VP - Psychometrics - Startup - IIM/IISWBM/ISB/SP Jain/XLRI/TISS/FMS/SCMHRD/Ivy League

Matrix Consultancy Services (MCS) is a Start-up organization based in Kolkata. Only those who are interested/comfortable to work in a Start-up environment need apply. We're into the Consulting, Education, and Entertainment industries:

1. Consulting: Management Consulting, Start-up Consulting, Psychometrics Consulting, HR Consulting, and IT Consulting,

2. Education: Education (Holistic Education Methodologies and Approaches for Children), and Management Education,

3. Entertainment: Films (Art, Parallel, Short, and Feature, not Commercial).

The position is open on an Equity only basis.

VP Psychometrics / Psychometrician Responsibilities Include:

- To develop psychometric expertise by attending additional training and support, as and when required and identified by other senior management, in alignment to the organizational demands.

- To conduct a range of research activities on a number of different research or development projects, leading on particular aspects of work as required.

- To build a team of competent psychometricians / psychometrists.

Main Activities:

- The majority of time (approximately 80%) will be spent working on developing psychometric methodologies and tests.

Project responsibilities include:

- Contributing to a number of different research or development projects as necessary, working independently to meet deadlines;

- applying the principles of project management;

- taking responsibility for specific aspects of work, as agreed with other senior management, including writing materials and the design of research/assessment instruments;

- assisting in conducting quantitative research;

- conducting basic statistical and psychometric analysis of research and assessment data;

- contributing to writing project reports and other research outcomes;

- contributing to the development of proposals;

- taking appropriate actions to ensure that research projects have an impact on learners, practitioners or policy makers.

Non-project time will include:

- attendance on psychometric courses (as required);

- working with other senior management to discuss performance, targets and development needs;

- attending other training courses, seminars or conferences as required by the role;

- making presentations at schools, or to relevant audiences;

- conducting other professional duties from time to time.

Person Specification:

The essential requirements for this post include:

- An understanding of classical test theory, equating, linking and item response theory, or a willingness to learn

- An experienced user of statistical software, ideally SPSS but including other statistical packages such as STATA, R and MPlus or other IRT packages

- An ability to ensure the quality of all statistical or psychometric outputs

- A practical and well-organised approach to the analysis of data

- The ability to work quickly and accurately to meet deadlines

- Strong communications skills and the ability to communicate effectively, with both researchers and other statisticians

- The ability to communicate analysis findings to a variety of audiences

- The ability to work flexibly as a member of a team with an interest in education or general social science research

- The ability to contribute to Foundation-wide strategic activities.

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Psychometrics or relevant discipline.

- PhD preferred.

- MBA in HR (from IISWBM/ISB/IIMs/SPJain/Ivy League Institutes etc.) will be considered an advantage.

[NB. Those who are not interested/comfortable to work in a Start-up environment please don't apply.

The position is open on the basis of Equity only.]