We are seeking demonstrated evidence of:

Strategic Vision

• Broad knowledge of the major intellectual, operational, and policy challenges and opportunities related to international science, engineering, and education.
• Ability to think both strategically and creatively to formulate integrated plans for international research and education activities, partnerships, and collaborations, especially those involving multiple disciplines.
• Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside OISE, to meet organizational goals. Includes the ability to establish and implement an organizational vision in a continuously changing environment.

Leadership, Direction, Representation

• Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Includes the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Ability to provide innovative and transformative leadership of people, reflective of NSF's organizational values.
• Ability to serve effectively as a member of NSF's senior management team, and build consensus both within OISE and across the agency on policy and plans.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and coordinate interagency and international research and education programs. Includes ability to forge both government-to-government partnerships as well as those with industry, philanthropy and other non-traditional types of partners.
• Ability to manage a highly dynamic organization consisting of approximately 30-35 scientific and administrative professionals; ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
• Ability to expertly communicate NSF policy and strategic plans to the external community, including the National Science Board, public, Congress, industry, media, and colleagues in all STEM disciplines. Includes ability to use discretion with regards to sensitive matters.
• Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Includes the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• Ability to effectively represent NSF and the U.S. government writ large in inter-agency, bilateral, multilateral, and high-profile public and diplomatic settings. Includes ability to evaluate impacts of policy changes within the U.S. government, as well as bilateral and multilateral settings, on NSF's international activities.

Commitment

• Commitment to advancing the frontiers of science and engineering, stimulating innovation and addressing societal needs through research and education, and excelling as a federal science agency. Includes achieving goals of the NSF Strategic Plan through development of intellectual capital, integration of research and education, and establishment of partnerships. Includes an ability to articulate the role of international scientific collaboration in achieving those goals.
• Commitment to the appointment and development of a highly qualified staff that reflect the diversity of our Nation and to the equitable representation of underrepresented groups and institutions on advisory committees, in workshops, and proposal review panels.
• Commitment to equitable representation of underrepresented groups in the national STEM enterprise.

Credibility within Research and Education Community

• Substantial research and education contributions and experience in academic, government, and/or private-sector settings as evidenced by publications, innovative leadership in research administration, and/or leadership awards. Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, foreign governments, and, as appropriate, other public and private organizations including research institutions, to achieve common goals.
• Demonstrated commitment to scholarship and significant scientific contributions, with an emphasis on international outreach and collaboration.
• Broad understanding of universities and other institutions, foreign and domestic, where research and education are conducted.
• Familiarity with the existing U.S. and international infrastructures that support research and education.

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