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SUPERVISORY OUTREACH AND TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

Defense Information Systems Agency

Fort Meade, MDFull-time$144–187K/yrPosted 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$144–187K/yr
Location
Fort Meade, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks a Supervisory Outreach and Talent Acquisition Specialist at Fort Meade, Maryland. The role supervises an outreach and talent acquisition team and directs agency-wide recruitment strategy, employment branding, outreach planning, analytics, candidate relationship management, and recruitment policy. Applicants must demonstrate specialized experience equivalent to GS-13, including strategic outreach or talent acquisition improvement, senior-level briefings, and ROI analysis.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic OutreachTalent AcquisitionProcess ImprovementPolicy InitiativesCandidate Pipeline DevelopmentSenior-Level BriefingsRecommendationsDecision PapersROI AnalysisAccountabilityCustomer ServiceDecisivenessInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving

Qualifications

GS-13 Equivalent Specialized ExperienceTime-in-Grade Requirement90 Days After Competitive Appointment

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Summary

This position for The Defense Information Systems Agency is at Ft. Meade, MD. **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.

Duties

  • Exercises full technical and administrative first-line supervisory authorities over a permanent subordinate team of Outreach and Talent Acquisition Specialists and operational staff.
  • Directs the conception, design, implementation, and evaluation of agency-wide recruitment doctrines, employment branding campaigns, and multi-year outreach plans.
  • Delivers authoritative advice to senior leadership regarding talent acquisition trends, recruitment risks, clearance processing impacts, and strategic hiring options.
  • Directs advanced predictive analytics, ROI evaluations, cost-per-hire models, conversion velocities, and longitudinal retention tracking.
  • Governs the Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) lifecycle, institutionalizing seamless handoffs between talent acquisition and operational onboarding.
  • Formulates and issues agency-wide recruitment policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and resource allocation models.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: For the GS-14, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-13 if outside the Federal service, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading strategic outreach and/or talent acquisition process improvement and policy initiatives that strengthened candidate pipelines; preparing outreach based senior-level briefings, recommendations, and/or decision papers; and analyzing outreach program return on investment (ROI) against mission hiring requirements. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level. How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving The USA Hire Assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. You can preview the Application Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13098921 Criminal History Inquiries- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ [email protected] Other Information

A one year probationary or trial period may be required. We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date. Moving costs MAY be paid. Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click here. Salary plus Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) is authorized. This rate is subject to change without notice. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Priority Consideration: If you are a displaced Federal Civil Service employee and attain a rating of at least 85, you may be entitled to receive special priority selection under the ICTAP. For more information on ICTAP, click here ICTAP Guidance. NOTE: If you have never worked for the Federal Government, you are NOT ICTAP eligible. For more information on veterans' preference click here. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (to verify your registration status click here). The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants issued March 18, 2004 will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. For more information regarding qualifications requirements please click here. You may submit a cover letter which will be forwarded to the selecting official with your resume. Your cover letter will not be used to verify your qualifications or eligibility. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://appsupport-usastaffing.opm.gov/hc/en-us/sections/45063145798547-USA-Hire-Assessments All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,829 open Talent Acquisition jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–187K/yr
  • Maryland median$88–133K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$91–160K/yr1,600 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $166K, is 41% above the Maryland median midpoint ($118K) — in the top quarter of Talent Acquisition salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 29 open Talent Acquisition jobs in Maryland and 2,829 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Talent Acquisition postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 2,235 postings).
Education
415 of the 2,829 open Talent Acquisition jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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