Overview
The role involves supporting the development of a centralized skills-based questions library for the UN Secretariat, aiming to transition towards skills-based recruitment and assessment practices. The library will contain standardized screening questions, substantive assessments, and structured interview questions aligned with job profiles and required skills proficiency levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop skills-based assessment items, including screening and structured interview questions and substantive recruitment assessments.
- Prepare assessment blueprints linking job requirements, skills to be measured, and appropriate assessment methods.
- Develop structured scoring guides, behavioral indicators and rating rubrics.
- Establish item-writing standards and documentation protocols.
- Classify and tag assessment items.
- Apply sound assessment design and practical psychometric principles.
- Collaborate with talent acquisition teams and subject-matter experts.
- Support the development of assessments suitable for digital administration.
- Contribute to AI-resilient assessment design approaches.
- Contribute to the development of assessment guidance materials and methodological documentation.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five years of experience in assessment design and development, recruitment assessments, test or item development, psychometrics, or skills-based evaluation methods is required.
- Experience in developing structured assessments, including written assessments, technical tests, situational judgment tests, job simulations or structured interview questions, for digital administration or online recruitment platforms is required.
- Experience in applying practical psychometric principles (e.g., validity, reliability, fairness, and defensibility) in the design or review of assessment tools is required.
- Experience in working with subject-matter experts and HR/talent acquisition teams to translate skills-based job requirements into measurable assessment constructs and evaluation criteria is desirable.
- Experience in developing and/or managing assessment item banks, question libraries or structured interview question banks is desirable.
- Familiarity with AI-related considerations in assessment design or digital assessment environments.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Psychometrics, Educational Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation, Organizational Development, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
