Job opening: Psychologist
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Mar 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Serve as senior level Psychologist, and a recognized authority in psychology, serves as the technical expert and Senior Behavioral Scientist for U.S. Army Insider Threat Operations Hub (USA InT Hub).
Duties
Planning, designing, and carrying out insider threat operations.
Provide clinical consultations and assessment in regard to behavioral indicators that support efforts to deter, detect, assess, and mitigate actions by a trusted workforce.
Advise on the planning and execution of insider threat analysis and risk assessments
Coordinate with the medical and behavioral science community both within DoD and across the interagency for legally available medical and behavioral information and assessments relevant to insider threat.
Review of behavioral health and medical informational databases to glean relevant information to aid in on-going analysis within the limits of applicable Healthy Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and privacy guidelines.
Conduct complex innovative research requiring an extremely high degree of professional expertise to resolve critical operational scientific problems.
Coordinate with other Research Program areas, Behavioral Health Consultants, and other subject area specialists for collaborative support on projects which require assistance.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473People with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirements for Psychologist: Degree: Successful completion of a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements below:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes collecting data for clinical interpretation, conducting comprehensive risk assessments, coordinating operational research, and formulating hypotheses utilized to prevent and/or mitigate insider threat or risk. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13)
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Licensure Requirement: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently offered by a U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Clinical Analysis and JudgementDecision SupportScientific Research
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address HT-W1YY01 HQDA ODCS G-3
DO NOT MAIL
Washington, DC 20310
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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