Academic Advisor

SierTeK proudly serves our clients by providing expertise in the Program Management, Information Technology, and Administrative Support domains. Founded in 2007 as a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned company, we serve as prime- and subcontractor for a multitude of Federal Department of Defense contracts. By focusing on continual improvement, our services remain at the forefront of our industry, and we pride ourselves on delivering our services with the highest degree of integrity.

SierTeK Ltd. is seeking an Academic Advisor to support an opportunity at Lackland AFB, TX.

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Essential Job Functions

• Oversee all DIMO curriculum, to include up to 35 courses by serving as the senior educator in the performance of international and domestic educational and training endeavors (in-resident & mobile training missions).


• Advise DIMO Leadership, staff, and participants on curriculum requirements and standards on adult learning and how to implement/update/change curriculum. The contractor employee shall consult/advise on course development approaches and updates.


• Collaborate with other government entities, academic institutions, civilian organizations to assist in identifying relevant requirements and standards to ensure curriculum is relevant and up to date supporting Global Health Security themes.


• Ensure DIMO curriculum is meeting all relevant requirements and standards to include DIMO organizational standards, relevant government standards, appropriate academic standards, and any relevant civilian specialty organization standards. The contractor shall apply adult learning methods to curriculum.


• Review, evaluate, synthesize, and facilitate development of new curriculum.


• Coordinate/route/respond to emails for country support on the SIPRNET to protect operations security.


• Administer training to Course Directors, Course Instructors, and new personnel.


• Serve as a liaison with university and government institutions for academic collaboration.


• Provide continuity of effort following change of military leadership regarding academic issues such as portfolio of courses, academic partnerships, academic collaborations.


• Mentor on effective education methods, particularly for international audiences and should include all aspects of academic curriculum and instructor development.


• Develop training tools, coordinate calls, provide oversight and mentorship to new course liaisons, course directors, curriculum developers to ensure high-quality course outcomes.


• Coordinate with subject matter experts (SMEs), Course Liaisons and Course Directors throughout the DIMO instructor vetting process.


• Perform course reviews and facilitate updates by developing, maintaining, and adhering to a course review calendar.


• Perform high quality research in alignment with DIMO/GHE objectives and develop/instruct DIMO courses on effective design and ethical conduct of medical research.


• Coordinate with the Medical Program Director, work with Program Managers, Security Cooperation Officers (SCO), Combatant Commands, and DSCA/State Department to identify new course topic areas and organize course development.

Minimum Position Requirements

• Master's Degree in Education and demonstrated experience related to tasks below.


• Five (5) years of specialized knowledge/experience in managing curriculum.


• Five (5) years of specialized knowledge/experience in designing and teaching curriculum.


• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively through multiple mediums to include face-to-face, video teleconferencing, email, and text.


• Strong organization skills to manage, review, evaluate, improve, and implement new curriculum or changes/updates to curriculum to include configuration management and version control.


• Knowledge of learning theory (especially adult learning methods), psychology of learning, and educational psychology as they relate to design, creation, and validation of instructional material.


• Experience in the techniques appropriate for creating training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and assessing training. The employee shall be proficient in current technologies that are used to develop cutting edge educational materials.


• Experience in developing educational assessment techniques for rating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including creating written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of designed instruments.


• Have the ability to work independently, critically think, problem solve, effectively communicate through both writing and speech, and have strong interpersonal skills.


• Extensive experience with the use of Microsoft Office to include, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Adobe Acrobat programs.


• Have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.


• Have an active favorable T3 clearance at the time of the award.

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Master's of Education Administration.


• Experience working in Global health and international training/education.


• Experience working in a military environment.

SierTeK is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. Employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, gender identity and sexual orientation.

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