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Executive Branch of the United States Government and is a $75 billion
Fortune 100 company. Employing more than 690,000 career employees, the
USPS is the nation's number two employer. In the more than two
centuries since USPS® began, it has grown and changed with America.
Today, the Postal Service receives and delivers over 680 million pieces
of mail to more than 143 million addresses and services over 7 million
customers daily at nearly 38,000 post offices. Mail is collected from
over 280,000 points - including street mailboxes - across the United
States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the American Virgin Islands and American
Samoa.

TITLE:
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST EAS - 23 NORMAN OK NC55478064

Position Information:
TITLE: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST
GRADE: EAS - 23
FLSA DESIGNATION: Exempt
OCCUPATION CODE: 0180-0002
NON-SCHEDULED DAYS: Saturday/Sunday
HOURS: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.


Functional Purpose:
Designs and conducts the more complex measurement and evaluation projects; develops and validates achievement and other assessment measures; and provides expertise in evaluation design, program evaluation, outcomes assessment, and survey design and development.

Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug
screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service's requirement to be drug free.
Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien
status.

The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, 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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Central Time, of the
posting's closing date. Applicants claiming veterans' preference must
attach a copy of member copy 4 (only) of Certificate of Release or
Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) or other proof of eligibility
if claiming 10-point veterans' preference. The United States Postal
Service (USPS) is an equal opportunity employer. The USPS provides
reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interview,
and/or selection process, please make your request to the examiner,
selecting official or local manager of Human Resources. This request can
also be made by someone on your behalf. Explain the nature of your
limitations and the accommodation needed. The decision on granting
reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

SPECIAL NOTE: Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to
apply to this posting.

1. Knowledge of Educational Psychology and/or Industrial/Organizational Psychology principles, theories and techniques, including research design, implementation and documentation, sufficient to provide practical business solutions to organizational and employee problems and issues.
2. Ability to use standard social science statistical analysis packages (e.g., SPSS) sufficient to draw appropriate conclusions from data.
3. Knowledge of professional and legal standards, principles and guidelines related to applied Industrial/Organizational Psychology, including employee selection and training evaluation, and organizational research and data collection protocols, sufficient to serve as an expert witness in legal proceedings.
4. Knowledge of all aspects of training assessment and evaluation practices, including job analysis, test development techniques, validation methodologies, item and test analysis processes, and practices and techniques for establishing minimum performance requirements.
5. Ability to conduct large scale surveys, including developing the study and sampling plan, collecting and analyzing the data, and reporting the findings.
6. Ability to write instructional or informational materials, technical and non-technical reports, and briefing papers.
7. Ability to communicate orally to make presentations, conduct group and individual interviews, and provide technical advice and information on programs, projects, policies and procedures.
8. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A graduate degree in Educational or Industrial/Organizational Psychology (or related area of study).
9. Knowledge of instructional systems design, including needs assessment, participant and program evaluation, and measurement, and curriculum design and development processes.
10. Ability to manage organization-wide research projects, including providing leadership and direction to project team members in the planning, organizing and coordination of the activities of customers, clients, and research participants.

For additional information, contact Troy Garcia at Talent@usps.gov.


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