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Posted: February 27, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Recruitment)

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

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$77,926 - $101,309

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves handling recruitment and placement for federal civilian employees in the Defense Logistics Agency, including creating job postings, screening applicants, and managing special hiring programs for veterans and priority candidates.

A good fit would be someone with experience in HR staffing who enjoys solving complex hiring challenges and ensuring fair processes in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 level in federal recruitment, job analysis, and applicant qualification determination
  • Knowledge of OPM Qualification Standards for federal civilian positions
  • Experience facilitating mandatory placement programs like Priority Placement Program (PPP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), ICTAP, and CTAP
  • Ability to process full range of personnel actions using automated systems
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of graduate education (as substitution for experience)
  • Combination of graduate education and experience totaling 100% of GS-11 requirements
  • Familiarity with federal laws, regulations, policies, and practices for providing HR advice

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement), your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.

To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: - Conducting job analyses, preparing Job Opportunity Announcements, and determining applicants' qualifications using OPM Qualification Standards for Federal civilian positions - Facilitating mandatory placement programs such as the Priority Placement Program and veterans' programs - Completing a full range of personnel actions relating to Federal civilian staffing, Federal civilian recruitment and Federal civilian compensation.

B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.

If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: A Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

  • Performs duties which provide full range of Federal Civilian Recruitment and Placement services to customer offices
  • Provides comprehensive staffing and placement services to assigned organizations.
  • Analyzes complex recruitment actions, troubleshooting and resolving the most difficult and complex problems associated with recruitment and placement.
  • Facilitates mandatory placement programs to include priority placement program (PPP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL) program, interagency career transition assistance plan (ICTAP), and the agency career transition assistance plan (CTAP).
  • Processes a full range of official personnel actions for organizations services using an automated system
  • Applies laws, regulations, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to officials, supervisors, and employees on a wide variety of pay actions and application of single agency compensation authorities where applicable.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/27/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DLAJ1DDA-26-12898823-MP