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Director, Staffing, Classification and Processing Division

National Nuclear Security Administration

Department of Energy

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$126,384 - $164,301

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GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team that handles key human resources tasks like hiring, pay decisions, job classifications, and processing employee paperwork for a government agency focused on nuclear security.

The role requires overseeing operations across a wide network, developing better ways to recruit and manage staff, and ensuring smooth HR services for both top executives and regular employees.

It's a great fit for an experienced HR leader with strong management skills and deep knowledge of federal employment rules, especially someone who thrives in complex, high-stakes environments.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-14 or equivalent level in federal HR, focusing on staffing, recruitment, pay, compensation, classification, and personnel actions
  • Expertise in advising on Senior Executive Service (SES) and non-SES regulations, policies, and procedures under Title 5
  • Proven leadership in guiding teams to meet goals in HR areas like recruitment, compensation, and processing
  • Ability to recommend and implement process improvements in staffing, pay, classification, and personnel actions
  • Experience managing geographically dispersed staff and handling sensitive national security-related HR operations
  • Strong communication skills for interacting with senior managers, internal partners, and external stakeholders
  • Familiarity with federal HR systems including Competitive Service, Excepted Service, and Demonstration Projects

Full Job Description

This position is part of the Associate Administrator for Management and Budget, Department of Energy.

The incumbent serves as the Director for the Staffing, Classification and Processing Division, providing leadership, direction, and coordination to effectively manage major components of the human resources program that include staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.

This program covers both the SES and non-SES workforce.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band NQ-03 or GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Advising senior level managers and employees on both Senior Executive Service (SES) and non-SES regulations, policies and procedures of Title 5 in the areas of staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.

Leading teams toward achieving objectives and goals in staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.

Recommending and implementing improvements in processes and procedures for staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as ICTAP or CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

As the Director, Staffing, Classification and Processing Division, you will: Serve as the senior Supervisory HR Specialist managing all operational aspects of the NNSA human resources (HR) management program, to include federal senior executive and non-senior executive recruitment and staffing; classification; compensation; and personnel actions processing required to support NNSA across the nuclear weapons complex.

Conceive and develop personnel program enhancements that directly benefit the delivery of HR services and that form the foundation of innovative recruitment, staffing, and succession planning initiatives that enhance NNSA's recruiting strategies and techniques, anticipate and prevent skills imbalances, and assess and redress skills gaps, with minimal employee and organizational disruptions.

Manage the work of the office through subordinate staff and supervisors.

The assigned supervisory and managerial duties and authorities are made more complex due to geographic dispersion of the subordinate staff and customer organizations, quickly evolving HR management policies and practices pertaining to Competitive and Excepted Service HR systems; Demonstration Project pay and performance systems; and the urgent, highly sensitive national security nature of the work of NNSA.

Communicate daily with internal program staff, internal OHR partners, and various external partners.

Initiate and maintain regular and recurring contacts with high-ranking civilian supervisors and senior management officials in NNSA headquarters and administrative staff, or comparable personnel in other Federal agencies; contracting project officers and high-level technical staff of M&O firms, etc.

Effectively develops and responds in writing to a variety of correspondence including high level inquiries internal and external to NNSA.

Develop and promulgate short- and long-range program plans/strategies and policy guidance, including resource levels and program priorities, overall requirements, schedules, milestones and reporting.

Produce Standard Operating Procedures, respond in writing to requests for information form a variety of sources, recommend written guidance at local operating level and recommend written instructions for wide dissemination to all levels within the NNSA organization.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/24/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/25/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-NA-MB-XA-00410-GOVL