Human Relations Specialist

About the role

At DCS, people come first. As an employee‑owned company, every person contributes to and shares in our success. We take pride in being a place where innovators, problem‑solvers, and builders of the future can thrive. If you’re looking for a role where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your work directly supports mission‑critical decisions, you’ll feel right at home here.

Responsibilities

• Review organizational requirements and gather data relating to turnover, restructuring initiatives, mission, and technology to identify staffing trends, anticipated vacancies, retention deficiencies, and other changes.
• Maintain statistical data, monitor trends, and provide updates on potential new program or problem areas that need attention.
• Provide statistical data to the team related to civilian acquisition workforce positions and deliver regular, recurring reports on program progress.
• Gather stakeholder inputs, plan activities among leaders and personnel to develop a common understanding, and produce documentation and communication describing the organization’s strategy and implementation recommendations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required; must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Education/experience combinations:
  • High School Diploma/GED + 10 years of experience
  • Associate’s degree + 4 years of experience
  • Bachelor’s degree + 2 years of experience
  • Master’s degree + 1 year of experience
• Former Military experience.
• Strict attention to detail for verifying, proofreading, and editing documents to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Strong initiative and ability to work independently in a matrix environment.
• Ownership of issues and independent problem‑solving capability.
• Strong relationship skills; ability to work across multiple employee and team levels.
• Experience advising Government management on staffing plans, position classification structures, preparation of position descriptions (PDs), and staffing matters such as recruitment, reorganizations, realignments, and reshape/downsizing actions.
• Experience coordinating with College Outreach programs to attract diverse applicants through recruitment at colleges and universities.
• Experience investigating and advising on Army Acquisition Workforce programs and issues, including the Acquisition Positions List (APL) and Acquisition Certification Requirements.
• Experience compiling data for evaluation of strategic human capital planning needs over a five‑year (or longer) horizon.
• Knowledge of uploading work products (documents, reports, analyses, briefings, etc.) to the organization’s electronic database sites as directed by Government leads.

Desired Skills

• BA or BS degree (a plus).