National OD Psychologist & Leadership Coach

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' VHA National Center for Organization Development seeks a Psychologist (National Manager) to lead and oversee national coaching and organizational development initiatives across the agency.

The role requires a doctoral degree in psychology, active license, and ICF credentials with PCC within 12 months. The position emphasizes policy advisement, stakeholder collaboration, and maintaining a high-performance coaching network with telework options.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in psychology from an APA-accredited program and hold an active license to practice psychology

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation and oversight of VHA's Leadership Coaching Program, establishing strategic initiatives that foster a system-wide coaching culture and advance organizational effectiveness across the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Manage operations and analytics of the coaching program, including coaching applications, databases, and SharePoint
• Plan, direct and evaluate complex organizational development and leadership coaching initiatives using qualitative methods to assess program effectiveness, monitor performance metrics, and recommend improvements
• Provide executive-level consultation on leadership development, organizational effectiveness, coaching strategies, policy implementation, and workforce engagement
• Develop and sustain the national coaching infrastructure by recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, credentialing, and developing internal leadership coaches
• Collaborate with national, VISN, facilities, and external stakeholders to develop policies, partnerships and innovative leadership development initiatives
• Coordinate work schedule considerations, including compressed/flexible scheduling and telework where applicable

Skills

Policy communication

Leadership coaching

Organizational development

Research methods

Stakeholder management

Education

Doctoral degree in psychology

Job description

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' VHA National Center for Organization Development seeks a Psychologist (National Manager) to lead and oversee national coaching and organizational development initiatives across the agency.

The role requires a doctoral degree in psychology, active license, and ICF credentials with PCC within 12 months. The position emphasizes policy advisement, stakeholder collaboration, and maintaining a high-performance coaching network with telework options.