Position Overview & Specifications
Key responsibilities:
- Work closely with a broad range of partners and customers, using the consultancy cycle to understand their HR needs and challenges, and to identify appropriate, evidence-based solutions based on occupational psychology research, equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) advice and best practice
- Provide occupational psychology and organisational development expertise to a broad range of HR project work that may include (but not be limited to):
- talent management and career development, both internal within MI6 and across the Joint Behavioural and Social Science (JBaSS) community
- leadership development
- behaviour change techniques across organisational change, communications and strategy
- internal assessment and selection
- employee engagement
- appraisal development
- Further embed our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) across our people practices and working culture
- Champion of behaviour change approaches across the UK’s Inteligence Services’ behavioural science teams and other government departments
- Drive and utilise internal and external occupational psychology, HR and behaviour change research and innovation
Essential job related skills/knowledge/qualifications required:
- Chartered Occupational Psychologist (HCPC Registered)
- MSc in Organisational or Occupational Psychology or equivalent
- BPS accredited test user in Occupational Ability and Personality testing (Level A and Level B)
- Experience and expertise in:
- Customer/stakeholder consultation at multiple stages of the consultancy cycle
- Delivery of complex occupational psychology requirements in a broad range of HR contexts
- EDI-related knowledge and practice in an occupational context
- Organisational development and change
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis, with proficiency in MS Excel and ability to conduct statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS or similar statistical packages
Desirable:
- In-house consultancy experience
- OP Chartership supervisor and assessor experience
- Experience and expertise in organisational behavioural change
- Job analysis research
- Delivery of OP expertise in a security context