Supervisory Executive Staff Officer (Director of Staff)

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is currently seeking one full-time Supervisory Executive Staff Officer (Director of Staff) (009325301M) to serve as Director in the Director of Staff Directorate (DS), Kirtland AFB, NM.

This position is a NH-0301-04, which has a typical 2025 salary range of $125,882-$192,490.

Candidates should have extensive knowledge of staff operations functions to develop and implement innovative approaches and solutions to staff operations issues and to provide definitive input on how proposed changes would be detrimental or would enhance the mission and objectives of AF, AFMC, and AFNWC.

DUTIES:

• As Director of Staff, provides the Commander with the information required to make decisions relating to the staff operations management.
• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the Center as Director of Staff. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and Center objectives.
• Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, implement quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements.
• Establishes metric and analysis systems for units managed to assess efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with regulatory procedures.
• Presents the status of key Commander staff operations initiatives at staff meetings and strategic planning activities with the AFNWC Commander, Executive Director, Vice Commander, and senior/executive level managers.
• Represents AFNWC Commander with a variety of Congressional, DoD, AF, MAJCOM, Center, community leaders, business executives, and distinguished visitors. Leads Center-level major events and special projects for the Commander.
• Provides senior leadership and direction, organizes, and implements Center Commander special projects and initiatives and special assignments.
• Responsible for recognizing the emergence of issues and trends within the Center's various units and developing viable recommendations and resolutions.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets, and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Manages official horizontal and vertical communications within the Center, ensuring leadership receives completed staff work to support fully-informed decisions. Plans, organizes, and facilitates, the Center staff meeting.
• Collects data and analyzes metrics regarding quality and timeliness of tasking responses. Serves as chairperson of AFNWC Panel F for matters related to planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE). Panel F consists of all Center staff directorates.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Knowledge of staff operations management concepts, principles, and methodologies.
• Ability to oversee the efforts of subordinate organizations responsible for various aspects of staff operations management across the AFNWC to include its geographically separated units.
• Mastery of DoD, USAF, AFMC, and AFNWC strategic plans and strategic planning processes in order to develop short-and-long range staff operations planning guidance in accordance with broad USAF, AFMC, and AFNWC policies and objectives.
• Knowledge of AFMC and AFNWC missions, objectives, and procedures and how those interrelate with other program areas; and knowledge of the regulatory framework in which staff operations' planning operates.
• Expert ability to communicate and interact effectively at the highest levels in order to achieve stated positions or to make an adequate case for a particular strategy which may not be readily accepted, but which is the best solution to achieve overall AFNWC goals. Expert skill in briefing objectives, strategies, and implementation concepts to the AFNWC Command Section and senior/executive level managers.
• A high degree of analytical ability to discern short, medium, and long-term effects of change in staff operations practices, procedures, and policies, and to effectively analyze the various components of staff operations as part of an integrated whole.
• Expert in leading, managing and supervising people with the ability to oversee the efforts of subordinate organizations responsible for various aspects of staff operations.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:

• U.S. CITIZENSHIP
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of assigned duties.
• May be required to work overtime.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• Additional duties as assigned by the commander, executive director, or deputy commander.

HOW TO APPLY:
When applying, 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=a05Rw000000NV1VIAW by February 25, 2025.

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 AFNWC Talent Acquisition team, at afnwc.dpd.talentacquisitions@us.af.mil

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