HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (CLASSIFICATION)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Posted: February 20, 2026 (1 day ago)
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Defense Information Systems Agency
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves advising on hiring and placement strategies for government employees, ensuring compliance with federal rules, and analyzing staffing needs to help organizations fill positions effectively.
It suits someone with strong experience in human resources, particularly in recruitment and policy, who enjoys problem-solving and working in a team to support defense agency operations.
Ideal candidates are detail-oriented professionals who can handle complex regulations and provide guidance to managers.
This position for The Defense Information Systems Agency is at Fort Meade, Maryland .
Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-13 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in the Federal Service.
Specialized Experience: For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as experience interpreting Civilian Human Resource laws, regulations, and policies to ensure compliance and analyzing, evaluating, and developing staffing programs (such as recruitment, selection, merit promotion policy); OR analyzing HR data to identify long and short-term needs of the customer and providing guidance to resolve staffing issues and advisory services.
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.
Competencies: Accountability, Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Decision Making, Flexibility, Influencing/Negotiating, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reasoning, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, and Teamwork Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
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