Do you have a background in education measurement or assessment and experience in psychometrics? If so, join NFER’s mission to improve outcomes for future generations everywhere and create a lasting impact with a leading charity.

We are fortunate to have some of the UK’s leading assessment experts and psychometricians that collaborate to deliver major national test development projects on behalf of clients such as STA, Ofqual and DfE. We also develop digital test products trusted by thousands of schools and our robust and innovative research, assessment, and other services are widely known and used to support positive change across education systems.

As a psychometrics expert at NFER you’ll work closely with assessment researcher and use your statistical and psychometrics background to lead technical components, supporting the team to make informed decisions on a variety of UK and international products, services, research & development work.

Depending on your how much experience you have within UK education assessment you could join us as a Senior Research Manager or a Research Director. And as an integral part of the psychometrics and statistics team we'll provide you with plenty of development opportunities and support to promote innovation and new approaches to psychometric analyses to further NFER’s understanding of psychometrics and outcome measurement.

REQUIREMENTS

- Master’s degree level or higher in applied statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, quantitative psychology, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative analysis or psychometrics.
- Ability to apply psychometric techniques including classical test theory, item response theory, test equating, and linking.
- Advanced understanding of issues relating to measurement and test development, such as validity and reliability.
- Strong skills with statistical software such as R, flexMIRT, STATA, SPSS and MPlus or other IRT packages.
- Experience in assessment/test development for an educational or psychological test publishing company or as researcher.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to converse with a variety of audiences.
- Experience in project delivery and producing high-quality outputs to deadlines.

You may have held other similar positions such as Statistician, Assessment Researcher, Test Development Researcher, Educational Measurement Researcher, Assessment Advisor, Assessment Development Officer, Research and Data Analyst.

If you meet 70% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

WHY NFER?

We put impact before profit as our mission is to improve outcomes for future generations everywhere and to support positive change across education systems worldwide.
We are a highly respected and independent charity and a trusted destination for education research evidence and insights on education policy and practice, informing policymakers and other key decision-makers, and strengthening practice in the classroom.
We embrace agility, flexibility and trust so you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.
We place equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
We offer...

- A competitive salary reviewed annually
- Generous pension scheme
- 42 days’ holiday per year including Bank Holidays + additional discretionary days (pro rata)
- Excellent support for continued professional development
- 100% remote, 35 hour working week with great work/life balance and lots of flexibility (open to part-time, or as an Associate giving you greater flexibility on what and when you work)
- lots of well-being and social activities
- Skilled Worker visa sponsorship
- And the opportunity to help children around the world have a better life.

We are reviewing applications regularly as part of an ongoing recruitment process.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at hr@nfer.ac.uk and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

For more details or to discuss, get in touch with Louise Wiseman (https://bit.ly/3tlFmPH) (no agency)