Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for IMPORTANT additional information. The primary purpose of this position is: To serve as AFTAC's senior expert and focal point for identifying, initiating, and expanding new research and development partnerships and mission areas within the US Government (USG) and internationally. Serve as a leading authority and directly interface with seniors across all elements of government and with international partners and leaders.
DUTY 1 - Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Division, ensuring that R&D, technology transition, and partner engagements comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. DUTY 2 - Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
DUTY 3 - Represents the division with a variety of installation and functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with senior civilian and military scientists, policymakers, and R&D managers (e.g.
SES, MIL 0-6, GG-15, academic R&D Vice Presidents) on a wide range of matters, which include highly unstructured and interconnected problems involving both difficult technology and complex human relations, or programmatic issues, etc.
DUTY 4 - Develops and fosters collaborative R&D relationships across the DoD, USG agencies, international partners, industry, and academia to close enterprise-level capability gaps and broaden the impact of technical collection and analytic reporting. DUTY 5 - Provides technical oversight and program management for strategic R&D partnership and state-ofthe-art advanced concept development across the full spectrum of AFTAC mission areas.
Establishes near-term and strategic technical objectives to meet the goals of the Strategic Integration Directorate.
POSITIVE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: This position has a positive education requirement. If transcripts are not provided, your resume MUST list the appropriate academic field (e.g. biology, mechanical engineering, economics, sociology, etc.) and all courses you have taken (including those failed), which appear to satisfy the qualification requirements of the position for which you are applying. List graduate and undergraduate courses separately.
Include the descriptive title and course code, completion date, grade, number of semester, quarter or classroom hours (for education completed at business, secretarial, technical school or military schools) and graduate and undergraduate classes. **As of 1 Sep 2016, current internal AF employees must attach their transcripts. Failure to do so will result in not being referred for the position.
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS) position implemented under Section 504, Title V of Public Law 99-569, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987, as codified in Sec 1601, Chap 83 of Title 10 United States Code which sets forth Air Force policies and procedures for DCIPS. This position is in the Excepted Service.
DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.
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This position is with Department of the Air Force Headquarters, Department of the Air Force.
The posted pay range is $148275 – $197200/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-17.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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