Human Relations Specialist

RPMGlobal; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS seeks a Human Relations Specialist – Onboarding and Employee Engagement to drive talent processes and foster a resilient, high-performing culture. You will coordinate with leaders to align staffing with program goals and craft engagement initiatives that improve retention and performance.

The role requires U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain a secret clearance, and strong attention to detail. Military or public sector experience is considered an asset.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.
• Educational pathways shown: HS/GED to Master’s with related experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee onboarding and employee engagement processes to ensure timely execution of HR flows.
• Analyze staffing trends, turnover, and restructuring to inform planning.
• Maintain and report on workforce data and program progress.
• Collaborate with organizational leaders to communicate strategy and recommendations.

Skills

Citizenship requirement

Secret clearance

Attention to detail

Independent work

Relationship building

Military experience

Organization capability

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

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.

Essential Job Functions

The Human Relations Specialist – Onboarding and Employee Engagement will be tasked with Human Capital responsibilities, which ensure the seamless and timely execution of internal HR process flows that result in the successful implementation of initiatives that reinforce and contribute to a strong, resilient, and high‑performing organizational culture and positive employee experience.

Responsible for reviewing organizational requirements and gather data relating to such factors as turnover, restructuring initiatives, mission, and technology to identify staffing trends, anticipated vacancies, retention deficiencies, and other changes.

Maintaining statistical data, monitor, and provides updates on trends and potential new program and/or problem areas that need attention. Provide statistical data to the team related to civilian acquisition workforce positions and monitor and provide regular and recurring reports on continued program progress.

Gathering stakeholder inputs, plan activities among the organization's leaders and personnel to develop a common understanding and deliver documentation and communication describing the organization's strategy and recommendations on implementation.

Required Skills

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

High School Diploma/GED plus 10years of experience, an associate’s degree plus 4 years of experience, a bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of experience or a master’s degree plus 1 year of experience.

Former Military experience.

Ability to use strict attention to detail to verify, proofread, and edit documents that are created by others to ensure compliance with document requirements.

Strong initiative and ability to work independently to accomplish goals in a matrix environment.

Ability to take ownership of issues and solve problems independently.

Strong relationship skills and demonstrated ability to work across multiple levels of employees and teams.

Experience advising Government management in achieving sound staffing plans and position classification structures; preparation of position descriptions (PDs); and staffing matters, such as management options and alternatives regarding recruitment, reorganizations, realignments and reshape/downsizing actions.

Experience coordinating with College Outreach programs, which focuses on efforts to attract applicants in a wide variety of fields to increase the diversity of the workforce primarily through recruitment at colleges and universities.

Experience investigating and advising management on Army Acquisition Workforce programs and issues, to include the Acquisition Positions List (APL) and Acquisition Certification Requirements.

Experience compiling data for evaluation of overall strategic human capital planning needs for a 5 or more-year period.

Knowledge of uploading work products, such as documents, reports, analyses, briefings, etc., to the organizations electronic database sites as directed by Government leads.

Desired Skills

BA or BS degree, a plus.