Title: Cognitive Performance Specialist BELONG. CONNECT. GROW. with KBR. Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. KBR is seeking a Cognitive Performance Specialist to help strengthen the physical and psychological health, resilience and performance of professional employees, to excel in KBR’s Science and Space division. The purpose of our Cognitive Performance Specialist Support Program is to provide specialists focused on optimizing mental and physical and to provide and sustain the effort of existing training and education programs across sites that KBR’s Science & Space division supports. The Cognitive Performance Specialist will be responsible for: Cognitive Performance Specialists shall instruct individuals in holistic approaches to strength and conditioning and resilience so that they can help ensure the resilience of professional employees. Cognitive Performance Specialists shall conduct training intake/registration to include initial organizational contact, observation, and development of training plans, provide all preparations for training events to include conducting research, tailoring course material, producing all course material and distributing course material to all training attendees, and shall facilitate all training events, grade student course materials, and document student grades in required databases. Cognitive Performance Specialists will assess training impact by distributing surveys at the close of each training activity, provide survey results and summarize training activities in an After-Action Review (AAR) for every training session conducted, and will provide the AAR to organizational leadership for all courses conducted within five workdays of training session completion, as well as a quarterly report with analyses of all data. Cognitive Performance Specialists will maintain records of trainings and observe instructors providing training and provide feedback on delivery of training. All Cognitive Performance Specialists will complete initial instructor certifications to ensure effective delivery. Cognitive Performance Specialists’ instruction will be geared toward the application of resilience and performance enhancement, how the training ties directly into organizational success, and how to incorporate resilience and performance enhancement into higher level guidance and training. Training will include concepts and skill building to build professional climates founded on mutual trust cohesion,, and empowering leaders at all levels to apply proven communication and fundamental developmental skills that support the organization’s principles for professional development, evaluating performance, developing critical thinking, knowledge, and skills to overcome challenges and to process and successfully adapt to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.. Training will focus on teaching participants how to cultivate and practice the practical application of resilient thinking, coping, and living, performance enhancement skills, leadership training, and similar processes. Cognitive Performance Specialists shall work as part of a team and provide participants with the adaptive and performance-based knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully complete required trainings. Training shall include general education in human performance along with personalized training on how to acquire and apply specific mental skills and techniques that cultivate mental and emotional strength. Cognitive Performance Specialists provide tailored educational programs and workshops to help individuals accomplish personal, professional, and family goals regardless of occupational environment. REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: + Education: Minimum of a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in the field of Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Counseling Education, Coaching Education, or Kinesiology with a specialized emphasis in sport and/or performance psychology. + Teaching or coaching experience. PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: + Certifications or memberships within a professional association related to their field of study, or able to obtain in a year of hire KBR BENEFITS KBR offers a wide range of benefits for their employees; we offer medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, retirement 401k, travel benefits, PTO, holidays, flexible work schedules, parental leave, military leave, education assistance, and the list goes on and on! We also support career advancement through professional training and development . INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.