The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Human Resources Regional Service Center with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, is a field operations agency of the Department of Defense. The DoDEA Human Resources Regional Service Center has responsibility for managing the human capital programs and policies affecting the civilian employees of the Department of Defense Education Activity and its field elements, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS).

The mission of the DoDEA HR Regional Service Center is to support the agency in providing a quality education for the children of our military and eligible civilian personnel stationed around the world. With a work force of 140 employees, the DoDEA HR Center’s responsibilities include overseeing recruitment and staffing, educator certification and recertification, classification and compensation, human capital record keeping, labor management relations, and data integrity. A leader in the use of technology, we have developed and implemented automated systems to enhance our educator recruitment process, track the timeliness and accuracy of our personnel action processing, process travel orders and entitlements, and track the timeliness and accuracy of pay related inquiries and grievances.

DoDEA is a family-friendly organization located in the Ballston area close to Metro, good restaurants, and great shopping. DoDEA offers flexible work schedules, telecommuting opportunities, subsidized fitness center membership, and other quality of life programs. The DoDEA HR Regional Service Center believes in providing the extraordinary customer service to all employees and applicants. Our goal is to make DODEA the employer of choice while “Building a tradition of Excellence.”