Manpower and Personnel Manager, MD31 Job in Colorado Springs, CO

Vacancy No. AF-FY25-6S-NH-0301-3-SPLASH Department Space Systems Command
Salary $90,961.00 to $140,616.00 Grade 3 to 3
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/15/2025 Close Date 9/22/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Colorado Springs, CO


Summary

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Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson SFB, El Paso, CO is searching for a Manpower and Personnel Manager, MD31 (NH-0301-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).

Description:
Seeking a skilled Manpower and Personnel Manager to lead and support the Misssion Delta 31/S1 office, providing instructions and resolving personnel issues across both civilian and military settings. Essential responsibilities include identifying manning requirements, ensuring data accuracy, processing personnel actions, managing personnel taskers and providing resources to senior officials. The role involves managing civilian appraisal programs, officer assignment actions, and developing databases, reports, and briefings to effectively communicate the organization's manpower strategies. Candidates must exhibit exceptional communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills to excel in this fast-paced environment, driving efficiency and organizational performance.

Ideal Candidate:
An ideal candidate for this Manpower and Personnel Manager position would possess a bachelor's degree in human resources or related field, or a comparable amount of relevant experience. Crucial qualities include exceptional communication skills, enabling effective and confident interaction with higher officials, and a proactive problem-solving approach to address HR issues efficiently and decisively. The candidate should demonstrate an aptitude for navigating complex personnel and management programs and showcase a strong work ethic and commitment to excellence. Additionally, adaptability, attention to detail, time management skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic, engaged environment are essential for success in this role.


Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of process and procedures of federal Civilian and Military Human Resource and personnel program management.
2. Knowledge of other federal HR processes sufficient to relate recruitment and placement issues to them.
3. Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations in written or oral communication.
4. Ability to lead, organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements; determine goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinate with other organizations; monitor progress, and evaluate outcomes.
5. Ability to identify problems and use sound judgment and decisions to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations to management.
6. Ability to encourage new ideas and innovations; manage human, financial and information resources strategically and build coalitions to achieve common goals.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
  • Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
  • May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
  • May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours and/or shift work may be required which may include overtime and/or irregular hours.
  • PCS / Incentive funding are not authorized.
  • Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "unscheduled telework"
  • Position will close in 5 business days or 75 applications (whichever comes first).
  • Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.

Qualifications

The 0301 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

Additional information

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Required Documents

Resume: You must submit a resume that provides:

  1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
  2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
  3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
    • Job title
    • Detailed duties and accomplishments
    • Employer's name and address
    • Supervisor's name and phone number
    • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
    • Hours per week
    • Salary, if applicable
  4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

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Agency contact information

US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management
Address
USSF - Space Systems Command
1670 Space Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330
US

Next steps

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