
Installation Fleet and Family Readiness Director
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Washington, DCFull-time$122–158K/yrPosted today
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Job overview
The Installation Fleet and Family Readiness Director leads FFR programs at a Navy installation, overseeing family readiness, housing, child and youth programs, support services, and casualty support. The director advises the Installation Commanding Officer on quality-of-life matters, manages NAF and APF budgets, plans community and business activities, and leads emergency response and workforce operations.
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Summary
Lead with legacy! Steer all Fleet & Family Readiness (FFR) programs at the Nation's oldest, historic Shore Navy Installation. As Director, you'll champion quality of life for our warfighters and families-orchestrating Family Readiness, Housing, and MWR operations. We need a visionary executive to command dual-source budgets, inspire a large NAF/APF team, and shape the community supporting those who serve.
Duties
Major Duties & Responsibilities (75% of Time) 1. Strategic Program Integration & Management Comprehensive Program Integration: Direct and unify the complete spectrum of FFR/N9 operations, including Family Readiness Programs, Fleet Readiness Programs, Housing, Child and Youth Programs (CYP), FFR Support Services, and Casualty Support. Strategic Planning: Author and execute the FFR Master Plan, aligning Mission Sustaining Programs, Community Support Activities, and Business Activities to meet current and future installation needs. Advisory Partnership: Serve as the chief QOL/QOS advisor to the Installation Commanding Officer (CO) on funding, services, policy, and long-range planning. 2. Fiscal Stewardship & Business Optimization Dual-Source Financial Management: Oversee complex budgets funded by both non-appropriated (NAF) and appropriated (APF) resources. Optimize revenue-generating program profitability while maintaining strict cost controls and compliance. Resource Allocation: Develop comprehensive multi-year capital expenditure plans, operational funding requests, and facility improvement initiatives. Market Analysis & Business Innovation: Initiate and direct market research, evaluating community needs to craft advanced business strategies that elevate customer engagement and exceed business metrics. 3. Emergency & Community Operations Emergency Management: Develop, train, and execute emergency action and mass care response plans (N9), coordinating recovery efforts with regional and local community resources. EOC Leadership: Serve as Mass Care Chief or Logistics Section Chief in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during drill exercises and real-world incidents, requiring standing watch after normal working hours if needed. Liaison & Public Relations: Represent FFR to external agencies, contractors, civilian organizations, and local business communities to foster collaborative civilian-military relations. Supervisory Duties & Responsibilities (25% of Time) Workforce Leadership: Direct a diverse civil service team of up to six senior NF-4/5 or GS-equivalent professionals across multiple functional FFR directorates, as well as up to five specialists and wage-grade technicians (NF-2/3, recreation staff, maintenance crews). Second-Level Supervision: Provide senior executive oversight, administrative direction, and policy implementation for all FFR program managers on the installation. Staff Development & Performance: Direct annual performance evaluations, manage professional development and training pathways, resolve employee relations or disciplinary actions, and actively cultivate an equitable, harassment-free workplace in alignment with EEO policies. Qualifications
-Five years of experience with organizing and administering a comprehensive quality of life (QOL) and/or quality of service (QOS) program for a military organization. -Three years of experience with formulating strategic policies and procedures to administer personnel readiness, community support functions, mission sustaining and quality of life programs. -Three years of experience developing and executing short and long-range planning pertaining to programming and budget execution.
Education
This position does not have a positive education requirement. How You Will Be Evaluated
All resumes will be reviewed to determine if they meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement, and will be rated based on the information provided in the resume to determine the level of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) related to the job requirements. Using the qualifications of the position, a predetermined rating criterion of KSAs will be used for each resume. Best qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Other Information
Salary is dependent on experience and/or education. Some positions have special requirements. Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period. Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required. We utilize E-Verify to confirm selectee's eligibility to work in the United States. Salary is dependent on experience and/or education. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certificate. For positions requiring travel more than twice per year, selectee may be required to obtain and maintain in good standing a Government-issued Travel Card for official government travel purposes. Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installations Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service. SELECTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENT: If you are a male born after December 31,1959 and at least 18 years of age, employment law (5 U.S.C. 3328) requires that you must register with the Selective Service System (military draft), unless you meet certain exemptions. If applicable, failure to register will prevent you from being considered for employment. To register, please visit the Selective Service web site at https://www.sss.gov/register/.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,073 open Program Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$122–158K/yr
- US median$135–185K/yr636 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $140K, is 18% below the US median midpoint ($170K) — in the middle half of Program Director salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Program Director jobs in Washington, D.C. and 1,073 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Director postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (762 postings).
- Education
- 544 of the 1,073 open Program Director jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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