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OPEN: 09 February, 2026
CLOSE: 23 February, 2026
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Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is currently seeking: one full-time Lead Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) 009770361M to work in the Personnel Programs Division of the AFNWC Manpower, Personnel, and Workforce Development Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, NM.
This position is an NH-201-03, which has a typical 2026 salary range of $90,479 - $139,871 with locality.
The purpose of the position is to serve as a Lead Human Resources (HR) Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) with responsibility for planning, developing, and carrying out the full range of recruitment, placement, affirmative employment, and related management advisory services.
SKILLS:
- Strong background in human resources/staffing/processing personnel actions is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of the full range of Federal HR affirmative employment, recruitment, and placement principles, concepts, practices, and analytical techniques.
- Knowledge of the provisions of a variety of public laws, Executive Orders, and Federal regulations regarding recruitment and placement, and affirmative employment.
- Knowledge of other HR processes sufficient to relate recruitment and placement issues to them.
- Skill in advising management on controversial or sensitive, complex, and difficult recruitment, placement, and affirmative employment issues and problems.
- Ability to perform in-depth research, gather facts, and use extensive and effective analytical and evaluative methods to accurately assess information and make sound decisions involving complex recruitment and placement problems.
- Ability to express ideas and concepts and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
DUTIES:
- Provides recruitment and placement services to assigned directorates. The directorates are complex and dynamic and have a wide range of professional, scientific, administrative, and highly technical positions.
- Consults with managers and supervisors on a variety of difficult and complex technical issues or problems of a sensitive nature that concern all phases of hiring, priority placement, merit promotion, reduction in force, etc.
- Leads and participates in special initiatives, studies, and projects. As a specialist, analyzes tasking, plans, oversees, reviews, consolidates, and provides written reports and briefing outlining findings of special initiatives, studies, and projects.
- May serve as primary or alternate program manager for the Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP) and/or AcqDemo performance and evaluation program.
- Prepares written correspondence and other documents. Writes a variety of documents to include items for newsletters, responses to Congressional inquiries, reports, special studies, presentations, metrics, etc.
- Ensures personnel actions are accurately submitted in the personnel system and Requests for Personnel Actions (RPAs) are submitted with appropriate documentation, attachments, nature of action, etc.
- Works closely with classification in submitting appropriate Position Descriptions (PDs) and Personnel Requirements Document (PRD) in the MyFSS system.
- Regularly meets with management and directorate HR points of contacts to discuss status of personnel actions, to stay informed of organizational issues/changes/requirements, new workloads, long-range personnel needs, problems encountered, and other matters that would impact recruitment and placement.
- Collects, analyzes, and assembles data; prepares reports/briefings for the AFNWC and external customers. Participates in creating/identifying/improving metrics for process improvement efforts.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:
- U.S. CITIZENSHIP
- Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise; employee must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
- At least one year of specialized Human Resources experience at the GS-11 level.
- Work may require travel several times a year.
HOW TO APPLY:
When applying at the link below, please use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. Click the apply button to complete an application and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certifications, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-50).
Apply at: https://afcs.experience.crmforce.mil/s/registration?jobId=a05Rw000004PNaDIAW by 23 FEBRUARY 2026. Recruitment or Relocation Incentives may be offered.
Visit the AFNWC webpage to see the current vacancies at https://www.afnwc.af.mil/About-Us/Jobs/
If you have questions about this position or about the application process, please contact Arlene Pando AFNWC Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, at arlene.pando@us.af.mil
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Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.