Senior Psychometrician & Data Analytics Lead

Western Governors University; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Tuition discounts

Health benefits

Job summary

Western Governors University in Salt Lake City seeks a Senior Psychometrician to enhance measurement quality for online degree programs. You will analyze assessment data, perform item and reliability analyses, and support score reporting and interpretation for better student outcomes.

Proficiency with Excel, SAS, R, Python, SQL, and data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI is required. Strong collaboration with faculty and teams is essential to drive improvements in assessments.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, Educational Psychology, or related field with emphasis on quantitative methods.
• At least 1 year of experience in testing, research, or closely related fields such as statistics and data analysis.
• Experience in Higher Education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes data from various types of assessments using statistical methods.
• Performs item analyses and reliability analyses under guidance of senior staff.
• Creates graphs, charts, tables, and dashboards based on statistical analyses.
• Supports score reporting and data interpretation to improve student outcomes.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Excel

SQL

Python

R

SAS

Team collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree in Psychometrics/related field

Tools

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Western Governors University in Salt Lake City seeks a Senior Psychometrician to enhance measurement quality for online degree programs. You will analyze assessment data, perform item and reliability analyses, and support score reporting and interpretation for better student outcomes.

Proficiency with Excel, SAS, R, Python, SQL, and data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI is required. Strong collaboration with faculty and teams is essential to drive improvements in assessments.