Maritime Southeast Asia Course Coordinator

LEVEL: Senior - Subject Matter Expert
LOCATION:  Arlington, VA
TYPE: Consultant/Contract

​DEADLINE: Friday, 1 May 2020 at 5pm

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McColm & Company (McCO) supports the Area Studies Division at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State by providing essential Area Studies training to State Department and USG personnel and contractors. McCO seeks a subject matter expert instructor to serve as the Maritime Southeast Asia Course Coordinator. The successful candidate will design, deliver, and manage the 5-day sub-regional course covering Maritime Southeast Asia.


DESCRIPTION
The objective of the course is to provide area knowledge to prepare foreign affairs professionals to carry out their responsibilities working in or on Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. The purpose of the course is to provide participants with an understanding of the forces that have shaped modern Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste, and continue to influence the course of their development domestically and internationally, especially those issues that most affect relations with the United States. It reviews historical and cultural factors that have given rise to each country’s recent structure and explores the major social, economic, and political issues facing these nations today. It also provides an overview of each country’s government and economy as well as the present policies of the United States on the key issues in U.S.-bilateral relations. The course typically combines lectures, class discussions, field trips, documentaries, and other participatory activities such as the preparation of a paper and/or an oral presentation in class, and is supported by readings.

DUTIES & REQUIREMENTS
The course is 5 days in length, beginning June 22, 2020 and ending June 26, 2020. The course will temporarily be delivered remotely, online, due to COVID-19. The Course Coordinator is expected to:

1. Design, manage, organize, and conduct the course, remotely.
2. Ensure course design and delivery adheres to Area Studies instructional design and delivery pillars, and is responsive to technical guidance from the Area Studies Chair and Leadership.
3. Ensure course materials use FSI provided templates and branding formats for a consistent classroom experience across the Division.
4. Make substantive lecture presentations remotely/online as part of the course in the areas of his/her own expertise and be prepared to substitute for any scheduled speaker or other activity in the event unforeseen circumstances prevent that speaker/activity from being presented as scheduled. Introduce guest lecturers, lead class discussion, and present study materials.
5. Design and deliver the course using a variety of dynamic facilitation and instruction techniques that will ensure effective learning in an online classroom environment, such as presentations, facilitated class discussions, group exercises, and self study and reading materials and other teaching methodologies, as appropriate.
6. Identify qualified guest speakers from the government, academic, diplomatic and business fields, as appropriate, for approval by the Chair. Manage and invite guest speakers to whom an honorarium may be paid.
7. Ensure that course materials, including power point presentations, are well maintained with up to date information prior to each course delivery.
8. Meet with the Area Studies Chair as required - typically twice per delivery – once for planning and once to undertake an after action review of the most recent courses and discuss course planning and revisions. This meeting may take place in person at FSI or remotely, according to the needs of the Chair.
9. Coordinate with the Area Studies support staff to ensure that the online classroom has been set up and adequately programmed/resourced.
10. Ensure that the course evaluations are electronically distributed by the Program Assistant and encourage students to complete the evaluations.

 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• PhD preferred, Master's degree required.
• Evidence of substantive expertise and recognition as an expert on the country or region, as evidenced by published works, media appearances, past teaching or professional training experience, university instruction, or similar.
• Evidence of experience with instructional design, professional training or academic teaching and delivery of engaging training for adult learners, including demonstrated evidence of dynamic and interactive instruction approaches and capabilities. Experience designing and delivering online courses is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently, under deadline pressure, with diverse teams, and effectively liaise with multiple State Department and USG personnel for course inputs.
• Ability to provide print-ready course materials that are free of grammatical errors and contain consistent formatting, using FSI provided templates.
• Must be available to fulfill pre-established course schedule according to FSI requirements.
• Expert in Microsoft Office - PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Expert/advance familiarity with online/remote learning platforms.
• Fluent English required; fluency in a local language is desirable.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit a detailed CV highlighting subject matter expertise and teaching or professional training experience via this webform. 
 
The deadline for submissions is Friday May 1, 2020 at 5pm. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted and interviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled, early/immediate applications encouraged. 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
McColm & Company is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap. We value diversity.

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