Human Resources Officer

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest seeks an experienced Human Resources Director (HRD) to lead a comprehensive HCM program for the Naval Air Systems Command. You will shape strategy, budgets, staffing, and workforce development, coordinating with DoN goals and congressional mandates.

You will supervise ~60 HR professionals, act as liaison for recruitment and labor relations, and drive policy interpretation and implementation across the command.

Responsibilities

• Represent customer-based organizations in personnel matters with OPM, the Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR), and related offices.
• Serve as liaison with Talent Acquisition and Staffing to meet civilian needs in recruitment, records maintenance, and system reports.
• Interpret, develop, promulgate, and implement higher‑level policies, procedures, and instructions governing the HCM program.
• Disseminate regulations, directives, and procedures translating objectives into practical requirements.
• Plan and execute workforce restructuring, attrition management, change management, and workforce development programs.
• Develop, justify, and execute annual budgets for labor, material, travel, training, and contracts.
• Administer the Position Management Board program to ensure site organization structure review.
• Review workforce metrics, labor market trends, and personnel costs.
• Implement policies in staffing, classification, employee relations, and performance management.
• Provide management representation in labor relations with exclusive bargaining units.
• Provide expert support for long-range strategies and transformation initiatives.
• Lead or participate in special projects for the command.
• Supervise a staff of approximately 60 HR professionals and support personnel.
• Ensure guidance on merit principles and collaboration with EEO/EO programs.

Job description

You will serve as the Human Resources Director (HRD) for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in the Fleet Readiness Center (FRC). You will oversee and direct a comprehensive, dynamic, progressive and effective manpower and Human Capital Management (HCM) program for FRC by creating and implementing strategies and initiatives based on and including budget, workforce requirements and projects, Department of Navy (DoN) goals, mission needs, and congressional mandates.

• You will represent customer-based organizations in personnel matters with (Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR), etc.) and recognize employee associations and labor unions.
• You will serve as the liaison with the servicing Office of Civilian Human Resources Talent Acquisition and Staffing team to ensure that civilian customer needs are met in the areas of recruitment, processing, records maintenance, and system reports.
• You will interpret, develop, promulgate, and implement higher echelon policies, procedures, and instructions governing the human resources program within the general framework generated by higher authority.
• You will ensure the dissemination of regulations, directives, and procedures which translate desires, objectives and policies into practical and specific requirements.
• You will plan and execute workforce restructuring activities, design and deliver workforce reshaping and attrition management strategies, create and implement change management strategies, and workforce development programs.
• You will develop, justify, and execute the annual budgets for labor, material, travel, training, and contracts for the command.
• You will develop and administer the Position Management Board program for sites ensuring direction and organization structure review.
• You will review workforce metrics, changing labor market trends, qualification requirements, age of workforce, accidents and injuries, and personnel costs, etc.
• You will implement higher echelon polices, processes, and guidance in the areas involving: staffing/recruitment, classification/position management, employee/labor relations, and Workforce Development, performance management, incentive awards, etc.
• You will provide management representation in the recognition, negotiation, and contract administration phases of the labor relations program of activities with exclusive bargaining units, and on difficult cases providing employee relations services.
• You will provide expert support for senior NAVAIR and local managers’ efforts to devise long-range strategies, priorities, and plans, which help in the successful implementation of these transformations and initiatives.
• You will participate on and/or direct special projects for the command.
• You will supervise a staff of approximately 60 Human Resources (HR) professionals and support personnel who are responsible for advising and assisting managers and supervisors in multiple disciplines of HR.
• You will ensure advice and guidance is provided to top management officials regarding merit principles and collaborate with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Equal Opportunity (EO) ensuring guidance and programs promote workforce representation.