Industrial Organizational (I​/O) Psychologist ICF

Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychologist Description

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 end—managing 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 growing—and we’d 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. This opportunity will in on-site in the office in DC.

• 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

• Education and Experience Requirements:
  
  Candidates must hold an advanced degree in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology, level determined by education and relevant post‑degree experience: junior‑level candidates require a Master’s degree with at least six (6) months of relevant experience or a Ph.D.; mid‑level candidates require a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree or two (2) years of relevant post‑degree experience with a Ph.D.;
  
  and senior‑level candidates require a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree or six (6) years of relevant post‑degree experience with a Ph.D., with experience directly related to the task requirements.
• Min 1 year of experience in assessment…