Industrial Organizational (IO) Psychologist

Are you passionate about designing and delivering reliable valid personnel assessments
Do you bring hands-on experience in talent management consulting and a strong foundation in industrial-organizational psychology or related disciplines

ICF is seeking professionals with years of experience conducting job analyses and competency modeling; developing and validating personnel assessments; performing psychometric and workforce data analyses; and supporting legally defensible selection systems.

In this role you will lead and contribute to assessment and research projects from end to endmanaging project activities conducting research and validation studies advising clients on assessment strategy and methodology preparing technical documentation and briefing materials and translating complex findings into clear actionable insights for non-technical audiences.

If you are excited to apply your expertise to meaningful high-impact work and grow with a collaborative mission-driven organization ICF is growingand wed love to hear from you.

Your main responsibility will be to use your experience to provide innovative solutions for Federal clients on assessment development administration validation and workforce research. Your comprehensive knowledge of principles applications methodologies theories and standards of personnel research and human resource management and experience with applied measurement methods psychometrics and validation will be leveraged to improve and modernize talent management to ensure that our client has a quality workforce prepared to meet current and future demands.

What else is in it for you You will gain exposure to large innovative projects interact with experts in the field all while building content knowledge and consulting skills. You will work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. Our Federal clients include organizations within nearly every Cabinet-level agency of government.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of innovative timely and high quality organizational and workforce solutions and services typically working on multiple projects with all levels of staff
• Conduct applied HR research including developing implementing and maintaining effective assessments for personnel selection promotion career development and organizational effectiveness
• Analyze job requirements (e.g. tasks and competencies) to support development of testing and career development tools
• Develop and validate personnel assessment tools for selection or promotional purposes
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing HR systems and tools and provide recommendations
• Support the collection and analysis of data and conduct psychometric research including planning and conducting analyses to draw practical conclusions and answer research questions
• Describe results of statistical analyses in practical language and implications that our clients can understand and use
• Develop technical and non-technical reports briefings slide decks white papers memos and other documentation
• Ensure mandated laws rules and regulations are properly assessed for potential impact on work initiatives
• Assist in conducting meetings workshops trainings and briefings
• Build relationships with Federal clients

Basic Qualifications:

• Education and Experience Requirements: Candidates must hold an advanced degree in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology level determined by education and relevant postdegree experience: juniorlevel candidates require a Masters degree with at least six (6) months of relevant experience or a Ph.D.; midlevel candidates require a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience with a Masters degree or two (2) years of relevant postdegree experience with a Ph.D.; and seniorlevel candidates require a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience with a Masters degree or six (6) years of relevant postdegree experience with a Ph.D. with experience directly related to the task requirements.
• Min 1 year of experience in assessment development psychometrics and validation
• Min 1 year of experience consulting on military or Federal Human Resources or Talent Management
• Min 1 year of experience providing project management support including resolving complex issues establishing and maintaining timelines monitoring project work activities and communicating project status
• Min 1 years of experience with statistical software (e.g. SAS SPSS R and or others) and data visualization software (e.g. Tableau or MS Power BI)
• Intermediate or advanced proficiency with MS Office Applications (Outlook PowerPoint Word Excel and MS Project)

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience providing technical guidance to others
• Knowledge of test theory psychometric methodology statistics and research methods to assist in developing assessment tools and related instruments
• Ability to communicate technical/statistical information to non-technical audiences
• Experience designing and analyzing assessments and/or surveys (e.g. item writing reliability validity)
• Exceptional research and writing skills
• Oral presentation and facilitation skills

Professional Skills:

• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision making capabilities
• High attention to detail
• Superior interpersonal skills including courtesy professionalism and a cooperative attitude
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment under strict deadlines
• Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism including ability to exercise good judgment discretion tact and diplomacy
• Flexibility to handle multiple priorities and to work limited overtime as necessary
• Ability to work with all levels of internal staff outside clients and vendors
• Ability and interest in learning new software tools and in transferring knowledge
• Ability and willingness to develop and deliver presentations
• Sound business ethics including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
• Knowledge of the Federal sector

Working at ICF

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: