Job opening: Industrial Psychologist IV
Salary: $113 960 - 131 585 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 16 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Come join the U.S. Postal Service!
The United States Postal Service has the following challenging and exciting employment opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced human resource professional.
Duties
The successful candidate serves as the technical expert for job architecture and competency development programs. Leads large complex job analysis studies and projects designed to identify large scale organizational needs and inform talent management strategies. Leverages professional knowledge and experience provide technical guidance regarding job analysis and competency development to team members and consult with business owners and managers at all levels of the organization.
Qualifications
Ability to communicate orally and in writing sufficient to convey a range of complex technical concepts related to competencies, job architecture, policies, and procedures to non-technical audiences.
Ability to provide consultative services sufficient to coordinate and direct activities, processes, and procedures to ensure alignment with strategic business needs while influencing executive project sponsors and stakeholders.
Skill using analysis software such as SPSS to conduct advanced analytics such as regression analysis, factor analysis, parametric and non-parametric significance testing, and multivariate analysis of variance.
Ability to facilitate interviews, focus groups, surveys and related activities with subject matter experts to collect detailed job information sufficient to develop deliverables including job descriptions, competency models, and career path models.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess a Graduate Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a degree in a closely related field, which included a focus on job analysis methods and techniques from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation organization recognized and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Education.
Knowledge of ethical, legal, and professional standards related to testing and assessment development (i.e., Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures [EEO], Principles for the Development of and Validation of Employee Selection Procedures [SIOP] and Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing [AERA, APA] sufficient to conduct job analysis studies to form the basis for the development and validation of legally-defensible, high stakes selection tools.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Applicant must submit to a Moderate Background Investigation (MBI) or Tier 2 investigation. This investigation requires, among other things, completion of a questionnaire and fingerprinting for a criminal records check. The investigation may require a drug test. The successful applicant will be required to meet and maintain the requirements of this level of background investigation while holding this position.
Ability to design and conduct multiple comprehensive job analytic procedures simultaneously for a large matrixed organization (e.g., job analysis, needs analysis, competency modeling) and perform the appropriate data analyses to develop, implement, and validate competency models, job architecture (e.g., job descriptions, evaluation), and related materials.
Ability to manage multiple complex job analysis projects and programs simultaneously for a large complex matrixed organization, including developing integrated project plans and timelines, determining resource requirements, assigning tasks, providing technical guidance and feedback, monitoring progress, and reporting risks/results.
Ability to provide technical direction, guidance, and feedback (e.g., coaching, mentoring) to others sufficient to support the technical development and growth of team members regarding writing job descriptions, conducting job analysis, and developing competency modeling.
Ability to serve as a technical expert in job analysis and competency modeling sufficient to provide professional and technical guidance to all levels of the organization.
Qualified applicant must successfully pass a drug screening.
Education
Please read the "Qualifications" section.
Contacts
- Address United States Postal Service
Headquarters
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
US
- Name: Human Resources
- Email: [email protected]
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