Law School Admission Council Hiring for Vice President for Education and Assessment at Newtown, PA Full Time

Overview:
LSAC is a not-for-profit corporation devoted to promoting and furthering the quality, access, and fairness of the law school admission process by providing core products and services to law school candidates and law schools in the United States and throughout the world. LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by encouraging diverse, talented individuals to study law and by supporting their enrollment and learning journeys from prelaw through practice.

Summary of Position:
The Vice President for Education and Assessment is responsible for leading LSAC’s continued success in educational assessment. The Vice President for Education and Assessment manages the Education and Assessments boundary, which includes assessment science, assessment development and publication, online testing, and data processing. In addition to assuring the ongoing excellence of our current assessment products, this role is responsible for advancing innovation in learning and assessment and LSAC’s reputation for leadership in the field. This position reports to the Executive Vice President for Operations & Chief of Staff and is a member of the Vice President-level group.

Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:

Manage the Assessments boundary, including prioritization of work and initiatives in each area of the boundary

Collaborate with the Strategic Initiatives boundary at LSAC, guiding/advising on research about test preparation, learning, opportunity to learn, and law school trends

Lead a team of professionals dedicated to maintaining the LSAT as the premier test of critical thinking world wide

Lead a team of innovative assessment professionals in designing and developing assessments to ensure the academic success of students admitted to law school

Responsible for ensuring the validity, reliability, and fairness of the LSAT

Manage the activities of staff in the development of test items and the construction and evaluation of the LSAT

Consistently communicate and clarify organizational and boundary priorities; balance differing perspectives and bridge competing needs

Develop and manage budget across boundary priorities and units

Contribute to external relations and communications about the quality and value of the LSAT to various constituencies, including candidates, Pre-Law Advisor groups, and law schools; convene the Technical Advisory Committee

Responsible for the quality of all scores reported for LSAT or other testing programs and accountable for the production of LSAC correlation studies and related services

Ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations

Ensure that all admission tests produced by LSAC comply with the Standards of Educational and Pscyhological Testing (published by AERA, NCME, and APA)

Qualifications:
Competencies:
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and creative problem-solving skills

Excellent judgment and business acumen

Attention to detail and thinking through the consequences of potential courses of action

Ability to inspire staff to achieve work through innovative and revolutionary methods

Self-starter who is comfortable juggling competing demands and work on short deadlines

Proven ability to listen carefully and understand what it takes to address customer needs

Strong collaboration skills: proven ability to work in a cross-functional team and to proactively build agreement and clarity when working with others

Comfortable working with ambiguity in dynamic environments, able to switch gears in response to unexpected situations

Must be highly diplomatic, self-motivated, resourceful, and flexible

Excellent communication skills required, including ability to communicate and inspire by use of written English and excellent public speaking ability

Ability to explain technical material to a general audience

Thought leadership in education, research, and testing

Possesses a positive attitude and demeanor

Manages team for skills development and growth

Handles proprietary and confidential information with exceptional discretion

Required Education and Experience:
Doctorate in education, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, educational measurement, or other discipline related to educational testing and research, or equivalent experience.

Five years of demonstrated experience in the management of a high-stakes admissions testing program or an educational testing program, or equivalent management experience.

Experience with, or exposure to, measurement techniques such as pretesting, test construction, and equating.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
The person who holds this position will supervise (directly and indirectly) all staff in the Education and Assessments boundary.

Work Environment:
This job operates in a remote and professional office environment. Whether remote or in-office, this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full time position. The LSAC standard business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. ET. While these are the standard office hours for LSAC, as an exempt employee, the employee will be expected to work the hours necessary to satisfactorily complete their assignments in a responsible and professional manner.

LSAC actively seeks to foster greater levels of diversity in our workforce and in our pipeline of future leaders. We are committed to attract and retain candidates who have a passion for their work and encourage all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, LGBTQ+, and differently abled, to apply. LSAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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