It currently has approx. 32,000 members, including Student Subscribers. Contributing towards the fulfilment of these responsibilities the Society offers several qualifications based on professional examinations. In most of these fields the Society offers its own professional examinations for candidates who have not attended a postgraduate degree course at a university. A degree from an accredited professional applied psychology Training Course, or pass in one of the professional examinations offered by the Society, is often a necessary but not always a sufficient qualification to gain entry to one of the Society's professional Divisions, for example, clinical psychology or educational psychology, and also to register as a Chartered Psychologist.
Psychology is a rapidly growing and developing profession based on the scientific discipline.
Consequently, the work demands on an Administrator will not be static. Although the main focus of this post will be in the area of the administration of examinations and qualifications offered by the Society, all members of staff need to be willing to take on new responsibilities as they arise and to assist others in the office by helping out at times of overload in other areas. A component of the work will be answering enquiries from Society members and members of the public. Thus a flexible attitude to the work is needed. Other staff serve as general administrators and committee secretaries to some of the Boards and Standing Committees, as well as having a key role to play in advising the Admissions Committees on the psychology qualifications of applicants for membership.