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In current times, competitiveness between organizations has forced them to make improvements in resource management, adapting to emerging technologies and filling job positions with the most capable individuals. Despite the need to evolve and overcome difficulties in resource management, the Portuguese Air Force has not upgraded its method, centered on hierarchical structure and career progress, compromising effectiveness and competitiveness amongst other organizations. A central issue is that competencies within job positions are not yet typified, meaning that the individual that occupies a certain job position may not be the most suitable for that position. To solve this problem, this ongoing research describes a model of an Informational Architecture for the Portuguese Air Force, which represents the concepts of Organizational Entities, Job Positions, Resource Management and Human Resource Management through Competency Management. The model describes each concept individually and the existing relationships with other concepts. When implemented and validated, the model will allow an improvement in human resource management effectiveness, and efficiency in resource allocation for Job Positions.