Occupational Psychologist

Responsibilities :

• Performance appraisal, coaching and career development
• Assess job performance of individuals and their teams
• Training, learning and development
• Employee relations and motivation
• Study consumer behavior to help our employees understand what our customers are looking for
• To develop employee personality and skill assessment tests
• Job design
• Psychometric assessment
• Mediate in situations where there is conflict between employees and management or an employment dispute
• Analyse the training needs of employees, identify skills gaps, and decide how to address that gap in a cost-effective manner

Other responsibilities :

Improving the Hiring Process :

One of the main reasons companies hire an IO psychologist is to improve the process they use for hiring and retaining employees. You will understand the types of candidates the company needs to fill job openings. For example, you may help design the initial screening process. This can improve the suitability of candidates who make it to the interview.

Addressing Human Resource Issues :

HR departments can benefit from the insight of a qualified IO psychology professional. In some settings, a personnel psychologist helps employees facing a stressful work life. You will advise employees struggling to deal with a coworker and help them improve their professional values. As an IO, you will also assess performance gaps that will help employees grow and add value to their organization.

Optimizing Workplace and process :

IO psychologists are valuable because they can increase the employee's productivity and job satisfaction. IO recognize how employee mental health correlates to job performance and worker productivity. We expect you to optimize workflow throughout the company. You will be responsible for testing different office floor plans and finding ways to improve communications and team collaboration among different departments.

Requirements

Skills :

Emotional Intelligence :

Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify one's emotions and those of others and respond to them appropriately. IO psychologists work with diverse groups of individuals in a wide variety of settings, so they must always appeal to unique personalities and learning styles. Given that work and other organizational relationships are challenging to navigate, they frequently interact with people at their most vulnerable. The ability to balance empathy with professional boundaries is essential in this role.

Data Analysis :

IO psychology is one of those fields which is focused on both people and data. The success of their work is measured by both individual wellbeing as well as improvements in entire organizations. Whether it is employee workplace satisfaction, human capital retention, or effectiveness of training sessions, IO psychologists must be able to gather and analyze data on the outcome of each project they work on.

Negotiation and Persuasion :

The workplace is full of compromises, and as an industrial-organizational psychologist, you may be the main negotiator. Whether brokering compensation packages, contracts, or disputes between two parties, you will need to find viable and satisfactory solutions for all. You will also want to be able to present your ideas accurately and persuasively.

Qualifications :

Bachelors / BS or Masters / MS in Psychology, Industrial / Organizational Psychology or any other relative field from HEC recognized Pakistani or reputable foreign universities.

Work mode : Work from Office.

Shift Time : 10am-7pm

Location :

DHA Sector F Rwp #J-18808-Ljbffr