Specialist, Content Developer (Mathematics 12 Month Limited Term)

This is a 12-month limited-term position within the Asset Creation team, focused on developing K-12 mathematics assessments for state and district clients. The role involves collaborating with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to create accessible, standards-based assessments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items, including multiple-choice, technology-enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments.
• Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents.
• 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.
• 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.
• Consult with customers as required, including participation in planning, status, and review meetings.
• Work closely with test development 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.
• Some travel required.

Requirements

• 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.
• Skill 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.
• Ability to creatively and flexibly address challenges with a variety of audiences.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events.

Pay

The minimum full-time salary range for this position is between $65,000 and $75,000. This position is not bonus-eligible.

Benefits

Information on benefits offered is available here.

Schedule

Full-time position.