Supervisory Personnel Psychologist

Full Job Description

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Human Resources, Human Resources Research and Assessment Division will allow you to oversee the research, development, implementation, and evaluation of effective human capital tools for personnel assessment (entry-level and promotional), career/talent development, program evaluation, and organizational effectiveness.

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To be considered qualified for this position you must meet the following qualification requirements for the respective grade level in which you are applying.

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Minimum Qualification requirements as listed below: BASIC REQUIREMENT: A.

Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major or equivalent in psychology.

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENT ABOVE, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You qualify for the GS-14 level (starting salary $143,913.00) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level performing duties such as: Developing or implementing assessment tools (such as structured interviews, written tests, or work sample exercises) to evaluate candidates and meet organizational needs.

Leading a team by providing guidance and overseeing activities related to the development, implementation, and adherence to policies involving human capital assessment and development procedures.

Providing technical consultation to HR staff, hiring managers, and program officials on the development, use, or interpretation of personnel assessment methods.

Analyzing quantitative data to identify assessment results, trends, or recommend improvements to enhance programmatic outcomes.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current competitive service employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50, "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.

The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to comply.

The qualification requirements listed above must be met by 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.

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.

Major Duties:

The selectee will serve as a Supervisory Personnel Psychologist in the Office of Human Resources, Human Resources Research and Assessment Division.

Typical work assignments include: Overseeing and serving as the reviewer and approver of the development and validation of HR assessment tools and related instruments for application to specific and general examining needs; ensuring the development of special purpose tests.

Directing and implementing innovative techniques and business strategies to assess and improve organizational practices, policies, and procedures for increased effectiveness and to ensure the effective management of talent within the organization through the development, validation, and implementation of comprehensive assessment tools.

Reviewing completed work for fulfillment of objectives, effect of advice and impact on overall program; identifying distributing and balancing the workload among subordinates; and establishes technical milestones for projects.

Determining the effectiveness, accuracy, and completeness of research techniques, assessment development, validation, and structure of work related to the item-type taxonomies, statistical adequacy, and test theories to address critical management problems impacting agency personnel.

Apply for this exciting opportunity to impact the Secret Service mission by strengthening its ability to recruit, develop and retain a highly specialized and dedicated workforce to fulfill mission critical requirements.

This Supervisory Personnel Psychologist position starts at a salary of $143,913.00, GS 14- step 1, with potential to $187,093.00, GS-14 step 10.