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Personnel Psychologist
National Nuclear Security Administration · Posted 61 days ago
About the Role
As a Personnel Psychologist, you will be responsible for personnel assessment, selection system design, organizational development, and talent analytics. You will develop, validate, implement, and evaluate human capital initiatives, selection instruments, and performance management systems that support the National Nuclear Security Administration's mission. This announcement will close on July 23, 2026 or once 75 applications are received, whichever occurs first.
What You'll Do
- →As a Personnel Psychologist, you will: Lead the end-to-end design, development, and implementation of high-stakes, customized personnel assessment tools (e.g., structured interviews, cognitive ability tests, situational judgment tests, work sample assessments, biographical data inventories, and personality profiles) targeted for professional, technical, administrative, and leadership positions.
- →Conceptualize, design, and direct large-scale applied research initiatives linking pre-employment assessment scores to post-hire performance metrics, turnover rates, promotion rates, and organizational commitment.
- →Prepares technical reports, white papers, and executive briefings detailing research findings, validation studies, and actionable resource recommendations for agency leadership.
- →Serve as an agency-wide technical expert and trusted advisor to senior executives, hiring managers, and HR Specialists on cutting-edge human capital developments, modern selection science, and workforce planning strategies.
- →Designs, develops, and delivers instructional training programs for HR specialists and Subject Matter Experts on job analysis methodologies, structured interviewing techniques, cognitive bias mitigation, and consensus rating protocols.
- →Represent the agency on interagency workgroups, professional panels, and committees related to federal workforce planning and assessment standards.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing thereafter.
- ✓Failure to test or a positive result on random drug tests conducted after appointment may result in removal from Federal employment.
- ✓If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
- ✓See www.sss.gov.
- ✓If selected, your appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- ✓This position has been designated as Critical Sensitive and requires a security clearance at Q Access.
- ✓The selectee is required to obtain and maintain this clearance; failure to do so may result in separation from federal service.
- ✓You are required to submit OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of entering the position and annually.
- ✓You may be required to successfully complete a one (1) year probationary period.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
- ✓You must submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution listing the college/university, degree confirmation date(s) and applicable courses for the position you are applying to.
Personality Fit
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