
WORKFORCE READINESS SPECIALIST
United States Fleet Forces Command
Naval Base, Norfolk, VAFull-time$91–118K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Workforce Readiness Specialist serves in the Manpower and Personnel Directorate of COMNAVSURFLANT. The role develops workforce readiness plans and employee development processes, tracks civilian training compliance, identifies barriers and recommends corrective actions, and prepares reports and briefings for leadership. Candidates must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level, including experience with training programs, personnel compliance data, workforce development, and related policies and systems.
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Summary
You will serve as a WORKFORCE READINESS SPECIALIST in the MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL DIRECTORATE of COMNAVSURFLANT.
Duties
- You will develop, coordinate, and implement workforce readiness plans aligned with Department of the Navy (DON) strategic priorities, workforce policies, and command requirements
- You will develop and maintain individual development plan (IDP) processes that help employees and supervisors identify required competencies, career goals, and developmental actions.
- You will coordinate with COMNAVSURFLANT managers on various administrative personnel related programs.
- You will track completion of mandatory, mission-essential, and role-specific civilian training requirements and report deficiencies to appropriate supervisors and leadership.
- You will identify barriers to civilian training completion and effective performance management and recommend practical corrective actions to leadership.
- You will prepare clear, accurate correspondence, decision memoranda, briefing materials, and executive summaries on workforce readiness issues.
- You will develop reports, dashboards, briefing materials, and recommendations addressing civilian training readiness, employee development, and performance-management status.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience assisting in the administration of training programs, tracking personnel compliance data using databases, and drafting basic reports or communications regarding workforce development. Experience evaluating workforce development programs, analyzing compliance metrics to identify training gaps, advising supervisors on civilian development policies, and managing Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Waypoints. Experience designing comprehensive workforce readiness strategies, executing large-scale human capital initiatives, briefing senior leadership on readiness trends, and interpreting complex federal personnel policies.??? 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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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.
How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIC THINKING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,473 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$91–118K/yr
- Virginia median$113–166K/yr101 salary ranges
- US median$98–141K/yr2,486 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 25% below the Virginia median midpoint ($140K) — in the middle half of Human Resources salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 163 open Human Resources jobs in Virginia and 5,473 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,809 postings).
- Education
- 1,427 of the 5,473 open Human Resources jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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