Insightful In-house Psychologist - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Expert

Ever wanted to help a high-impact community to thrive on its ambitious journey? Do you want to play a key role in building a deliberately developmental organization? Read on! 

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Who are we? We are Laminar Projects!

We are an award winning consultancy that implements technology to improve the delivery of complex construction projects. Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation. (Watch our short film about it) 

We also have a separate product team, Shape Construction, that takes the deep understanding of the projects we work on to develop construction management software products. 

The core of all this is our true secret sauce; people. We only recruit kind and authentic people who are fast learners. We are deeply focused on designing a new type of place that is optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. This approach has allowed us to grow from just 2 people in 2017 to over 170 today and we are still very much at the beginning! Joining us isn’t just some “job”, we challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life. 

Our vision is designed to align how we operate with the fundamental aspects that enable anyone to have a fulfilled life: 

• Connects us with meaningful relationships 
• Inspires us to develop ourselves to become better humans 
• Empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures 
   

4 core values for a good life 

We believe a life of human flourishing is all about meaningful relationships with others and challenging yourself to create a positive impact. Our four core values are grow yourself, care about people, execute to greatness and build civilisation. This philosophy goes much deeper and you can see more on our website. 
 

We are achieving this vision through the following two missions:  

1. To fully digitise the construction of human civilisation 
2. To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society 
    

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The Role 

Purpose of the Role

It´s part of our commitment to provide the best help possible to each person of our Team. 

At this stage, we are aiming to develop fundamental core skills among the Team. Your role will be to work directly with small groups of people and coach them to ensure they assimilate those fundamental skills and that their learning process is effective and permanent.  

Additionally, life spheres have unpredictable challenges, and for that reason, we want to support everyone to be able to overcome difficult situations but also to progress toward human flourishing. Your role will also be to integrate an established group of coaches/clinical psychologists to help make this happen.  

The Team 

In our People Operations team, we take care of our team and enable human flourishing. Our team covers a broad range of areas including onboarding, engagement, learning & development, compensations & benefits, legal & compliance and Coaching & Mentoring. You will act as a confidential professional just as you have as a registered professional. 
 

Your top 3 objectives 

1. To enable our team to be as efficient as possible 
2. To create scalable and repeatable solutions 
3. To develop yourself and everyone around you 

Examples of how you will support our Team: 

1. Integrate the coaching team for individual sessions: Monthly 1:1 sessions 
2. Promote well-being, work-life balance, and new learnings. 
3. Providing guidance on organisational changes to improve flourishing 
4. Referring people for outside help for serious issues that require more attention  
    

Your top 5 responsibilities 

1. Own strategically critical projects: Support cross-functional teams in developing and implementing systems, procedures, and best practices, improving how we operate. This could be anything from firefighting a critical area to setting up a new geographic office to leading a general improvement initiative 
2. Design & implement systems and processes: You will have the opportunity to drive the backbone of the business, by setting up new systems and upskilling our processes. You’ll help us do things in a better and more data-driven way 
3. Report and inform: Provide simple actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver efficiently and effectively. Develop and monitor operational metrics, auditing our processes as required 
4. Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long-term impact is achieved 
5. Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well 

Your Capabilities

As an Insightful In-house Psychologist - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Expert at Laminar, an ideal candidate would:  
 

Must-Have (The fundamentals) 

• MA in psychology from a university, college or school recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)  
• Has completed a minimum of two hundred (200) hours of supervised practicum/internship/clinical experience related to services enumerated in paragraph (b)of Section 3 of the Republic Act 10029 or the Psychologist Law of Portugal  
• Certified and Licensed  
• 5+years’ experience as a full-time therapist  
• Extensive experience in the CBT techniques  
• Demonstrates an understanding of theories and practices of psychopathology including psychological treatments  
   

Nice to Have (If you don’t have it now you will after joining) 

• Leadership/performance coaching experience (Desirable)  
• Comfortable in teaching groups, coaching, group dynamics, and other learning possibilities  
• English native or Bilingual (nice to have)
   

Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true: 

• You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge 
• You like to be the smartest person in the room 
• You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback 
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team 
   

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Salary and Benefits 

Standard Stuff 

• Competitive salary dependent on location and capability  
• Paid Annual Leave 25 days + statutory Bank Holidays 
• Private health insurance 
• Discretionary bonus scheme for all team members. 
• All required travel costs outside of your local area are covered 
   

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The Life-Changing Stuff 

• Flexibility: Getting things done is what really matters, not what time of day you do it. That means you don’t have to ask permission for things like picking up your kids or going to the doctor, just keep your team in the loop if you think they will be affected.  

• Grow your whole self: Our leaders are more like coaches and one of our main objectives is to give 5 years’ worth of learning and development for every 1 year with us. You have a coach, mentor, well-being therapist and a development-orientated environment: That’s literally what our vision is all about and the primary reason Laminar exists. 

• Be surrounded by the best: We only hire and retain the very best people. You might be used to being the smartest in the room but that won’t be the case in Laminar. You will be surrounded by people you can learn from. We are 100% meritocratic so fast progression is the norm. You will be supported to excel in whichever areas you are most interested in! With Laminar, development is unbounded 

• Long-term impact: We are focused on solving the biggest issues in construction project delivery in a way that can spread and outlast us 
   

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Applying properly!!! Important!!! 

We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:  

• Why do you want to join us?   
• If you joined, where do you think you could make the most impact and how? 
   

We aren't a giant faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team so all applications will be read thoroughly by our key leaders. 

In terms of application, we usually start with an intro call to tell you what we are all about in a casual conversation. That helps you to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself.