Subject Matter Expert Specialist

Are you an expert in educational measurement and psychometrics looking for a challenging role? We are seeking a highly skilled Subject Matter Expert to join our team.

The successful candidate will work as an on-site consultant for India's National Assessment Centre, PARAKH, NCERT. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and review items for large-scale assessments and surveys administered to millions of learners.

You will also be responsible for developing tools for holistic progress mapping, multidisciplinary teaching practices, and holistic assessments. Additionally, you will lead the development of Holistic Progress Cards for Preparatory and Secondary Stage by PARAKH.

• Provide expert knowledge of psychometrics, educational measurement, and large-scale educational testing programs to define and shape studies and activities to support the creation and successful operation of PARAKH
• Frame problems and propose solutions to the problems faced in establishing PARAKH
• Design and lead research studies, including overseeing the work of Psychometricians
• Consult external clients on psychometric and data issues related to conducting large-scale assessment programs and related topics
• Complete statistical and research plans and review results for reasonableness and accuracy
• Prepare reports and presentations of project study results and present these to the client
• Represent ETS India and ETS to the client
• Coordinate the work on Psychometricians at ETS India and all psychometric work with ETS HQ
• Conduct seminars on psychometric issues for staff, test committees, clients, and policy boards
• Coach and mentor staff, as appropriate
• Participate in interviewing and training staff as needed
• Contribute to training of client and ETS India staff on the principles of psychometrics and educational measurement

• Develop and review items for large-scale assessments and surveys

• Develop tools for holistic progress mapping, multidisciplinary teaching practices, and holistic assessments

• Lead the development of Holistic Progress Cards for Preparatory and Secondary Stage by PARAKH

• Provide expert knowledge of psychometrics, educational measurement, and large-scale educational testing programs

• Design and lead research studies

• Consult external clients on psychometric and data issues

• Complete statistical and research plans

• A master's degree in educational Measurement, English Literature, Linguistics, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics or a closely related field along with experience leading psychometric analysis and demonstrated expertise in educational measurement and psychometrics may be accepted
• Minimum 5-6 years' experience of working on learning assessment, Developing and reviewing English language content, test item design and capacity building - specifically in Languages (English)
• Experience working on at least three equivalent capacity building projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are also required
• One or more years of experience in educational measurement, quantitative psychology, or (applied) statistics, or teaching is required. Required experience may depend on educational training. Experience must include use of R, SAS or SPSS or other statistical computer packages (e.g. flexMirt) to conduct psychometric analyses in both classical test theory and item response theory. Experience may be gained through doctoral studies
• Proficiency with Microsoft office to support preparing reports, memos, presentations, and other communications or implementing spreadsheet applications. Familiarity with data visualization software such as Tableau or Power BI is a plus but is not required

• Psychometrics
• Educational Measurement
• Large-Scale Educational Testing Programs
• Item Response Theory
• Classical Test Theory
• R
• SAS
• SPSS
• FlexMirt
• Microsoft Office
• Tableau
• Power BI

This is an in-person role based in Delhi NCR