Lead Psychometrician (Product Management and Development)
Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, York
Application Deadline: Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 10th March 2025
Reference number: 387281
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
About the job
The Government People Group exists to work with departments, professions, and functions to build a modern, effective Civil Service. We support the government workforce with the right skills and capability.
Our Vision
To embed best practice occupational psychology insights and solutions to support the future of the Civil Service, through delivery of high-quality psychometric tests and assessments.
Our Service
Acting as an internal consultancy to all of the Civil Service, we collaborate with government departments, functions, and professions to develop and deliver high-quality, customer-focused assessment products and solutions grounded in occupational psychology and psychometrics.
The Lead Psychometrician will lead on the psychometric development, testing, and system integration of a suite of online tests used for recruitment in the Civil Service. They will develop new content, carry out subject matter expert reviews, and lead the assembly and implementation of test products with our departmental customers.
Key responsibilities include:
Psychometric analysis
* Design and conduct psychometric and statistical analysis using CTT and IRT methods.
* Lead the development of new psychometric tests and research in the recruitment and assessment space.
Product Management and Development
* Manage the design, trialling, and delivery of content and assembly of tests and assessments.
* Manage test availability, integrity, and performance against agreed service standards.
Leadership
* Oversee the integrity of tests and assessments to provide accurate item and candidate performance data.
* Act as a subject matter expert for recruitment tests and assessments.
Person specification
In order to be successful in this role you will:
* Be degree educated in a numerate discipline with a strong statistics/psychometrics background.
* Be well versed in psychometric methods, modern statistical and psychometric theories, and test design.
* Have knowledge of SPSS and other statistical analysis packages.
* Have significant experience working in product delivery environments where high stakes assessment is carried out using computer-based testing.
* Have excellent oral/written and interpersonal communications, leadership, and management skills.
Behaviours
* Communicating and Influencing.
* Working Together.
Technical skills
* Managing development of assessment content.
* Conducting research and evaluation.
Do you see yourself as a talented individual that can achieve all this, progressing yourself and our team to the next level?
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