Specialty Summary. Administrates and conducts a wide variety of activities across the human resource lifecycle. Activities include programming and allocation of manpower resources; manpower determination; personnel actions that encompass accountability, classification, assignments, force development, casualty, separations and retirements; education and training oversight; and guidance in military equal opportunity. Responsible for organizational development, performance management, and AF productivity programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Formulates manpower-personnel plans and programs and develops policy to guide their implementation and execution. Translates program policy into directives, publications, and training manuals. Oversees training, equipping, and compliance of subordinate functional communities.

Participates in total force deliberate and crisis wartime planning and execution in support of combatant commanders. Provides personnel accountability and casualty reporting (in-garrison and deployed) during mobilization, contingency operations and demobilization.

Develops, controls and allocates manpower resources in support of the Air Force planning, programming, budgeting and execution process. Analyze and determine force composition.

Oversees the full spectrum of manpower-personnel programs to accomplish accession processing, classification and utilization, promotions, recognition, evaluations, assignments, retirements and separations.

Leads the commanders support staff and manages programs to include leave, recognition, performance reporting and disciplinary actions. Responsible for the morale, welfare, and safety of unit personnel.

Determines total force manpower requirements across the spectrum of Air Force capabilities. Employs industrial and management engineering methodologies to develop manpower determinants. Manages allocation of military and civilian resources. Conducts management advisory studies.

Develops, tests, evaluates, and maintains organization structure.

Administers Air Force performance management and productivity programs.

Administers commercial activities programs. Oversees and conducts competitive sourcing studies to include consulting on development of most efficient organization for competitive bid.

Develops, analyzes, and evaluates work methods and procedures related to curriculum preparation, instruction, testing, and student appraisal. Provides training for technical and academic instructors.

1 Manages military equal opportunity programs. Advises commanders at all levels on the human relations environment and helps ensure equal opportunity. Provides human relations and equal opportunity program education and oversees complaints processing.

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of force management programs to include accessions, classification, assignments, promotions, force development, separations; wartime planning, deployment, and mobilization procedures; requirements determination, organization principles, performance management, resource allocation; training and education methods; human relations; and aspects of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Education. For entry into this specialty, undergraduate academic specialization in human resource management, business administration, sociology, psychology, public administration, mathematics, industrial engineering, industrial engineering technology, management engineering, quality management, management, computer science, organizational development, behavioral science, operations research, or education is desirable.