Specialist, Content Developer (ELA, 12 Month Limited Term)

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, and performance-based tasks across multiple grade levels for formative assessments
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards
• Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise
• Help select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices
• Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide content assessment expertise
• Facilitate activities related to test construction and review of composed test forms
• Collaborate with team members, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.
• Work closely with content implementation managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups
• Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, content-specific area, or equivalent experience required
• Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred
• Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required
• Some experience in large-scale, educational measurement preferred
• General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred
• Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes
• Skilled in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs
• Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies as they evolve
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events