Associate Assessment Developer, Salt Lake City, UT

WGU; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Healthcare benefits

Wellbeing program

Tuition discounts

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Holidays

Job summary

WGU is seeking a dedicated professional to design and develop assessments for online, competency-based degree programs. You will guide milestones, engage SMEs, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure assessment integrity and alignment with university objectives.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree, 2+ years of experience in assessment development, and can travel up to 20% for company events and summits. This full-time role offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Two or more years of professional experience in assessment development.
• Progress toward advanced degree and applicable licenses or certifications.
• Experience may substitute for education at hiring discretion.
• Occasional travel up to 20% for company summits and events.

Responsibilities

• Manages the design and development process for assessments, including milestones and timelines.
• Communicates project status updates to cross-functional teams.
• Organizes and facilitates workshops for internal assessment development and review.
• Oversees SME involvement in design, development, and validation of assessment congruency and accuracy.
• Maintains assessment design standards to ensure integrity.
• Identifies and notifies leadership of risks affecting quality or on-time delivery.
• Collaborates with assessment team and leadership to execute policies and best practices.
• Ensures alignment of assessments to WGU’s business objectives.
• Develops and implements scoring guidelines and validates implementations.
• Participates in QA processes to identify issues and trends.
• Executes plans to maintain exam performance and quality improvements.
• Participates in cross-functional teams to implement exam security measures.

Skills

Group facilitation

Communication

Organization & time management

Project management

Scheduling & commitments

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. 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.

Pay Range: $60,600.00 - $90,900.00

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
• 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 notifies leadership of risks that may affect the quality or on-time delivery of assessments
• Collaborates with the assessment team and departmental leadership to 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
• Participates in the assessment QA processes, identifying and resolving issues and trends, as required
• Executes plans to maintain exam performance and implement necessary quality improvement adjustments throughout the exam lifecycle
• Participates in cross-functional team to implement exam security measures

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to facilitate groups and meetings in person and remotely
• Strong written, oral, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively
• Ability to manage schedules and commitments

Education

• Bachelor’s degree

Experience

• Two or more years of professional experience in assessment development
• Successful progress towards advanced degree and applicable licenses or certifications

Experience in lieu of education

Relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for the education requirement. Generally, one year of relevant experience may substitute for one year of education, at the hiring manager’s discretion.

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.

Additional Information

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.