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MANPOWER MANAGER

U.S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

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$147,945 - $192,331

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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 manpower planning and management for Marine Corps installations in a region, including coordinating resources, training, and support services across multiple bases to ensure smooth operations for military personnel and their families.

A good fit would be someone with extensive experience in human resources or program management in a military or large organizational setting, who enjoys strategic oversight and working with diverse teams.

It requires strong leadership skills to advise top officials and handle interconnected areas like logistics and finance.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent, overseeing manpower management programs including strategic planning and campaign execution
  • Experience directing, coordinating, and evaluating manpower management across multiple installations or business locations in a region
  • Ability to exercise staff cognizance over manpower departments at seven Marine Corps installations
  • Knowledge of providing service support in training, infrastructure, supply, logistics, and quality of life for Marines, Sailors, dependents, and residents
  • Participation in broader command management, including areas like financial management, community services, operations, aviation, plans, training, supply/logistics, facilities, reserve affairs, and education
  • Direction of divisions such as Regional Manpower Plans and Policy, Operations and Military Personnel, Adjutant, Career Planning, Civilian Human Resources, and Personnel Security Management

Full Job Description

You will serve as a MANPOWER MANAGER in the G-1 Division of MARINE CORPS BASE.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-14) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate overseeing and executing a manpower management program to include strategic manpower planning and manpower campaign planning as well as directing, coordinating and evaluating manpower management AND exercising staff cognizance over manpower departments of multiple installations or business locations in a region.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/miscellaneous-administration-and-program-series-0301/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN 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. Major Duties:

  • You will develop and execute the total manpower management program; to advise on manpower matters to all echelons of leadership and management.
  • You will exercise staff cognizance and close coordination over the Manpower departments of seven installations throughout the Marine Corps Installations Region.
  • You will ensure continuous provision of service support that embraces training, specifically directed training, infrastructure, supply, logistical and quality of life support to assigned Marines, Sailors, dependents and residents
  • You will ensure continuous provision of service to support at all of the seven bases and air stations located within the regional boundaries of MCIEAST.
  • You will provide, as applicable, selected administrative support to Operating Forces and Headquarters Marine Corps units, and other units assigned, who are located aboard Installations within MCIEAST’s Region.
  • You will direct and primary staff cognizance over the Regional Manpower Plans and Policy Division, Regional Manpower Operations and Military Personnel Division, Regional Adjutant Division,
  • You will participate in overall command management, which is not limited to manpower, but extends, to an unusual degree, into disparate but related staff commodities/functions such as Business Performance; Comptroller or Financial management;
  • You will participate in overall command management, such as Marine Corps Community Service, Operations and Policy, Aviation, Plans, Training, Supply/ Logistics, Facilities, Reserve Affairs and Education.
  • You will direct and primary staff cognizance over the Regional Career Planning Division, Regional Civilian Human Resources Offices and the Personnel Security Management Division.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/26/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/27/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: STIMP-12922117-26-KTP