Senior Psychometrician
Role Overview
The Senior Psychometrician assists other Psychometricians in providing services to the Program Development Department.
This individual acts in a support role within the department, helping to provide expertise in the measurement and design of assessments.
The Senior Psychometrician helps to ensure the accuracy and validity of assessments and gathers data that is instrumental to improving students' performance at WGU.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Analyzes data from various types of assessments using a variety of statistical methods.
Under the guidance of more senior psychometricians, performs statistical analyses required for score reporting and data interpretation.
Under the guidance of more senior psychometricians, performs data analyses such as item analyses and reliability analyses.
Under the guidance of more senior psychometricians, creates graphs, charts, tables, and dashboards based on statistical analyses.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities: Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills within the team Strong time management skills Attention to detail in one's own work Ability to work well with a team, including following instructions and guidance of more senior team members.
Ability to produce analyses quickly.
Strong technical skills, including Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and capacity or experience with SAS, R, or other analytical or statistical packages.
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Minimum Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, Educational Psychology, or related field (e.g., Industrial/Organization Psychology) with an emphasis on quantitative methods or psychometrics One (1) year of experience in testing, research, or closely related fields such as statistics and data analysis Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in Higher Education Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.
- Position & Application Details
- Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
- How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.
- Additional Information
Preferred Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, Educational Psychology, or related field (e.g., Industrial/Organization Psychology) with an emphasis on quantitative methods or psychometrics One (1) year of experience in testing, research, or closely related fields such as statistics and data analysis Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in Higher Education Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.
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