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DRUG PROGRAM MANAGER

Defense Information Systems Agency

Department of Defense

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$102,415 - $133,142

per year

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March 12, 2026More DOD jobs →

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing a federal drug testing program for a defense agency, ensuring employees in sensitive roles stay drug-free through coordination, monitoring, and compliance with regulations.

It also includes managing budgets, paperwork, and databases related to testing results.

A good fit would be someone with experience in program coordination, especially in workplace safety or compliance, who is detail-oriented and comfortable handling administrative tasks in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, such as developing drug-free workplace policies or coordinating drug-testing programs
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-11 or higher for federal status applicants
  • Ability to manage federal drug testing programs, including employee awareness and monitoring for illegal drug use
  • Experience serving as a point of contact for contractors in collection and testing processes
  • Skills in formulating budgets, allocating funds, and monitoring resource execution
  • Proficiency in administrative support, including reviewing, submitting, and maintaining testing paperwork
  • Competence in database management for tracking drug testing results, deferrals, and follow-up testing

Full Job Description

This position for The Defense Information Systems Agency is at Fort Meade, Maryland . **This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.

Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.

Time In Grade: For entry at the GS-12 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-11 if outside the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Assisting with the development and implementation of an agency's drug-free workplace policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulations, OR experience coordinating a drug-testing program to include maintaining schedules, facilitating and securing drug testing coordinators, determining collection sites, OR coordinating and tracking drug testing results for employees.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position.

Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position.

Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing competencies are required.

Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

  • Manages the federal drug testing program established to increase employee awareness of the program, as well as monitors employees in sensitive DISA positions for the use of illegal drugs.
  • Serves as the primary point of contact for contractors involved in the collection and testing process. Establishes and maintains program level evaluation plans, measures, data collections, analyses, and reporting procedures.
  • Formulates budget, prepares budget submissions, allocates funds, monitors the execution of resources, and serves as the functional budget program manager for DISA.
  • Performs all administrative program support for reviewing, completing, submitting, and maintaining all testing paperwork and manages the agency's drug testing database.
  • Performs relevant database activities in support of the program, tracks status of all drug testing results, deferrals, and follow-up testing needs as required by a Medical Review Officer (MRO).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DISA-12902553-26WW