic integration faculty development and institutional engagement by developing faculty and technical-educator capability encouraging scholarship and educational innovation advising senior leaders on emerging scientific and technological developments and representing the portfolio with USAFA Department of the Air Force other service academies universities laboratories government organizations industry and professional communities. May teach mentor advise conduct scholarship or research or engage in engineering or other technical activities when assigned and appropriately qualified; however these activities support rather than replace the positions primary academic-administrative and supervisory responsibilities. The Associate Dean for STEM/AI is not expected to be an expert in every discipline or technology represented in the portfolio. The position instead requires an academic leader capable of working among scientists engineers computing and AI specialists and practitioners; asking good questions; identifying connections; protecting first-principles understanding; accelerating responsible adoption of emerging tools; and turning broad educational goals into a coherent and executable technical general-education program.
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- The selected candidate will be subject to a security investigation leading to successful completion of a background investigation with a favorable adjudication. The selectees failure to meet this requirement will be grounds for termination.
- Essential qualities expected of every faculty member include the personal attributes of integrity industry cooperation initiative and breadth of intellectual interests.
- Doctoral degree (see Qualifications for required academic disciplines)
- The salary shown is the minimum (Annual) amount to be paid and may be set higher commensurate with individuals qualifications and experience.
- You will be required to serve a 1-year trial period
- As a condition of employment male applicants born after December 31 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. For additional information go to:
- Upon completion of your probationary/trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Doctoral degree
- Applicants must be current USAFA faculty members and hold the academic rank of either associate professor (AD) or Professor (AD). USAFA faculty currently serving in an ADacademic administration role with the requisite academic credentials are also eligible to apply.
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES: Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Artificial Intelligence and related fields.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: We are particularly interested in senior faculty who bring: a strong record as a USAFA educator; sustained superior performance in teaching scholarship and institutional service; experience leading faculty programs courses departments or significant academic initiatives; a record of teaching scholarship or professional activity in science technology engineering mathematics computing artificial intelligence or related fields that demonstrates interdisciplinary and/or integrated engagement; and a commitment to building rigorous formative integrated technical general education with experience in hands-on or design-build-test education and demonstrated engagement with contemporary AI-enabled engineering or scientific practice; multidisciplinary professional experience in industry government national laboratories military technical organizations or comparable settings is highly valued. This position offers an unusual opportunity to help shape the intellectual architecture faculty culture and educational experience of a new School during its formative years.
Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Search Committee Chair Dr. Mark Jensen email: Please do not email documents or completed applications to this address as they will not be considered.
EDUCATION:
If selected you will be requested to provide original copies of ALL OFFICIAL transcripts for degrees being pursued or obtained (or letter of degree completion if an OFFICIAL transcript is not available due to recent graduation) to support your educational claims as stated in your curriculum vitae. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a transcript to be considered OFFICIAL it should be printed on university letterhead and the registrars official seal/signature must appear on the transcript. Your transcripts must also reflect the degree awarded/conferred date. Transcripts labeled UNOFFICIAL will not be accepted.
Upon request ensure you include ALL transcripts to support your educational claims as stated in your curriculum vitae (resume) even if not required for this position.
FOREIGN EDUCATION:
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educational requirements. However you must show proof that the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying in the form of an official statement of U.S. equivalency from a Department of Education approved (non-federal) agency (i.e. AICE NACES) who will complete a U.S. Standard of Education Conversion.
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Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temp and term positions and if selected a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.
Temp and Term Appointments: If you are selected for a temp or term position in the excepted service your appointment may be extended to the maximum period allowed by law without further competition.
Individuals who are eligible for Schedule A 213.3102(u) appointments cannot be referred under the Air Force (AF) Selective Placement Program process for faculty positions. Schedule A applicants must apply via instructions in the How to Apply section and applications must be received by the closing date of the announcement. Late or incomplete application packages will not be considered.
USAFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) and provides reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants with disabilities. The AF believes that diversity is essential to accomplishing its mission. The AF Academy highly values individuals who have a demonstrated ability to work successfully with and help develop individuals of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. For the AF diversity encompasses personal life experiences geographic background socioeconomic background cultural knowledge educational background work background language abilities physical abilities philosophical/spiritual perspectives age race ethnicity and gender. Please ensure your application package DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PHOTOGRAPHS. Applications submitted with any documents that include photographs will not be considered.
Applications submitted under this announcement will be considered ONLY for this vacancy.
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