Are you an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist interested in supervising other I/O Psychologists delivering assessments to Federal agencies? We seek two supervisors, who will manage highly specialized staff developing and delivering high quality selection or development assessments in a consultative, reimbursable environment. Human Resources Solutions has many job openings at various levels and locations. View them here: https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?mco=OPM-HRS.

Duties

Position 1) Major duties for the Hiring Assessment - Professional and Administrative (HAPA) Supervisory Personnel Research Psychologist position include, for example: Direct a highly specialized staff and serve as a principal advisor on matters pertaining to research and assessment for selection and promotion assessments such as biographical data, job knowledge, situational judgment, work sample, and writing assessments and related assessment services such as occupational analyses and assessment strategy design. Manage the reimbursable business to ensure the delivery of high-quality assessments and achieve full cost recovery including generating new business, maintaining customer relations, and managing the group's budget. Consult with individuals across OPM on topics related to assessment content and advise agencies and internal senior management on implementing assessment strategies. Plan and direct reimbursable research, analysis, and evaluation in human resources management, industrial/organizational and/or applied social psychology and develop proposals for assessment strategies, occupational analyses, and selection and promotion assessments to address specific agency needs. Oversee research studies and conduct data analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of assessment tools and processes. Oversee the development and maintenance of innovative internet-based assessment tools, including designing and coordinating job analysis studies, creating test content, developing scoring and weighting protocols, and creating technical documentation related to activities. Oversee the development and administration of assessment strategies, occupational analyses, and selection and promotion assessments. Position 2) Major duties for the Leadership and Employee Development Assessment (LEDA) Supervisory Personnel Research Psychologist position include, for example: Direct a highly specialized staff and serve as the principal advisor on matters pertaining to research, assessment, developmental feedback for leadership, and workforce assessments such as leadership personality and potential assessments, multi-source assessments, and competency gap assessments. Manage the reimbursable business to ensure the delivery of high-quality assessments and achieve full cost recovery including generating new business, maintaining customer relations, and managing the group's budget. Consult with individuals across OPM on topics related to leadership and workforce development assessments and advise agencies and internal senior management on implementing assessment strategies. Plan and direct reimbursable research, analysis, and evaluation in human resources management, industrial/organizational and/or applied social psychology and develop proposals for developmental leadership and employee assessments, and competency gap assessments to address specific agency needs. Oversee the development and administration of leadership assessments, gap assessments, and collection of raw data for analysis.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirement For the GS 15: You must have successful completion of 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-15: You must meet the Basic Requirement AND have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in scope and responsibility to the Federal GS-14 grade level or pay band in ALL three of the following key areas: A. Applied Industrial-Organizational Psychology Research: Using advanced knowledge of the principles, theories and methods of industrial/organizational psychology or applied social psychology or equivalent fields (e.g., applied research/evaluation) to develop practical solutions to human resource management problems; AND administering large scale assessment services in areas such as, test development and validation; job analysis; competency modelling; survey development and delivery; and/or leadership assessment; AND conducting assessment research through its various phases to completion; AND B. Leading Project Teams: Planning projects by setting priorities, determining resource requirements, establishing timelines, and assigning tasks to team members; AND managing project execution by monitoring progress, monitoring quality of deliverables, and adjusting project plan/approach as needed; AND evaluating project outcomes; AND C.Managing Budgets: Planning and monitoring project or program budgets including negotiating funding with management or agency officials; AND monitoring budget progression and reviewing, analyzing budget estimates; AND organizing budget estimates into a comprehensive budget; AND determining pricing for products, services, and/or consulting. Merit promotion applicants must meet time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.One year at the GS-14 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-15 level. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 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.

Education

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: You 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.

NOTE: You MUST include a copy of your transcript (need not be official but should include if degree awarded/year, course, grade, units (SH/QH) and year), as a part of your application, showing you have met the basic education requirement above for further consideration.

Related Degrees: The curriculum of related degrees should include coursework such as research methods, statistical methods, and core industrial and organizational domains, including: measurement of individual differences; criterion theory and development; job and task analysis; employee selection, placement, and classification; performance appraisal and feedback; training theory, program design, and evaluation; work motivation; attitude theory; small group theory and process; leadership theory; organizational theory; and organizational development.

Contacts

• Address OPM Human Resources 1900 E St., NW Washington, DC 20415 US
• Name: OPM Human Resources
• Phone: 202-606-9321
• Email: [email protected]