Lead Psychometrician (Product Management and Development)

This is an exciting time to join our Occupational Psychology Services (OPS) team - part of the Recruitment Directorate in Government People Group in Cabinet Office - as we seek to update and expand our services.Our VisionTo embed best practice occupational psychology insights and solutions to support the future of the Civil Service, through delivery of high quality psychometric tests and assessments.Our PrioritiesTo be at the leading edge of assessment and selection techniques and digital developments.To develop our services through evidence-based research and analysis.To ensure diversity and inclusion is embedded in all our activities.To provide a seamless and flexible customer experience.To meet business requirements with efficient, effective and value for money solutions.To provide a great and evolving candidate journey.Our ServiceActing as an internal consultancy to all of the Civil Service, we collaborate with government departments, functions and professions to develop and deliver high quality, customer-focused assessment products and solutions grounded in occupational psychology and psychometrics. Our services aim to help identify and develop the best people from all backgrounds, including the Civil Services prestigious talent programmes. We also place ourselves at the forefront of assessment innovation, and are actively creating a growing range of evidence-based psychological assessment tools. You will be joining a high performing multi-disciplinary team of occupational psychologists, psychometricians and digital experts who use evidence-based practice to put the client and user at the heart of what they do. We are a team that embraces innovation to deliver better results, improved efficiency and added value, with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about applying psychology and psychometrics in the workplace to really add value across a wide and varied agenda, then we really want to hear from you!The Lead Psychometrician will lead on the psychometric development, testing and system integration of a suite of online tests used for recruitment in the Civil Service and the psychometric aspects of integration with our main candidate management systems. They will develop new content, carry out subject matter expert reviews and content trialling and lead the assembly and implementation of test products with our departmental customers using a combination of surveys, item trialling, workshops and one to one user research. They will research and analyse new innovations and products, carrying out in-depth statistical evaluations. The Lead Psychometrician will act as a subject matter expert and represent the service line professionally with a wide range of customers and stakeholders. They will manage the day to day availability and integrity of the test player and analytical function to ensure delivery is according to agreed standards. The Lead Psychometrician will work very closely with a multi-disciplinary digital team operating an agile project management approach, so will work in an agile way in the design of test integrations, the user interface and test assembly, staging and implementation. Occasional travel within the UK will be a requirement of the role.The Lead Psychometrician will be a member of a wider team of professional psychologists and will be expected to contribute to the development of professional practice and work collaboratively with colleagues on a wider portfolio of activities when the need arises. Key responsibilities include:Psychometric analysisDesign and conduct psychometric and statistical analysis using CTT and IRT methodsConduct advanced statistical and psychometric forensic analyses to enhance test security measuresLead the development of new psychometric tests and research in the recruitment and assessment spaceProduct Management and DevelopmentManage the design, trialling and delivery of content and assembly of tests and assessmentsManage test availability, integrity and performance against agreed service standardsManage item banks to ensure they meet psychometric/statistical needsDevelop and implement specifications and standardised procedures in test design and form assembly to support the publication processLeadershipOversee the integrity of tests and assessments to provide accurate item and candidate performance data to support test construction workAct as a subject matter expert for recruitment tests and assessmentsLead the psychometric implementation of accessibility standardsAdvise on delivery of user research, job analysis, online surveys and customer needs engagement initiativesPresent and communicate analytical/research findings and proposals to customers, stakeholders and others, orally and in writingKeep up-to-date with and knowledge share the latest innovations in psychometrics, modern testing methods and in particular recruitment testingLine management of one or two Psychometric Analysts may be required