Associate Assessment Developer

Bachelor’s degree or Associate degree with equivalent work experience.
Successful progress towards an advanced degree and applicable licenses or certifications.
2+ years of professional work experience.
Demonstrated subject matter expert with assigned content or practice area(s).

Manages the design and development process for 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 and validates 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 a cross-functional team to implement exam security measures.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Strong experience with distance education and distance learning students is preferred.
Master’s degree preferred.
Project management experience preferred.
Some assessment design and development experience.
Strong preference for experience in generative AI.