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ABOUT THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity to join our vibrant and supportive Assessment Research and Analysis team in the English Language Teaching division.
The Assessment Research and Analysis manager is responsible supporting the activities of the Research and Analysis team in the design and continuous validation of English language tests, consistent with the Division’s vision and values. This role is also responsible for documenting, carrying out, improving, and automating research and analysis processes.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
ABOUT YOU-
To be successful in this role, you will be an excellent problem solver and communicator, and additionally you will need:
Essential:
- A Master’s degree or published papers in language assessment, computational linguistics, applied linguistics, or a related field
- Knowledge of English Language Teaching assessment
- Ability to handle large data sets accurately and efficiently
- Ability to use Excel to manage and manipulate data
- Programming capability in Python, R, or similar language
- Familiarity with Rasch measurement concepts
Desirable:
- Ability to use software to conduct Rasch analysis (e.g. WINSTEPS and FACETS)
- Familiarity with a range of statistical techniques used in social sciences
- Knowledge of natural language processing, educational data mining, or learning analytics
- Working knowledge of with PowerBi or SQL
BENEFITS
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
This role comes with a discretionary annual bonus. Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
