Organizational Health and Development (OHD) Officer

OPEN TO CURRENT AFRL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ONLY.

This announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 11:45 PM EST, 6 October 2026.

The AFRL Foundational Technologies Directorate (RE) seeks to hire a motivated and experienced senior-level Organizational Health and Development (OHD) Officer. This position will be filled at the DO/DR-03 (GS-14 equivalent) level and is located at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH or Arlington, VA. The position location will be determined upon selection.

Position duties include, but are not limited to:

• Manage new organization culture and values development.
• Oversees workflow, strategy, and governance development.
• Suggests improvements to recruiting, hiring, and retention messaging, processes, and competencies, in coordination with Human Resources professionals.
• Suggests improvements to on-boarding and cross-organizational interaction and awareness.
• Supports geographically separated workforce management.
• Support leadership development, change management, and organizational outcome management.
• Support matrixed workforce with leadership and external influence skills.
• Serves as an expert for RE-wide human capital efforts for culture & organizational health.
• Builds & leads teams to conduct comprehensive, authoritative, & responsive studies & analysis affecting the human capital lifecycle, culture, & organizational health.
• Encourages a positive working environment that engages & excites a diverse, world-class workforce.
• Maintains awareness of the current state of the field & advises leadership on relevant developments, processes, & tools.
• Leads change management efforts in support of an agile workforce.
• Actively supports the AFRL Chief of Organizational Research, Health & Development in implementing enterprise initiatives within RE.
• Serves as a consultant to the RE Director, leadership team, and workforce applying the steps outlined in ODN’s Organizational Development Framework.
• Ensures the RE Personnel Board and workforce are aware of AFRL developmental opportunities (AFRL’s Supervisory Acculturation Program/ASAP; AFRL’s Advanced Development Program for Success/ADPS; DAF & AFRL Coaching; AFRL’s S&T Mentoring Program).
• Provides organizational data analytics that inform the delivery of targeted solutions to workplace challenges.
• Provides organizational data analytics that inform the delivery of targeted solutions to workplace challenges.
• Partners with RE leaders at all levels to amplify existing strengths and bridge performance gaps.
• Understands AFRL and RE strategic priorities in order to instructionally design well aligned unit developmental opportunities.

• United States Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain valid security clearance.
• This is an interdisciplinary position. Applicants must be able to meet the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards of the occupational series assigned when the position is filled. OPM Qual Standards can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series.
• Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience as a practitioner in Organizational Health, Development, or related fields.

• Outstanding leadership and people skills in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, build consensus, and resolve conflicts/ problems across a collaborative community.
• Ability to mentor workforce and lead mentoring programs.
• Passion for developing innovative approaches and solutions.
• Ability to deal with complex, non-standard situations and environments.
• Ability to define and enable organization program, mission and vision.
• Facilitate and enable internal/external collaboration and partnerships.
• Familiarity with federal government organizational constructs.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Master’s Degree or PhD in a relevant area.

Resume requirement: Resume may not exceed two pages, and font size should be no smaller than 10pts.

Instructions on how to submit your resume are provided in the automated email you will receive once you apply.

Requisition Number 58979