Job Description Our client is looking for a qualified industrial psychologist to join their team in Pietermaritzburg or Durban.
The ideal candidate will focus on optimising human resources within the work environment by combining elements of psychology and management.
This role involves developing effective, healthy, and productive employees through various intervention measures and recommendations.
Key responsibilities: 1.
PROBLEM DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION PLANNING Be able to diagnose the organisational problems and plan appropriate interventions by: conducting needs and risk analysis, assess client requirements and priorities, defining the goals and outcomes of chosen psychological interventions through applying contextual knowledge, techniques, analytical skills and insight, defining and setting goals for the interventions, communicating these effectively to the client/s and identifying criteria for effectiveness and goal achievement.
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INTERVENTION DESIGN Be able to design appropriate interventions through: Applying appropriate knowledge and insights of the South African population and psychological measurement theories and techniques, Designing and/or developing client centered solutions, Designing or adapting tests, instruments, systems, and methods for theclients benefit. 3.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Have the ability to use psychological assessments to: Diagnose and assess human behaviour in a workplace-related setting by applying knowledge, theories and techniques of both psychology and psychometrics, Diagnose workplace related psychopathology (for example trauma, stress, and burnout), Assess individual and group perceptions, attitudes and behaviours. Assess organisation-level perceptions, attitudes and behaviours related to structure, culture and management styles and practices, Determinate workforce characteristics or organisational structure andcontext (for example organisational design or job analysis to determine behavioural success criteria).
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE The Industrial Psychologist should: Enhance and/or promote individual, group or organisational well-being and optimal functioning, Identify and implement objectives and comprehensive person-orientated interventions that enhance optimal functioning of individuals, groups and organisations such as the implementation of practices that optimise the fit of individuals to jobs, leadership training, conflict resolution, mediation, coaching, career counselling and team development, Design interventions to identify, understand and promote various aspects of psychological well-being and resilience, including the ability to provide short-term counselling as part of individual and systemic interventions like post-trauma counselling, crisis counselling, and job stress related counselling, Facilitate interventions for individual and group processes to ensure effective organisational functioning. Design interventions that introduce changes in work environments. 5.
COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING The Industrial Psychologist should: Communicate the results of interventions and research to clients and other appropriate stakeholders taking ethical and confidentiality requirements into consideration, Provide verbal or written feedback on assessment and intervention results, Compile reports on the results of assessments and other intervention outcomes, Industrial Psychologist observes the regulatory framework, professional standards and codes of ethics and conduct.
Requirements Must be registered with the Professional Board for Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and comply with the regulations of the South African Board of Personnel Practice (SABPP).
Must provide at least 3 reference letters of institutions/organisations where the same/similar exercise had been undertaken Requirements T