Industrial Psychologist 1 Jobs

Duties

• Writes and modifies job descriptions and qualifications/ requirements to describe the duties, responsibilities, and skills required to perform the job at entry. Collaborates with senior team members on restructure and job analytic projects.
• Receives and processes job architecture requests such as changes to job descriptions and grade levels. Conducts research to gather necessary information to begin request. Schedules and facilitates meetings with customers to identify request needs, to include changes in job and structure.
• Participates in job analysis studies (e.g., observations, focus groups, surveys) to gather work related information regarding specific job families to inform the development and modification of job architecture, assessments, competency models, and training programs. Compiles and analyzes job analytic data to identify tasks, job requirements, trends, patterns, and anomalies.
• Queries data and utilizes human resources information systems to complete analyses, create, revise, maintain, and retrieve job related information. Aggregates and formats data from multiple sources, and conducts analyses such as descriptive, correlations, regressions, factor analysis, and significance testing.
• Analyzes job information to define job roles and requirements and to determine the appropriate occupational group, classification, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation. Evaluates jobs to determine pay grades using methods such as point factor, factor comparison, and market pricing.
• Works collaboratively as a member of a team to support large-scale job analysis studies and competency models. Independently completes projects and assignments such as data analysis, research and reporting for small-scale job analysis and competency update projects.
• Uses standard operating procedures (SOPs), guidelines, and training materials for job classification and evaluation processes, policies, and methods.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or have permanent resident alien status.
• Must possess a Graduate Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a degree in a closely related field, which included a focus on job analysis methods and techniques from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation organization recognized and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Must submit to a Moderate Background Investigation (MBI) or Tier 2 investigation.

Other Conditions of Employment
The Organizational Effectiveness Department is currently seeking to fill 2 Industrial Psychologist position at Headquarters with the Job Analysis & Design group.
The successful applicant will work in our Job Analysis and Design team performing a variety of projects and assignments in support of organizational talent management goals. They will gather and analyzes job analysis data for use and application in job analysis studies, career pathing, competency modes and related projects. Documents job analysis results, evaluates, and classifies jobs and updates job descriptions, competency models, and related materials in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
Come work in an energetic, lively, and collegial atmosphere on a wide range of complex, fast-paced, challenging matters.
Qualifications

• Ability to write job descriptions using job analysis information sufficient to describe job functions, duties, responsibilities, and requirements/qualifications needed at entry.
• Knowledge of ethical, legal and professional standards related to testing and assessment development (i.e., Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures [EEO], Principles for the Development and Validation of Employee Selection Procedures [SIOP] and Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing [AERA, APA]).
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to technical and non- technical audiences sufficient to discuss organizational needs, job architecture processes and provide guidance to stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of job analytic techniques sufficient to identify potential methodologies for collecting job data and make recommendations regarding the appropriate application.
• Skill using statistical analysis software such as SPSS to conduct analyses such as descriptive, correlations, regressions and significance testing.
• EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess a Graduate Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a degree in a closely related field, which included a focus on job analysis methods and techniques from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation organization recognized and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Education.
• SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Applicant must submit to a Moderate Background Investigation (MBI) or Tier 2 investigation. This investigation requires, among other things, completion of a questionnaire and fingerprinting for a criminal records check. The investigation may require a drug test. The successful applicant will be required to meet and maintain the requirements of this level of background investigation while holding this position.
• Ability to use standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word) sufficient to develop deliverables (e.g., reports, presentations, documents) and graphically present data to diverse audiences.

Qualified applicant must successfully pass a drug screening.
Education
Please read the "Qualifications" section.
Benefits
Additional information
The salary will be based on previous experience, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.