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The Office of National Defense Initiatives (NDI) is KU's central connector for education programming, research development, and strategic partnerships with the Department of Defense, military services, intelligence community, and related federal, state, and corporate partners.

The Director, National Defense Education Initiatives is NDI’s primary outward-facing education leader. The Director anticipates emerging education and workforce needs of the DoD, military services, graduate and undergraduate PME institutions, and returning veterans; translates those needs into partnership and program opportunities; and convenes academic units and university partners to act on them. The Director builds education partnerships, leads development of defense- and national-security-aligned pathways, connects students and veterans to career-relevant opportunities, and manages assigned grants and projects.

The Director works across academic units, the Military-Affiliated Student Center, the Office of Research, enrollment and advising offices, and external partners. The Director represents KU in assigned education-facing partnerships; may act for the Assistant Vice Chancellor for National Defense Initiatives on delegated matters; supervises assigned staff; and manages assigned project resources.

The Director, National Defense Education Initiatives is a 1.0 FTE Unclassified Professional Staff position within the Office of Academic Affairs. The position reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for National Defense Initiatives and serves at the pleasure of the Provost and the Chancellor.