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HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)

Department of the Navy

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$106,437 - $138,370

per year

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February 2, 2026More Navy jobs →

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to handle human resources tasks for civilian employees in the Navy, such as hiring, training, managing employee relations, and ensuring everything follows laws and policies.

It's based in Guam and focuses on solving workforce challenges like high turnover and planning for future staffing needs.

A good fit would be someone with strong HR management experience in government or similar settings, who enjoys strategic planning and advising leaders.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in federal HR services, including recruitment, placement, training, employee relations, labor relations, or performance management
  • Knowledge of federal laws, regulations, and policies for civilian HR compliance
  • Experience developing, interpreting, and advising on HR policies for senior management
  • Ability to provide input on strategic human capital planning for organizations
  • Skills in managing and directing HR staff, including planning, organizing, and evaluating their work
  • Experience recommending strategies for workforce issues like turnover, rightsizing, and hard-to-fill positions
  • Familiarity with labor management relations and representing leadership in negotiations

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Human Resources Officer (Satelite Manager) for the Secretary of Navy Offices (SECNAV), Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR), Overseas Program Center (OPC), Human Resources Office (HRO) Guam.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Executing, directing, or managing the delivery of civilian federal human resources (HR) services involving one or more of the following functions: recruitment, placement, employee training/ development, employee relations, labor relations, or performance; ensuring compliance with governing laws and regulations; developing, interpreting, or advising senior management on human resource policies and administration; and providing input for the strategic planning of human capital resources for an organization.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

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

In addition to meeting all minimum qualification and eligibility requirements, ICTAP applicants must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection.

A well-qualified ICTAP applicant is one who possesses the competencies and experience to perform the duties of the position successfully with orientation to learn/understand the activities, procedures, policies and processes.

Demonstrated work experience in the occupation is typically qualifying for placement. This criterion cannot be met by education and training.

ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Major Duties:

  • You will provide Civilian Human Resources (HR) services through the efforts of a HR staff engaged in such functions as recruitment, placement, employee training/ development, employee relations, labor relations, and performance.
  • You will recommend innovative methods and strategies to resolve problems of job turnover, long- and short-term workforce planning, rightsizing, and reinvention initiatives while ensuring the correctness and appropriateness of actions taken.
  • You will review proposed/final solutions to difficult and complex problems associated with providing comprehensive civilian HR advice, including hard-to-fill positions.
  • You will recommend proposed regulatory changes and executes implementation strategies of new policies.
  • You will represent Commanders and activity heads as the principal point of contact for negotiating or conducting business with employee organizations under current labor management relations guidelines.
  • You will plan, organize, direct, coordinate review and evaluate work of personnel specialist and support personnel.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/27/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/27/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12869635-26-MAB