Personnel Research Psychologist

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Personnel Research and Assessment Division.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a team member in conducting job analysis and test development in accordance with regulatory and statutory guidelines governing the field of employee selection testing to include the Uniformed Guidelines on Employee Selection procedures.
• Working independently or as part of a team applying research techniques and measurement theories, principles, and practices to develop tools such as surveys or other assessments to meet organizational needs.
• Utilizing a major statistical analysis package such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, or Python to conduct statistical analyses.
• Leading a team in conducting job analysis and test development in accordance with laws and regulations.
• Leading others in applying research techniques and measurement theories, principles, and practices to develop tools such as surveys or other assessments to meet organizational needs.
• Developing new approaches, methods, techniques, and hypotheses related to assigned projects.
• Conducting research and development which contributes to the field of industrial/organizational psychology or equivalent applied research field.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
• You may be required to serve a one year probationary period during the first year of your initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment.

Qualifications

• Basic Education Requirement: You must provide supporting documentation in your application to show you meet the basic education requirement listed.
• Experience GS-13: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Serving as a team member in conducting job analysis and test development in accordance with regulatory and statutory guidelines governing the field of employee selection testing to include the Uniformed Guidelines on Employee Selection procedures. Working independently or as part of a team applying research techniques and measurement theories, principles, and practices to develop tools such as surveys or other assessments to meet organizational needs. Utilizing a major statistical analysis package such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, or Python to conduct statistical analyses. Conducting research and development independently or with others which contributes to the field of industrial/organizational psychology or equivalent applied research field.
• Experience GS-14: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Leading a team in conducting job analysis and test development in accordance with laws and regulations. Leading others in applying research techniques and measurement theories, principles, and practices to develop tools such as surveys or other assessments to meet organizational needs. Utilizing a major statistical analysis package such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R, or Python for Statistical Computing to conduct descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistical analyses. Developing new approaches, methods, techniques, and hypotheses related to assigned projects. Conducting research and development which contributes to the field of industrial/organizational psychology or equivalent applied research field.