Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. As a HR Specialist in the Civilian Force Management Directorate within the Air Force Headquarters, you will manage programs supporting 170,000 civilians across 600 occupations. You will develop, align, and execute enterprise-wide civilian force management and HR policies and implementing guidance.
Summary Continued: This position may be filled at the GS-13 or GS-14 level. GS-13 Position Summary: The GS-13 Human Resources Specialist is a developmental role with the potential to advance to the GS-14 level. In this capacity, the specialist works under the guidance of a supervisor to develop expertise in human resources policies and programs.
The incumbent is responsible for interpreting and applying policies, contributing to projects, and resolving moderately complex issues within established objectives. This position involves learning to analyze HR programs and assisting in the development of new methods and policies.
GS-14 Level Position Summary: The GS-14 Human Resources Specialist serves as a senior policy proponent, independently managing and developing civilian human resources policies and programs for the Air Force. This individual provides expert advice to senior leadership, develops and issues guidance, and represents the agency in external working groups.
The GS-14 leads complex projects, performs in-depth analysis of HR programs, and has the authority to make decisions on precedent-setting issues with wide-ranging impact. This role requires a mastery of HR principles and a high degree of independent judgment. Due to the high level of oversight and collaboration required, this position demands a consistent, physical on-site presence at the Arlington, VA or Randolph AFB, TX duty locations.
DUTIES: Serves as the principal program manager and policy proponent, independently developing, issuing, and overseeing Air Force-wide civilian HR policies and guidance to resolve highly complex, precedent-setting issues across the human capital lifecycle.
Provides expert technical consultation to Headquarters Air Force (HAF) leadership and represents the department on high-level, inter-agency working groups and DOD committees to shape enterprise-wide strategic human capital initiatives. Leads multi-disciplinary teams in conducting comprehensive, system-wide evaluations of civilian HR programs, utilizing data-driven analysis to identify systemic deficiencies and engineer strategic, regulatory-compliant solutions.
Orchestrates the preparation and synchronization of executive-level staff packages, briefings, and responses to Congressional inquiries, ensuring all strategic deliverables provide clear, authoritative recommendations to drive senior-leader decisions.
Additional Conditions of Employment: On-Site Requirement: This position is formally designated as strictly on-site, requiring physical presence at the designated duty stations (Pentagon, other DoW facility in Arlington, VA, or AFPC). In accordance with controlling case law (EEOC v. Ford Motor Co.), regular, predictable, and consistent on-site attendance is established as an essential function of this position.
Core duties require: (1) Routine, daily, in-person collaboration with senior leaders and integrated HAF/AFPC teams; (2) Occasional, and sometimes unscheduled, access to secure facilities to participate in classified discussions within SCIFs; On-site handling of sensitive and physical-copy-only materials; and (4) Immediate, face-to-face team coordination for crisis and urgent tasker response.
Telework Ineligibility: Consequently, this position is ineligible for regular, recurring telework or remote work arrangements. While the incumbent remains eligible for short-term, situational telework (e.g., emergency closures), any request for regular or recurring telework/remote work as a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act will be evaluated against these core, on-site essential functions.
Because physical presence is a non-severable requirement of this role, any accommodation seeking to eliminate it would fundamentally alter the nature of the position, disrupt mission-critical operations, and impose an undue hardship on the agency.
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This position is with HQ USAF and Support Elements, Department of the Air Force.
The posted pay range is $108001 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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