Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement)
- DLA Human Resources Operations
- Whitehall, Ohio
- Full Time
Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement)
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
Position may be filled either locion:
Whitehall: $77,154 - $120,222
Richmond: $77,236 - $120,350
Fort Belvoir: $84,601 - $131,826
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
Position may be filled either locion:
Whitehall: $77,154 - $120,222
Richmond: $77,236 - $120,350
Fort Belvoir: $84,601 - $131,826
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/29/2025 to 08/05/2025
Salary
$77,154 to - $131,826 per year
See Summary section for more Salary Informion
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locions
Many vacancies in the following locions:
Whitehall, OH
Fort Belvoir, VA
Richmond, VA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Multiple Appointment Types
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0201 Human Resources Management
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
DLAJ1DD-25-12773033-MP
Control number
841956600
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses
Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
Clarificion from the agency
"Agency" means current permanent DoD employees. Veterans include Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) eligible veterans.
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Duties
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If selected the GS-11 level, duties performed in a developmental capacity
Determines applicable precedents, laws, or regulions, identify the most effective approaches, and validing the correctness and propriety of the actions taken
Performs duties which provide full range of Federal Civilian Recruitment and Placement services to customer offices.
Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving the most difficult and complex problems associed with comprehensive recruitment and placement services.
Facilites 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 organizions services using an automed system.
Applies laws, regulions, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to officials, supervisors, and employees on a wide variety of pay actions and applicion of single agency compension authorities where applicable.
Processes all Request for Personnel Action (RPAs), coordining actions with HRO personnel and management to resolve issues as they arise.
Prepares job opportunity announcements, conducts complex job analysis, prepares promotion and placement products, and issues promotion and referral certifices
Monitors and corrects various Pay and Pay Stus reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with established business rules, auditing practices and procedures.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Must be a U.S. citizen
Tour of Duty: Flexible
Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive / No Access
Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): GS-12 Exempt/ GS-11 Non-Exempt
Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Bargaining Unit Stus: No
Qualificions
To qualify for a Human Resources Specialist, your resume and supporting documention must support:
A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the position to be filled. To qualify 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 prive sector. To qualify the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
GS-11
- Assisting in preparing Job Opportunity Announcements, and determining applicants' qualificions using OPM Qualificion Standards, for Federal civilian positions.
- Assisting in faciliting mandory placement programs such as the Priority Placement Program and veterans' programs.
- Assisting in completing a full range of personnel actions reling to Federal civilian staffing, Federal civilian recruitment and Federal civilian compension.
GS-12:
- Conducting job analyses, preparing Job Opportunity Announcements, and determining applicants' qualificions using OPM Qualificion Standards, for Federal civilian positions.
- Faciliting mandory placement programs such as the Priority Placement Program and veterans' programs.
- Completing a full range of personnel actions reling to Federal civilian staffing, Federal civilian recruitment and Federal civilian compension.
B. Educion Substitution: Such educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Educion must be from a college or university accredited by an organizion approved by the U.S. Departmentof Educion. See If using educion to meet basic qualificions, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documention. To qualify based on educion in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess:
- GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree.
- GS-12: There is no educion substitution this grade.
C. Combinion: Combinions of successfully completed post-high school educion and experience may be used to meet total qualificion 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 educion as a percentage of the educion required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for th grade level. Only gradue educion in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions grade GS-11.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Educion
Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for the GS-12 grade level.
Are you using your educion to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable time of applicion.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours th your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university.
Additional informion
For Important General Applicant Informion and Definitions go to:
Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found :
Informion for Veterans is available : . As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement.
Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentively selected for DLA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designed positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program ( ICTAP ): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candides for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies:
Staffing and Recruiting
Compension Management
Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The ring you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background mches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documention is reviewed and a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for the qualificions and referred for selection considerion if eligible. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure th your resume does not contain any specialized characters, fonts, typefaces or formting (e.g. tables, macros, etc.). It is also recommended th you convert/save your resume as a PDF prior to taching to your applicion.
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Reserve/Nional Guard Preference, and eligible Technicians receiving disability retirement : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD MR/NG or Technician Disability Retirement" eligibility. If you are claiming preference and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MR/NG or technician receiving disability retirement, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package:
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement.
-or-
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability.
NOTE : By using either of these eligibilities, you certify th you have not obtained permanent Federal employment, nor have you accepted or declined a PPP job offer.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying. NOTE: Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To preview the questionnaire, please go to .
Agency contact informion
DLA Human Resources (J1)
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
DLA Human Resources Operions
3990 East Broad
Whitehall, OH 43218-3990
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for the qualificions and referred for selection considerion if eligible. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure th your resume does not contain any specialized characters, fonts, typefaces or formting (e.g. tables, macros, etc.). It is also recommended th you convert/save your resume as a PDF prior to taching to your applicion.
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Reserve/Nional Guard Preference, and eligible Technicians receiving disability retirement : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD MR/NG or Technician Disability Retirement" eligibility. If you are claiming preference and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MR/NG or technician receiving disability retirement, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package:
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement.
-or-
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability.
NOTE : By using either of these eligibilities, you certify th you have not obtained permanent Federal employment, nor have you accepted or declined a PPP job offer.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying. NOTE: Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To preview the questionnaire, please go to .
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Agency contact informion
DLA Human Resources (J1)
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
DLA Human Resources Operions
3990 East Broad
Whitehall, OH 43218-3990
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/29/2025 to 08/05/2025 Salary $77,154 to - $131,826 per year See Summary section for more Salary Informion Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locions Many vacancies in the following locions: Whitehall, OH Fort Belvoir, VA Richmond, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position....
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
Position may be filled either locion:
Whitehall: $77,154 - $120,222
Richmond: $77,236 - $120,350
Fort Belvoir: $84,601 - $131,826
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
Position may be filled either locion:
Whitehall: $77,154 - $120,222
Richmond: $77,236 - $120,350
Fort Belvoir: $84,601 - $131,826
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/29/2025 to 08/05/2025
Salary
$77,154 to - $131,826 per year
See Summary section for more Salary Informion
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locions
Many vacancies in the following locions:
Whitehall, OH
Fort Belvoir, VA
Richmond, VA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Multiple Appointment Types
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0201 Human Resources Management
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
DLAJ1DD-25-12773033-MP
Control number
841956600
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Veterans
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses
Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
Clarificion from the agency
"Agency" means current permanent DoD employees. Veterans include Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) eligible veterans.
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Duties
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If selected the GS-11 level, duties performed in a developmental capacity
Determines applicable precedents, laws, or regulions, identify the most effective approaches, and validing the correctness and propriety of the actions taken
Performs duties which provide full range of Federal Civilian Recruitment and Placement services to customer offices.
Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving the most difficult and complex problems associed with comprehensive recruitment and placement services.
Facilites 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 organizions services using an automed system.
Applies laws, regulions, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to officials, supervisors, and employees on a wide variety of pay actions and applicion of single agency compension authorities where applicable.
Processes all Request for Personnel Action (RPAs), coordining actions with HRO personnel and management to resolve issues as they arise.
Prepares job opportunity announcements, conducts complex job analysis, prepares promotion and placement products, and issues promotion and referral certifices
Monitors and corrects various Pay and Pay Stus reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with established business rules, auditing practices and procedures.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Must be a U.S. citizen
Tour of Duty: Flexible
Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive / No Access
Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): GS-12 Exempt/ GS-11 Non-Exempt
Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Bargaining Unit Stus: No
Qualificions
To qualify for a Human Resources Specialist, your resume and supporting documention must support:
A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the position to be filled. To qualify 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 prive sector. To qualify the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
GS-11
- Assisting in preparing Job Opportunity Announcements, and determining applicants' qualificions using OPM Qualificion Standards, for Federal civilian positions.
- Assisting in faciliting mandory placement programs such as the Priority Placement Program and veterans' programs.
- Assisting in completing a full range of personnel actions reling to Federal civilian staffing, Federal civilian recruitment and Federal civilian compension.
GS-12:
- Conducting job analyses, preparing Job Opportunity Announcements, and determining applicants' qualificions using OPM Qualificion Standards, for Federal civilian positions.
- Faciliting mandory placement programs such as the Priority Placement Program and veterans' programs.
- Completing a full range of personnel actions reling to Federal civilian staffing, Federal civilian recruitment and Federal civilian compension.
B. Educion Substitution: Such educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Educion must be from a college or university accredited by an organizion approved by the U.S. Departmentof Educion. See If using educion to meet basic qualificions, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documention. To qualify based on educion in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess:
- GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree.
- GS-12: There is no educion substitution this grade.
C. Combinion: Combinions of successfully completed post-high school educion and experience may be used to meet total qualificion 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 educion as a percentage of the educion required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for th grade level. Only gradue educion in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions grade GS-11.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Educion
Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for the GS-12 grade level.
Are you using your educion to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable time of applicion.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours th your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university.
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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found :
Informion for Veterans is available : . As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement.
Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentively selected for DLA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designed positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program ( ICTAP ): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candides for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies:
Staffing and Recruiting
Compension Management
Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The ring you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background mches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documention is reviewed and a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring.
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To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for the qualificions and referred for selection considerion if eligible. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure th your resume does not contain any specialized characters, fonts, typefaces or formting (e.g. tables, macros, etc.). It is also recommended th you convert/save your resume as a PDF prior to taching to your applicion.
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Reserve/Nional Guard Preference, and eligible Technicians receiving disability retirement : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD MR/NG or Technician Disability Retirement" eligibility. If you are claiming preference and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MR/NG or technician receiving disability retirement, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package:
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement.
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"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability.
NOTE : By using either of these eligibilities, you certify th you have not obtained permanent Federal employment, nor have you accepted or declined a PPP job offer.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying. NOTE: Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To preview the questionnaire, please go to .
Agency contact informion
DLA Human Resources (J1)
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Address
DLA Human Resources Operions
3990 East Broad
Whitehall, OH 43218-3990
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Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for the qualificions and referred for selection considerion if eligible. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure th your resume does not contain any specialized characters, fonts, typefaces or formting (e.g. tables, macros, etc.). It is also recommended th you convert/save your resume as a PDF prior to taching to your applicion.
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Reserve/Nional Guard Preference, and eligible Technicians receiving disability retirement : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD MR/NG or Technician Disability Retirement" eligibility. If you are claiming preference and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MR/NG or technician receiving disability retirement, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package:
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement.
-or-
"Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability.
NOTE : By using either of these eligibilities, you certify th you have not obtained permanent Federal employment, nor have you accepted or declined a PPP job offer.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying. NOTE: Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To preview the questionnaire, please go to .
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Agency contact informion
DLA Human Resources (J1)
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
DLA Human Resources Operions
3990 East Broad
Whitehall, OH 43218-3990
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/29/2025 to 08/05/2025 Salary $77,154 to - $131,826 per year See Summary section for more Salary Informion Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locions Many vacancies in the following locions: Whitehall, OH Fort Belvoir, VA Richmond, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position....
Job ID: 487540059
Originally Posted on: 7/31/2025
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