Assessment Developer

Western Governors University • Raleigh, NC

3d • $66,800 - $100,100 • Onsite

About The Position

The assessment developer (AD) is responsible for the development and maintenance of Western Governors University’s (WGU) objective and performance-based assessments. An AD facilitates design and development workshops using industry best practices to ensure assessment validity and reliability. The individual combines strategic and creative thinking with efficient, time-sensitive execution to drive the creation of assessments and mitigate risks.
This is an on-site position located at our Raleigh, NC office, 4300 Edward Mills Rd, Suite 700, Raleigh, NC 27612.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree and all applicable licenses or certifications.
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• This role will serve as a demonstrated subject matter expert in job-relevant content or practice area.

Nice To Haves

• Project management experience (PMP certification preferred).
• Experience with both objective and performance assessment.
• Experience in online assessment and education.
• Experience managing vendor and external resources relationships.
• Strong experience with distance education and distance learning students.
• Terminal degree and all applicable licenses or certifications.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance Assessment Development work.

Responsibilities

• Manages the design and development process for both objective and performance assessments, including milestones and timelines, and tracks progress.
• Communicates project status updates to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Works with cross-functional teams to ensure projects have appropriate resources and realistic timelines and to solve any content-related issues regarding the assessments.
• Organizes and facilitates workshops for internal assessment development and review.
• Oversees subject matter expert involvement in the design, development, and review processes, as well as in the validation of an assessment’s congruency and accuracy.
• Maintains assessment design and development standards to ensure assessment integrity.
• Identifies and mitigates risks that may impact the quality or on-time delivery of assessments.
• Collaborates with the assessment team to define and execute assessment policies, processes, and best practices.
• Ensures alignment and consistency of assessments to WGU’s business objectives.
• Develops and implements item- and exam-level scoring guidelines and validates the successful implementation of these guidelines.
• Oversees assessment QA processes, identifying and resolving issues and trends, as required.
• Maintains knowledge of exam performance and makes necessary quality improvement adjustments throughout the exam lifecycle.
• Participates in cross-functional team to implement exam security measures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level