Military and Uniformed Services

Description: Knowledge of HR concepts, principles, and practices related to major Military programs, such as: training, assignments, separations, relocation, reserve programs, retirements, records management, customer service, strength accounting, casualty affairs, promotions, family support, humanitarian, senior leader management, manpower, evaluations, awards and decorations, special programs, benefits and entitlements, readiness, and protocol.

Core Intermediate Level Basic Competency Model
OPM Mil HR Competency Model

Training Areas:

  • Separation and Retirement
  • Training
  • Entitlements
  • Military Personnel System
  • Military Terminology
  • Rules and Procedures
  • Protocol
  • Hierarchy/Structure
  • Basic Military Personnel Training
  • Senior-Level Personnel Training
  • U.S.C. Title 10
  • Military Manpower
  • Oral and Written Communication
  • PPBES (Planning Programming and Budgetary and Execution System)
  • Military Personnel Records
  • Organizational Development
  • DoD Awards
  • FOIA and Privacy Act Training
  • Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR)
  • Orders Writing
  • Joint Planning Guidance
  • Reserve Program Management
  • Casualty Operations
  • Family Support Programs
  • Research and Data Analysis

Sample Job Duties:

  • Serve as a technical authority and counsels members on all elements of an assignment program including voluntary and involuntary outbound assignments (e.g., retirements, conditional releases).
  • Review and ensures agency policy is in compliance with higher-level legislation.
  • Implement new regulations within the organization or command.
  • Execute the distribution, assignment, and reassignment of military personnel.
  • Track and manage broad-scope military programs (e.g., Leaves and Passes, Evaluations, Personnel Actions).
  • Conduct research on general personnel programs (e.g., military awards and decorations entitlement).
  • Conduct general personnel program administration (e.g., in and out process, records management, etc.).
  • Process routine personnel actions (e.g., DD214, Official Military Personnel Folder, Leaves and Passes, Evaluations, and Personnel Actions).
  • Utilize military personnel databases (e.g., DEERS, MCTFS, eMILPO, ODI, TFRS, iPERMS, MILPDS).
  • Enter and retrieve information from military HR information systems.
  • Provide recommendations on policy.
  • Answer data calls on strength accountability, manning control, retraining, or position classification.
  • Serve as a technical advisor on all matters concerning the officer, warrant officer, and enlisted accounts to include: requirements and authorizations, strength management, requisition processing, and unit readiness.
  • Utilize working knowledge of military personnel benefits (e.g., computes service computation date, processes special pay actions, processes relocation entitlements or benefits, etc.).
  • Provide customer service to military service members, retirees, and dependents.
  • Track military training programs and completion of mandatory training (e.g., on-the-job training, training records, or special training programs).