MENTAL PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT
What you'd do
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Major duties
You will utilize skills in the practice and theory of sport and mental performance coaching to enhance health, wellness, and performance of Marines in tactical and training environments as part of primary prevention. You will enhance positive perceptions of physical activity and operational training. You will provide education, assessment, practical skills and tools associated with cognition, personal and professional perceptions, confidence, resilience, and motor skill development. You will incorporate biofeedback and neurofeedback for performance enhancement and administer attentional, interpersonal style, and other testing methods or mental performance inventories associated with job tasks and MOS of Marines and Units. You will attend and participate in Marine physical training sessions, and provides services as needed during land, water or crossover-based training sessions and supports unit training events in the field and onsite at unit locations.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: developing short and long-term mission-specific performance programs; consulting with individuals regrading assessments, goal setting, and performance plan development; and leading structured group or individual mental performance consultations and sessions. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-science-series-0101/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Before you apply
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