Senior Psychometrician

Western Governors University•Salt Lake City, UT

19d•$86,000 - $129,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
Experience with Tableau or Power BI for data visualization.
Experience retrieving and manipulating data from databases using SQL, R, or Python.
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

Nice To Haves

Experience working in Higher Education

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.

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