Wgu
Associate Assessment Strategist
Salt Lake City, UT · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$74k-$110kDetected 7 days ago
Project ManagementResearchCollaboration
About the role
- Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
- Aids in the full lifecycle for an assigned portfolio of assessment products, ensuring alignment with assessment integrity policies.
- This is an on-site position located at our headquarters, 4001 South 700 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84107.
Responsibilities
- State and/or federal legislative requirements and/or college accreditation requirements may apply to maintain the necessary credentialing for this role.
- Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.
- Responsible for supporting the strategy, design, development, and maintenance of formative and high-stakes assessments within an assigned portfolio.
- This role collaborates with Assessment Strategists and leaders to ensure assessments meet the goals of the university and that assessment best practices have been followed.
- This role works closely with Assessment Strategists and Senior Assessment Strategists to assist in assessment design, development, and continuous improvement efforts for online assessment content.
- Collaborates with internal and external partners throughout the design, development, and deployment of assessments.
Requirements
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of assessment development practices
- Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and pay attention to detail.
- experience and training
- Understands and supports the alignment of assessment traverse with proficiencies, skills and competencies in programs, courses, and non-degree offerings.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively and creatively solve problems related to assessment design and development
- Practical understanding of teaching and learning, educational trends and research
- Demonstrated skill in providing training as well as persuasively explaining assessment policy and best practices
- Ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive improvement
- Ability to build relationships and work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Experience
- 2 years of relevant professional experience developing educational or licensure assessments at the course or program level.
- Experience with contemporary assessment practices and technology (e.g., adaptive assessment, competency-based assessment, psychometrics, technology-enhanced items, prototyping and validating new item types, test designs, etc.).
Compensation
- $73,500.00 - $110,200.00
Benefits
- Ensures alignment of assessments with best practices in competency-based education model and WGU assessment integrity policies.
- Provides input for the continuous improvement of student outcomes and overall health and quality assessments.
Company info
- Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.
Equal opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
- Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
- Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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