You will serve as a RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST in the HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE DIVISION of NAVHLTHRSCHCEN SDIEGO.

Duties

You will conduct research and provides expert consultation for research studies related to the psychological impact of military occupational stress on active duty military personnel and their families. You will identify research problems, develop testable hypotheses, identify or create pertinent measurement methods, conduct statistical analyses, and interpret and summarize study results. You will review scientific literature related to the area of behavior and its effects on health, evaluate experimental findings, and compare and contrasts them to findings of previous studies. You will serve as a technical expert and exercise a high degree of scientific leadership over a work force of research psychologists, clinical psychologists, nurse researchers, statisticians, epidemiologists, and computer scientists. You will maintain an updated research program by using collaboration, briefings and presentations, technical reports, and peer reviewed articles. You will write reports of study results for publication as technical reports or scientific journal articles. You will make presentations at professional meetings and conferences

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience conducting literature reviews to design and execute research studies on factors related to behavioral and psychological health Experience designing and executing research studies that examine risk and resilience factors for adverse mental and behavioral health outcomes Experience translating empirical research findings into products or interventions to promote positive health outcomes Experience pursuing funding of research programs Experience writing and publishing scientific reports summarizing research findings Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/psychology-series-180/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's or higher degree with a major or equivalent in psychology for a specialization other than clinical or counseling psychology.

Contacts

• Address NAVHLTHRSCHCEN SDIEGO 140 Sylvester Road San Diego, CA 92106-3521 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]