Assessment Analyst
Place of Performance: Maxwell AFB, AL

General Description:
Assessment Analyst shall provide analytics/assessments support for the Clients instruction, research, and program development activities.

Specific Tasks:
Perform assessment/analytical support to include administering, collecting and analyzing assessment data (such as demographic surveys, pre- and post-course attitudinal surveys, pre-course tests, situational judgment tests, exit surveys, and end of course surveys) for events such as courses, LEAP boards/participation, e-Mentor interactions, LITEs, CSP AFNC events, and other emerging requirements. The contractor will also identify performance trends and indicators, to include accessing and analyzing data for significant course periods (e.g., the performance periods of the 3C courses, eMentor windows and LEAP performance trends). Conduct course validity, reliability, and effectiveness assessments and provide the Client end of course feedback and all other assessment analysis data within six weeks of the defined assessment period and/or end of the course, as requested by Client. Based on data discovery, the contractor shall modify presentation format and recommend curriculum or program updates to correspond to education levels necessary for target audience.
Validate cross-cultural competencies to be used to provide cultural guidance to AU schools (including by considering minutes captured from pertinent accessible research focus groups).
Assist the Client in conducting comprehensive assessments/analysis of education and training courses created or managed by the Client.
Assist the Client in conducting on-going psychometric (e.g., reliability and validity analyses), longitudinal, multivariate, and nonparametric analyses using sophisticated statistical, measurement and programmatic assessment techniques and manage large databases in Excel/SPSS. These activities involve statistics, measurement, transformation, and visualization techniques with applied or experimental data such as by conducting laboratory or field research and/or working on applied projects focused on collecting, analyzing, comparing, data modeling, and reporting results.
Coordinate/schedule PAC assessments activities with the course director and academic advisor. These activities include, but are not limited to, conducting assessment interviews, and collecting formal documentation throughout the PAC execution period; compiling draft assessments after-action report (AAR) in coordination with the course director and academic advisor; and making recommendations to the AFCLC staff and faculty based upon assessment findings.
Identify, recommend, and implement viable new analytic techniques and capabilities to improve program efficiency and learning effectiveness.
Provide inputs for, participate in, and execute guidance from periodic Analytics Requirements Panel (ARP) process.
Access and utilize LEADeR to gather information for post-course assessments, language score analysis, and other purposes.
Be familiar with database design tools (i.e., Hadoop, Pig, Hive, SQL, Java, Python, etc.)
Be familiar with and be able to use data visualization tools (i.e., Tableau, Excel, HighCharts, Flare and others)
Maintain documentation to be included in a standard operating procedures (SOP) necessary to execute analytics / assessments function support activities in accordance with a continuity of operations plan. The contractor will provide a current version of this documentation that reflects current procedures as part of the SOP to the Centers in standard electronic format semi-annually, with the last provision occurring no later than one week prior to the end of the period of performance.
Provide a status update report as part of the Monthly Status Report (MSR).

Qualifications:
Extensive research experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
General knowledge of and competency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Must be certified in a current version of Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, or perform to that level of proficiency.