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.
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.
For a full description and to apply, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/775459900.
Note: Individuals eligible to apply under merit promotion procedures may apply here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/775460100.