HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

NAVAIR; Patuxent Highland (MD); On-site; USD 144,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outstanding benefits package

Job summary

NAVAIR seeks a Human Resources Officer (HRD)/Human Capital Management executive to advise the NAWCAD Commander and senior leaders on civilian workforce strategy, policy, readiness, and organizational effectiveness across all locations.

You will lead workforce planning, recruitment, development, succession, and analytics; supervise department heads and senior staff; establish priorities, resource needs, and performance expectations; and drive modernization of HCM services to deliver timely,

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and align the civilian workforce with NAWCAD's mission and priorities across all locations.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership translating mission requirements into actionable workforce strategies.
• Advise on workforce recruitment, retention, development, succession, demographics, design, position management, and cost of civilian workforce.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive HCM performance management and analytic framework for timely, actionable workforce intelligence.
• Provide strategic oversight of NAWCAD's civilian performance management framework.
• Lead transformation and modernization initiatives to improve speed, quality, transparency, and efficiency of human capital services.
• Directly supervise Department Heads and senior staff within NAWCAD Human Capital Management and set priorities, resources, and accountability.

Job description

You will serve as a Human Resources Officer (HRD)/ Human Capital Management (HCM) executive and principal advisor to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Commander, Flag Officers, SES, ST/SL/SSTM members, senior leaders, supervisors, managers, and heads of serviced tenant activities on civilian workforce strategy, human capital policy, workforce readiness, and organizational effectiveness.

Position Duties/Responsibilities

• You will provide strategic leadership and aligning the civilian workforce with NAWCAD's mission, workload, organizational priorities, and current and future capability requirements across all geographic locations.
• You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership in translating mission requirements into actionable workforce strategies.
• You will advise leadership on workforce recruitment and retention, workforce development, succession and talent management, workforce demographics, organizational design, position management, etc and the cost of civilian workforce.
• You will establish and maintain a comprehensive HCM performance management and analytic framework to provide leadership with timely, accurate, and actionable workforce intelligence.
• You will provide strategic oversight of NAWCAD's civilian performance management framework.
• You will lead transformation and modernization initiatives designed to improve the speed, quality, transparency, and efficiency of human capital services.
• You will directly supervise Department Heads, Office Heads, and senior staff within NAWCAD Human Capital Management and establish organizational priorities, performance expectations, resource requirements, and accountability measures.

Minimum Salary

143913

Maximum Salary

197200

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Position Open Date 10/30/2026

Position Close Date 11/06/2026

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NAVAIR offers an outstanding benefits package.