Senior Director, Assessment

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $147k - $158k / year

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PA Education Association

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1972

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

Healthcare • Consulting • Education

PA Education Association (PAEA) is the only national organization representing PA educational programs, providing professional development and resources tailored for PA educators, students, and program directors. Through advocacy, leadership development, and various assessment tools, PAEA aims to enhance the quality of education within the healthcare field, ensuring that graduates are knowledgeable and competent in their roles as Physician Assistants.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategy, planning, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of current and future assessment products and services • Align assessment priorities with organizational goals and member needs • Monitor developments in educational measurement, psychometrics, assessment technology, artificial intelligence, and health professions education • Collaborate with organizational leaders on assessment initiatives, business planning, and product development • Oversee the full assessment lifecycle, including blueprint development, item banking, test construction, administration, scoring, scaling, equating, standard setting, reporting, quality assurance, and technical documentation • Ensure assessments are valid, reliable, fair, accessible, secure, legally defensible, and compliant with standards and policies • Lead psychometric analyses and measurement research • Guide development and use of data tools, analytical solutions, and measurement technologies • Communicate technical findings, score interpretation guidance, and assessment information to technical and nontechnical audiences • Supervise, coach, and mentor Assessment staff; manage performance and foster cross-functional alignment • Support staff development, professional participation, knowledge sharing, cross-training, and succession planning • Oversee exam development, production schedules, budgets, resource allocation, volunteer engagement, and vendor performance • Coordinate assessment staff, subject matter experts, vendors, and external partners • Implement process improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, scalability, sustainability, and stakeholder experience • Represent PAEA through presentations, publications, workshops, consultation, and professional service • Strengthen members’ assessment literacy through educational programming, consultation, score interpretation resources, and dissemination of best practices • Protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of assessment materials, data, and processes • Coordinate incident response, risk mitigation, and compliance activities

🎯 Requirements

• Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, or equivalent) in Psychometrics, Educational Measurement, Quantitative Psychology, Educational Psychology, Statistics, Research Methodology, or a closely related field • Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in assessment, psychometrics, educational measurement, testing, or related fields • Minimum of 3 years of supervisory or leadership experience managing professional staff and complex projects • Deep knowledge of Classical Test Theory, Item Response Theory, Rasch measurement, standard setting, test development, validation, scoring, equating, and assessment reporting • Demonstrated experience leading assessment programs, initiatives, or portfolios • Experience managing external vendors, consultants, and stakeholder relationships • Strong strategic planning, organizational leadership, and project management skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences • Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead complex cross-functional initiatives • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills • Demonstrated commitment to assessment quality, fairness, accessibility, and continuous improvement • Must be authorized to work in the United States • Experience in health professions education and assessment preferred • Experience developing innovative assessment products, technologies, or services preferred • Record of professional presentations, publications, or contributions to the assessment and measurement field preferred • Experience managing assessment security programs and policies preferred • Experience with R, data visualization tools, assessment platforms, and modern analytical technologies preferred • Active involvement in professional measurement or testing organizations preferred • Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodation

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Paid time off • Paid holidays • 403(b) retirement plan with an 8% employer contribution • Monthly wellness stipend • Professional development funding • Tuition assistance • Periodic travel to all-staff meetings, PAEA events, professional development opportunities, and other necessary meetings

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