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863A Navy Reserve Activity (NRA) Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL)

Current service use not established

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

A Navy Reserve Activity Command Senior Enlisted Leader leads the enlisted force and advises commanding officers on enlisted matters affecting assigned Sailors. As the commanding officer's direct representative, the leader provides input on policies covering morale, welfare, discipline, training, family support, reserve management, mobilization, and demobilization.

Core Skills

  • Reserve mobilization and demobilization policy input
  • Workforce morale and discipline policy advising
  • Family support and personnel welfare policy input

Civilian Career Paths

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Human Resources Specialists

Advising commanders on discipline, job satisfaction, welfare, and personnel policy transfers to civilian employee relations and HR policy support.

How to prepare: Complete a civilian employment-law course covering Equal Employment Opportunity and Americans with Disabilities Act guidance, then practice applying it to employee-relations scenarios.

What the civilian work involves
  • Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Workday software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 863A

    [1] NEC entry "863A - Navy Reserve Activity (NRA) Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL)"; cached text line 22402; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Reserve mobilization and demobilization policy input, Workforce morale and discipline policy advising, Family support and personnel welfare policy input, Human Resources Specialists (O*NET 13-1071.00)

  2. O*NET: Human Resources Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Human Resources Specialists (O*NET 13-1071.00)

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Similar Specialties

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