Job Description

Job Title: Manpower & Force Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Location: Redstone Arsenal, AL

Clearance Required: Secret Clearance

Position Summary

The Manpower & Force Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) provides advanced advisory, technical, and analytical contractor support to government leadership throughout the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) lifecycle, the Total Army Analysis (TAA) process, and the annual Army Command Plan (CPLAN) cycle.

This position directly supports the customer within the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Maneuver Air (MA) Headquarters (HQs), Human Capital Management (HCM). The SME assists government decision makers with Generating Force structure design, organizational alignment analysis, and manpower programming. Core functions include preparing structural documentation within the Force Management System Website (FMSWeb), modeling Program Objective Memorandum (POM) Schedule 8 change packages and budget reconciliations within Resource Management Online (RM-Online) and conducting technical reviews of civilian position descriptions and personnel actions to ensure alignment with authorized Tables of Distribution and Allowances (TDAs).

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Strategic Advisory & Force Structure Analysis Support

• Executive Decision Support: Provide recommendations to PAE leadership, Program Managers (PMs), and directorate heads regarding manpower management, organizational design, Generating Force concepts, and statutory/regulatory staffing mandates.
• Organizational Architecture Analysis: Conduct technical structural reviews for proposed portfolio realignments, restructurings, and reorganizations, verifying compliance with Department of the Army (DA) and ASA(ALT) force management policies for government approval.
• Working Group & Technical Support: Participate in technical integrated product teams (IPTs), working groups, and governance forums alongside designated government personnel involving Senior Executive Service (SES), Flag/General Officers, Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) staff, and Army Materiel Command (AMC), providing technical SME data, analysis, and research.
• Policy & Strategy Development Support: Develop proposed standard operating procedures, staffing models, and workforce mix analyses (military, civilian, contractor) for government evaluation.

1. Force Structure Documentation & Systems Support (FMSWeb)

• CPLAN Support: Support the annual Army Command Plan (CPLAN) process, translating strategic leadership guidance into recommended force structure adjustments for government approval.
• TDA/MTOE Lifecycle Support: Build, audit, edit, and maintain draft Tables of Distribution and Allowances (TDAs) and Modified Tables of Organization and Equipment (MTOEs) in FMSWeb for government validation.
• Draft Transaction Processing: Prepare and verify end-to-end structural transaction packages in FMSWeb-including billet transfers, organizational realignments, standard requirement code allocations, and grade/series/MOS adjustments-maintaining full audit documentation.
• Equipment Documentation Reconciliation: Audit equipment documentation in FMSWeb, analyzing Line Item Numbers (LINs), Equipment Readiness Codes (ERCs), and authorized versus required quantities to assist government equipment managers.
• Technical Assistance: Provide direct advisory assistance to subordinate project offices on billet management, rules of allocation, and documentation error resolution.

1. Manpower Programming, POM, & Fiscal Integration (RM-Online)

• RM-Online System Support: Serve as the primary technical resource for RM-Online data structures, transaction modeling, and system data extracts.
• Schedule 8 POM Package Development: Model, balance, and compile draft Army Program Objective Memorandum (POM) Schedule 8 Change Packages across the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) for government review and formal submission.
• Program Budget Guidance (PBG) Reconciliation: Reconcile manpower authorizations and requirements against published PBGs within RM-Online, identifying variances between authorized billets and funded pay caps, and proposing mitigation courses of action.
• TAA & Resourcing Synchronization: Monitor and track milestones across the Total Army Analysis (TAA) cycle, ensuring programmatic adjustments are synchronized across personnel, fiscal, and acquisition databases.
• Scenario Modeling & Forecasting: Execute complex quantitative scenario models for directed manpower decrements, civilian pay caps, and reallocation drills; build multi-year civilian pay and attrition forecasts.

1. Human Resources Integration & Civilian Classification Support

• Civilian HR Liaison Support: Act as an operational and technical bridge between manpower authorizations and Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA) / Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC) operations, advising hiring managers on staffing strategies, recruitment forecasting, and billet encumbrance tracking.
• Position Description (PD) Technical Reviews: Perform technical alignment reviews of draft federal civilian Position Descriptions (across GS and AcqDemo NH/NJ/NK pay bands) against OPM classification standards and approved TDA authorizations prior to formal government classification submission to CPAC/CHRA.
• Personnel Action Verification: Review and cross-reference Requests for Personnel Action (RPAs / SF-52s) to verify proposed recruitments, promotions, and reassignments against authorized TDA paragraph and line numbers, grade structures, and funding baselines.
• Workforce Shaping Support: Develop retirement exposure analyses, onboarding projections, and skill-gap assessments to support succession planning and internal placement strategies.

Minimum Position Requirements

• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Secret Clearance.
• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: Minimum of 8–10+ years of direct, progressively responsible experience providing manpower and force management analysis and support within the Department of Defense (DoD) or Department of the Army.
• Authoritative Systems Proficiency:
• FMSWeb: Proven hands-on proficiency in building draft TDAs/MTOEs, navigating organizational hierarchy trees, processing structural changes, and auditing LIN/ERC equipment authorization records.
• RM-Online: Proven hands-on proficiency navigating the Personnel System, Manpower POM, and Manpower Documentation Modules, building draft Schedule 8 change packages, and executing PBG reconciliations.
• Force Management Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of Army Force Management processes, Generating Force design principles, AR 71-32 (Force Development and Documentation), AR 570-4 (Manpower Management), CPLAN, TAA, and PPBE lifecycles.
• Civilian HR & Classification Familiarity: Demonstrated experience conducting technical reviews of civilian PDs (GS and/or AcqDemo), aligning RPAs/SF-52s to authorized TDA billets, and working alongside CPAC/CHRA workflows.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrated capability to synthesize complex quantitative force structure data into executive-level decision support briefings, white papers, and defensible justification packages.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• Advanced Degree: Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration (MPA), Operations Research, Defense Analysis, or Human Resources Management.
• Acquisition Domain & Pay System Experience: Prior experience directly supporting a Program Executive Office (PEO), Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE), Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)), or Army Materiel Command (AMC); practical familiarity with the DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo).
• Specialized Training:

Navigator Development Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.