*Job Description:*Type of Requisition:Pipeline
*Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:*Secret
*Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:*Top Secret
*Public Trust/Other Required:*None
*Job Family:*Healthcare Services
*Skills:*Job Qualifications:Cognitive Training, Health Outcomes, Human Performance, Researching, Special Operations
*Certifications:*None
*Experience:*3 + years of related experience
*US Citizenship Required:*Yes
*Job Description:*We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important.
We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can’t turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Cognitive Enhancement Practitioner joining our team to support customer activities.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cognitive Enhancement Advisor supporting our customer, you will be trusted to provide clinical support.
The Cognitive Enhancement Advisor provides advanced cognitive performance training, assessment, and program development to enhance mental, emotional, and neurocognitive readiness. The CEA applies evidence‑based psychological, neurocognitive, and psychophysiological methods to improve attention, working memory, emotional regulation, adaptive thinking, stress management, and decision‑making in high‑pressure environments. This role includes designing and delivering individual and group training, advising leadership on cognitive performance strategies, and supporting research and evaluation initiatives.
*HOW A COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:** Serves as the unit’s senior cognitive performance technical expert, advises leadership and stakeholders on all aspects of the cognitive performance program, recommends cognitive performance training priorities, and works with unit personnel to expand and embed cognitive performance initiatives into unit training. * Serve as a unit’s cognitive program manager with duties including but not limited to: + Identify and recommend mission specific cognitive priorities + Develop appropriate training materials and techniques, which may be individual, group-based, or embedded within unit training events + Establish and maintain relationships with unit leadership and training personnel to ensure continued utilization of Cognitive personnel and training + Advise unit leadership on matters relating to cognitive performance and performance psychology + Identify, track, and monitor unit specific metrics to ensure program effectiveness
*WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:*EDUCATION: Doctoral degree in the field of Psychology, Human Performance, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sport Sciences with a specialization in Sport Psychology, or related degree with performance psychology specialization.
CLEARANCE: Secret or Top-Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.
LOCATION: Various OCONUS & CONUS SITES
This is a contingent posting, expected to start in 2027.*GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:** 401K with company match * Comprehensive health and wellness packages * Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career * Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications * Cutting-edge technology you can learn from * Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
*Scheduled Weekly Hours:*40
*Travel Required:*Less than 10%
*Telecommuting Options:*Onsite
Work Location:USA NC Fort Bragg
Additional Work Locations:*Total Rewards At GDIT:*Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
*Our Identity Verification Process:*As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
*About Our Work:*We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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