SUPERVISORY ESL SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Not Disclosed•Full-TimeOn-site
location_onKenly Avenue, Bexar County, Texas, 78242, United States
About the Role
This position serves as a Section Chief for General, Specialized, and Advanced English, acting as the primary academic advisor to the Chief of the Academic Instruction Branch on Department of Defense English Language Program (DELP) matters. The role focuses on resident training programs that serve a diverse military student body, including cadets, privates, NCOs, officers, general officers, and senior civilian executive service members. These students represent a wide array of age groups, services, educational backgrounds, cultures, and religions.
A core purpose of this position is to foster goodwill among these diverse international military and civilian student groups, directly supporting the Department of Defense mission of building global partnerships. The incumbent plans and directs section operations, ensuring strict compliance with legal and regulatory requirements across the DoD, Department of State, Defense Language National Security Education Organization, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the U.S. Air Force.
Team Context
The role operates within the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC), representing the organization to various DoD, DoS, U.S. Air Force, installation, and functional area organizations. The Section Chief exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities and manages section training programs, establishing policies, goals, and priorities to accomplish the mission.
Hiring Process & Conditions
Candidates must be U.S. citizens and, if male, registered for Selective Service. This position is subject to the DoD Priority Placement Program and requires a SECRET security clearance as a condition of continued employment. The role is a drug testing designated position subject to random testing.
Successful candidates must be willing to sign a mobility agreement and be able to travel by military and commercial aircraft both within the U.S. (CONUS) and overseas (OCONUS). A physical examination is required to maintain deployment readiness. The position is centrally managed, and Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is authorized, with relocation paid in accordance with Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and Air Force Regulations.
Equal Opportunity
The Department of Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible applicants who are determined best qualified must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied.
Work location
Work model: On-site
Kenly Avenue, Bexar County, Texas, 78242, United States
Texas
Key Responsibilities
- check_circlePlan and direct Section Operations ensuring compliance with DoD, DoS, and other military regulatory requirements
- check_circleManage section training programs by establishing policies, goals, priorities, and remedial actions
- check_circleServe as primary academic advisor to the Chief of the Academic Instruction Branch on DELP matters
- check_circleFoster goodwill among diverse international military and civilian student groups
- check_circleExercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities over section staff
- check_circleRepresent DLIELC with various DoD, DoS, USAF, and functional area organizations
Requirements
- verifiedU.S. Citizenship
- verifiedMaster's degree in TESOL/ESL/TEFL/Applied Linguistics OR Undergraduate degree in ESL/English/Foreign Languages with 1 year ESL teaching experience OR Undergraduate degree with 24 semester hours in ESL/English/Linguistics and 1 year ESL teaching experience
- verifiedNative speaker or equivalent with no speech impediment
- verifiedSECRET security clearance
- verified1 year specialized experience at GS-12 level
- verifiedBachelor's degree with major in education or subject-matter field
Nice to Have
Master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Applied Linguistics, or Linguistics; OR Undergraduate degree in ESL/EFL, English, or foreign languages with one year of professional level experience teaching ESL/EFL to adults; OR any undergraduate degree with 24 semester hours of undergraduate courses equivalent to a major in TESOL, TESL, TEFL, ESL, EFL, or linguistics plus one year of professional level experience teaching ESL/EFL to adults; Native speaker or equivalent status; Free of speech impediment.
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United States Department of the Air Force is looking for candidates who meet the following requirements: U.S. Citizenship; Master's degree in TESOL/ESL/TEFL/Applied Linguistics OR Undergraduate degree in ESL/English/Foreign Languages with 1 year ESL teaching experience OR Undergraduate degree with 24 semester hours in ESL/English/Linguistics and 1 year ESL teaching experience; Native speaker or equivalent with no speech impediment; SECRET security clearance; 1 year specialized experience at GS-12 level; and Bachelor's degree with major in education or subject-matter field.
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