Behavioral Psychologist

PKH Enterprises, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PKH Enterprises, LLC in Springfield, VA is seeking an experienced Behavioral Psychologist to support a federal intelligence customer on-site. The role advances insider threat detection, personnel security, risk assessment, and organizational resilience with expertise across intelligence, counterintelligence, security, and law enforcement communities.

The position requires a Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology, an active TS/SCI clearance, and at least 10 years of related

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Strong report writing, interviewing, consultation, and communication skills.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in operational, national security, or related psychology fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral science expertise supporting insider threat, personnel security, and threat management activities.
• Conduct direct and indirect psychological assessments and evaluate behavioral risk indicators.
• Collaborate with security, law enforcement, and investigative stakeholders on complex cases.
• Develop and deliver training, briefings, and educational programs.
• Prepare comprehensive reports and recommendations for leadership.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Report writing

Assessment interpretation

Communication skills

Education

Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology (APA-accredited)

Job description

Job Description

Behavioral Psychologist

Location: Springfield, VA (Onsite)

Clearance: Active TS/SCI Required; CI Polygraph eligible

Employment Type: Full-Time

PKH Enterprises is seeking an experienced Behavioral Psychologist to support a federal intelligence customer in advancing insider threat detection, personnel security, risk assessment, and organizational resilience initiatives. This role provides behavioral science expertise to mission partners across the intelligence, counterintelligence, security, and law enforcement communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral science expertise supporting insider threat, personnel security, counterintelligence, and threat management activities.
• Conduct direct and indirect psychological assessments and evaluate behavioral risk indicators.
• Collaborate with personnel security, law enforcement, and investigative stakeholders on complex cases.
• Develop and deliver training, briefings, and educational programs.
• Conduct research, policy reviews, literature reviews, and validation studies.
• Prepare comprehensive reports and recommendations for leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Current unrestricted psychology license in the United States.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in operational, national security, forensic, personnel, police, military, or corrections psychology.
• Experience conducting psychological assessments and interpreting test results.
• Strong report writing, interviewing, consultation, and communication skills.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting insider threat programs.
• Experience with ICD 704, personnel security adjudications, or continuous evaluation programs.
• Experience conducting forensic, fitness-for-duty, or public safety assessments.
• Intelligence Community or DoD experience.
• Experience collaborating with data scientists or behavioral modelers.

Company Description

PKH Enterprises (PKH) is a small, woman-owned professional services firm dedicated to helping clients address challenging policy and technology issues. The PKH team is comprised of professionals with varied backgrounds combining legal, policy and technical expertise and offers the services and experience of business process engineers, senior subject matter experts and certified project managers. Our diverse capabilities help our clients improve performance and achieve innovative solutions to their most complex business problems. Our clients turn to us as partners and trusted advisors, and depend on our ability to anticipate, recognize and address their specific needs. PKH has a reputation for excellence and remains dedicated to generating successful results for tasks at all levels of project execution.

PKH Enterprises is an Equal Opportunity Employer.