WIDA ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Job no: 245777-AS
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department: EDUC/WCER
Location: Madison
Categories:



Job Summary:

WIDA provides trusted tools and resources for educators of multilingual learners in early care and education programs through Grade 12 (wida.wisc.edu). WIDA offers a fully integrated, research-based academic language development system, including language standards, assessments, professional learning, research, and technical assistance. For a brief overview of WIDA, you can view our introduction video at https://vimeo.com/373209088/870c0b992d .

The WIDA Assessment Technical Program Manager position will be housed within WIDA?s Assessment department and report to the Assessment Director of Operations. The Assessment Technical Program Manager will be responsible for managing multiple processes and deliverables that contribute to the overall operations for WIDA assessments. This includes being the liaison between the item bank vendor and WIDA; ensuring that the Assessment Operations team understands the needs of item bank users and supports the build-out-plan to address those needs; managing the workflow and ensuring priorities align to the overall project plan; and identifying and implementing methods to improve quality assurance, review and delivery processes, and best practices. The position includes working on other aspects of assessment operations, including secure data transfer, change management for software interfaces, and understanding data security. For more details regarding the position, visit the WIDA website careers page at https://wida.wisc.edu/about/careers .

About the Job:

IT Business Analyst II (IT071)

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
Bachelor's Degree in field of Education, liberal arts, business administration, or similar field required.

Qualifications:

Required
* Minimum 3 years' experience of successful, progressively increasing responsibility managing projects or products.
* Minimum 2 years' experience of active participation in the software development lifecycle, from ideation to implementation, maintenance, and retirement.
* Highly organized, deadline oriented and excellent attention to detail.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
* A value of promoting and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.
* A willingness to engage in and deepen knowledge of WIDA's Social Justice value.

Preferred
* Familiarity with data exchange solutions for the field of education technology. This includes Student Information Systems (SIS), and Test Interoperability (QTI) specifications.
* Experience collaborating on development projects with external vendors.
* Familiarity with best practices for delivering accessible documents, images, audio, and video.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:

UW-Madison employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to January 18, 2022 or the first day of employment, whichever comes later. An individual is considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two weeks after receiving the single-dose vaccine or two weeks after the second dose in a two-dose vaccination series. Medical or religious accommodations will be considered. Please visit https://covidresponse.wisc.edu for more information.

Additional Information:

Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Who we are

The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), established in 1964, is one of the first and largest university-based education research and development centers globally. WCER's researchers and staff work to make teaching and learning as effective as possible for all ages and all people.

WCER at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's highly ranked public School of Education, is one of the world's first and most productive education research centers. Our center has helped scholars and practitioners develop, submit, conduct, and share grant-funded education research for more than 50 years.

WCER is an incubator for advances in education policy and practice. It provides services and resources for UW-Madison researchers, graduate students, collaborators, educators, funders, and communities locally and worldwide.

Our Mission

WCER's mission is to improve educational outcomes for diverse student populations, impact education practice positively and foster collaborations among academic disciplines and practitioners.

Our Values

At WCER, all employees share five fundamental organizational values. We take pride in these values guiding the purpose and quality of our work and interactions within ourselves and our outside stakeholders.
The values that the work and people of WCER strive to uphold are:

Innovation and Excellence. Continuous improvement is a driver for excellence. We innovate and improve in our work to advance education through leading research and development.

Equitable Education. Equitable education is essential to a healthy society. We aim to reverse imbalances and injustices in education through our work.

Affirming and Increasing Diversity. Individual differences and group diversity inspire creative and equitable outcomes. We actively affirm and seek to increase such diversity in our center.

Healthy Workplace. The well-being of our workplace enhances success for all. We commit to a workplace based on mutual respect and transparency.

Partnering Across Differences. Diverse backgrounds and expertise improve the quality of our work. We collaborate across disciplines, methodologies, organizations, and communities to strengthen our research and development outcomes.

WCER's Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison and The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). Individual differences and group diversity inspire creative and equitable outcomes. WCER actively affirms values and seeks to increase diversity in our everyday interactions, practices, and policies.

Our center is conscious of inequities in the field of education and how these disproportionately harm the most marginalized members of our society - including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color) individuals, people from poor and working-class backgrounds, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ people. We firmly believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or members of other marginalized groups.

For more information and news about our center, please go to https://wcer.wisc.edu/

Department(s):

A177500-SCHOOL OF EDUCATION/WCER

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $55,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

How to Apply:

Please click on the "" button to start the application process. As part of the application process, you will be required to upload a cover letter addressed to Kim Varnell, a current resume, and a list with the contact information of at least three professional references.

Contact:

Franchesca Beswick
franchesca.beswick@wisc.edu
608-263-4221
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )





Official Title:

IT Business Analyst II(IT071)

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

245777-AS

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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Applications Open: Dec 1 2021 Central Standard Time
Applications Close: Dec 22 2021 11:55 PM Central Standard Time