Lead Personnel Research Psychologist

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

How to Apply:

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About the Organization

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Location: LOCATION NEGOTIABLE

Open Period: February 6, 2023 to February 10, 2023

$116,393 - $183,500 per year

The salary range for this announcement reflects Rest of US GS-14/1 @ $116,393 to highest GS-14/10 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA @ $183,500

About the Job

Are you an Industrial/Organizational psychologist with selection expertise? If selected, you may develop, implement, and evaluate selection or promotion assessments; conduct data analysis; write technical reports; or conduct job analysis. Additional selections may be made for psychologists with individual or organizational assessment expertise. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

· Lead and/or participate on project teams to develop and/or contract for innovative assessment tools.

· Conduct Governmentwide and/or agency-specific job analyses.

· Develop and implement competency models and hiring/promotional assessments.

· Establish project objectives, activities, timelines, budgets, and staffing plans.

· Advise agencies and internal senior management on implementing assessment strategies.

Qualifications:

Key Requirements

· U.S. Citizen or National

· Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation

· Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service

· Relevant experience (see Qualifications below)

· Must complete initial online questionnaire and additional assessments

Qualifications

Basic Education Requirement: All applicants must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited or pre-accredited academic institution leading to a bachelor's or higher degree with a major or equivalent in psychology to receive further consideration. 

For GS-14: You must meet the Basic Requirement AND have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the Federal Government GS-13 grade or pay band. Specialized experience must demonstrate ALL of the following:

Using knowledge of the principles, theories, and methods of industrial/organizational psychology or related field (e.g., applied social psychology, applied research/evaluation) to develop practical solutions to assessment problems, including experience with assessment development and validation methods; AND

Experience applying knowledge of statistics and using a major statistical analysis package (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R); AND

Leading/managing projects that involved conducting job analyses, performing statistical analyses and developing tests/assessment tools consistent with professional and legal requirements (e.g., Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures); AND

Planning and monitoring project or program budgets to include negotiating funding with management or other officials; monitoring budget progression including overages or underutilization; determining pricing for operational activities; determining estimated costs for products or services; and managing resources to ensure delivery within budgeted amounts.