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See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

• Serves as the INSCOM Command Psychologist, as Director of the Clinical and Organizational Behavioral Health providers, and does work as a clinical psychologist.
• Serves as consultant to the INSCOM Command Surgeon for psychological health-related matters and serves as the subject matter expert for psychological health support issues across the INSCOM enterprise.
• Provides psychological training/lectures, mentoring and support to INSCOM and 15 globally dispersed Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs) on relevant clinical, personnel and management matters as they pertain to overall wellness.
• Develops, writes, and implements Behavioral Health policies that are globally dispersed. Stakeholder for programs involving prevention/treatment of psychological problems that affect training, Soldier readiness, and Soldier health promotion.
• Consults on program development and evaluation methodology for INSCOM behavioral health programming and coordination with installation and regional behavioral health and health promotion assets.
• Communicates through executive summaries, information papers, memorandums, and briefings.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Must submit to a criminal history background investigation.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance based on a T5 (or equivalent level) investigation with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel may be required 20% or less of the time.
• Must meet credentialing and certification requirements for this series.
• Must meet degree and licensure requirements for privileging at the independent practitioner level, Reference AR 40-68.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating
• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• 5-Point Veterans' Preference
• Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Prior Federal Service Employee
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position

Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Must have a Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical psychology. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts to your application.)

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS listed below:
To qualify, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GG/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Serving as a consultant and subject matter expert for psychological and behavioral health issues across a large enterprise; Providing psychological training, mentoring and support on relevant clinical, personnel and management matters as they pertain to overall wellness; Developing and implementing Behavioral Health policy; Running, evaluating and developing programs involving prevention and treatment of psychological problems that affect training, readiness, health promotion; and Serving as clinical psychologist.

Applicants will be evaluated to determine if they meet the minimum qualification requirements and desired specialized experience listed above. Additionally, your resume should show that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) associated with the position:
1. Mastery of a wide range of concepts, principles and practices in the field of psychology which would have been gained through higher graduate study and/or experience and skill applying knowledge learned to difficult and complex work assignments.
2. Knowledge in psychological assessment, industrial/organizational psychology, behavioral health, behavioral research, organizational effectiveness, operational psychology, performance enhancement and training.
3. Knowledge of the programs, policies, management objectives, principles, and oral/written procedures for accomplishing psychological assessment work. Including expert knowledge of interviewing techniques consisting of development, structure, conduct, evaluation, and assessment of results.
4. Ability to prepare detailed written reports including briefing charts, diagrams, and other illustrations to support study conclusions. Ability to present findings and recommendations in formal and informal oral presentations.
5. Knowledge of and skill in developing training programs and providing instruction.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Behavioral Health Program/Policy Management
• Advanced Psychological Principles and Practices (Technical Competence)
• Senior-Level Communication

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET! Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• This position has an individual occupational requirement for education. To meet this requirement you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses
• This position requires a job-related license or certification. Must meet degree and licensure requirements for privileging at the independent practitioner level, Reference AR 40-68. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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