Director Sports Psychology

Duties:

• To serve as the Director of Sport Psychology services, mental health performance advisor, and liaison for the USAFA Athletic Department. Serves as the Athletic Department Sport Psychologist, consultant, and resource to all staff members supporting the AD mission with the goal of building resiliency, enhancing human performance, and improving unit mission effectiveness.
• Serves as subject matter expert (SME) and consultant on Sports Psychology matters for AD leadership, the Mountain West Conference (MWC), other conference affiliates, athletic coaches, and cadet-athletes, ensuring all Sports and Performance Psychology services provided throughout USAFA/AD meet or exceed the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association of Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) standards and ethics.
• Delivers crisis intervention to individuals with complex behavioral health conditions and refers individuals with complex and severe mental health issues to the installation Mental Health Clinic or other appropriate Medical Facility.
• Utilizes information gathered by direct observations, client interactions, and treatment, as well as interviews with teams to select or develop evidence-based initiatives to mitigate identified hazards and barriers to optimal health and performance, and to enhance resiliency.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• The selected candidate will be subject to a security investigation leading to successful completion of a background investigation with a favorable adjudication. The selectee's failure to meet this requirement will be grounds for termination.
• Essential qualities expected of every faculty member include the personal attributes of integrity, industry, cooperation, initiative, and breadth of intellectual interests.
• Bachelor?s degree (see Qualifications for required academic disciplines)
• The salary shown is the minimum (Annual) amount to be paid and may be set higher commensurate with individual's qualifications and experience.
• You will be required to serve a 1-year trial period.