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Posted: February 19, 2026 (1 day ago)

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HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MILITARY) (NGT5805700)

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

Fresh

Location

Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Salary

$50,460 - $65,599

per year

Closes

GS-2 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $24,729 - $31,093

Typical requirements: No experience required. High school diploma or equivalent.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves helping manage human resources for military personnel in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, including organizing personnel actions, providing counseling to service members and their families, and handling administrative tasks.

It's a good fit for someone with office experience who wants to support military HR in a supportive, low-physical-demand role.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented team players familiar with administrative work in a structured environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-06 level or equivalent, involving military HR transactions, counseling personnel, and analyzing HR issues
  • General clerical or office experience demonstrating ability to learn HR skills
  • National Guard military service (part-time counts as full-time if related to the position)
  • Ability to reconcile HR records with computer files and handle accounting/finance assistance
  • Clear, original narrative in resume describing how qualifications are met (no plagiarism)
  • Eligibility within Puerto Rico Air National Guard areas of consideration (permanent or indefinite employees prioritized)
  • Completion of online onboarding process if selected

Full Job Description

PUERTO RICO AIR NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COLA: 2.49% DUTY LOCATION: 156th Combat Communication Squadron, Punta Salinas, Toa Baja PR AREA OF CONSIDERATION: HRO MUST process and clear the Department of Defense (DoD), Priority Placement Program (PPP), prior to advertising all internal and external job vacancies and promotion announcements.

AREA 1 = All permanent employee's members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Air National Guard AREA 2 = All indefinite employee's members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Air National Guard First round consideration will be given to Area 1 Candidates.

(All other Areas will be screened only in the event that there are no qualified or recommended Candidates).

DUTIES: As a HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MILITARY) (NGT5805700), GS-0203-7, you will organize, develop, and administer locally authorized military human resources actions for the unit and to provide counseling and assistance to assigned personnel and their dependents.

Forwards additional human resources actions to appropriate host Military Personnel Flight (MPF).

This position may be tasked to perform a variety of administrative and other duties that support the military human resources function. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is sedentary.

Some work may require periods of standing at a counter. Employees frequently carry light items such as employee files or pamphlets. The work does not require any special physical effort.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions.

QUALIFICATIONS: You will lose consideration for the position if your application does not include all the information/documents requested on the vacancy announcement.

The USAJOBS Resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you met the required GENERAL and SPECIALIZED experience.

Experiences copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and will disqualify you from the position.

National Guard military (part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evaluated against the qualification requirements.

The applicant is credited with actual number of months the member has been in the National Guard provided such service is related to the position to be filled.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess at least ONE (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower-level GS-06 position or the equivalent TWELVE (12) months of specialized experience performing or supervising duties such as providing counseling and assistance to assigned personnel and dependents; identifying and analyzing HR issues, problems, and factual data; identifying the scope and nature of problems or issues, and determining the appropriate techniques/action from among many alternatives; accomplishing a variety of military human resources transactions; providing assistance on various accounting and finance issues; reconcilying master HR records against computer files and/or against records that the organization maintains.

Major Duties:

  • Selected applicant(s) will be required to complete an online Onboarding process.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: PR-12892149-AF-26-020