Job Title: Research Officer
Contract: Fixed Term until November 2020
Salary: £26,000 - £36,500
Location: Cambridge
What it’s about:
The Research Division conducts and publishes authoritative research in order to validate, improve and develop Cambridge Assessment’s products and services, and to influence thinking and policy on educational assessment. We research a wide range of assessment issues working with colleagues across the Group to provide a sound evidence base.
This particular job is about applying your quantitative research skills to help ensure that the tests, examinations and other forms of assessment offered by Cambridge Assessment are reliable, useful and fair. For example, this may include research into the on-going issues of how to ensure that examinations remain equally difficult over time, how to ensure the accuracy of marking, and understanding the impact of policy changes upon students. In addition, your work will contribute to knowledge in the assessment field more widely.
What we’re looking for:
Qualifications
Postgraduate qualification in statistics, research methods or another discipline with a substantial quantitative research element.
Skills and behaviours
Practical skills in data analysis including necessary programming skills (ideally using SAS or R)
Good understanding of statistical methods
Ability to communicate clearly in written reports and oral presentations.
Ability to write research papers and reports of publishable quality
Who we are
Cambridge Assessment is Europe's largest assessment group, incorporating three major awarding bodies. It plays a leading role in researching, developing and delivering assessment to eight million candidates in 170 countries every year. The Group is a department of the University of Cambridge and a not-for-profit organisation.
For more information and application instructions go to
https://careers.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/job/Cambridge-Research-Officer/566623101/
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