Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Psychologist position is located Inspections (INS), Analysis, Project Design & Logistics (APD&L), Operations Support Branch, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a team leader for planning and carrying out comprehensive covert testing projects. Evaluating the effectiveness of agency security programs and operations using covert testing procedures and techniques. Developing and executing covert testing projects and plans utilizing human factor methodologies and theories and experimental and quasi-experimental design. Analyzing a variety of data collection techniques to identify critical factors and examine workforce behaviors. Analyzing and interpreting test results to determine if security operations are effective and meeting programs requirements. Advising agency leadership on recommendations to changes in security policies, operational plans, and identifying future test areas of testing and research. Preparing technical reports and documents to present to senior leadership, internal and external stakeholders that support the agencies findings and position on evaluating security operations and programs.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying test theory and methods utilizing experimental and quasi-experimental design to develop and execute testing projects; and Experience using a variety of data collection tools/techniques and methods to generate and interpret results to determine the effectiveness of programs and systems; and Performing research and statistical analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of current and proposed testing methods to assess the performance of people, processes, and technology. BASIC REQUIREMENT: You must have a 4 year degree with a major or equivalent in Psychology for this position. You must attach copies of your transcripts to this application to verify your degree(s). These can be unofficial copies. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Education

You must have a 4-year degree with a major or equivalent in Psychology for this position. You must attach copies of your transcripts to this application to verify your degree(s). These can be unofficial copies.

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses from an accredited college or university, which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. The information must be provided with the application by the closing date of the announcement. If selected, the applicant must supply a transcript or certification of degree.

Contacts

• Address DR - Inspection 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]