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City of Dallas · 1 day ago

Test Validation Specialist (Civil Service)

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$64K/yr - $80K/yr

3+ years exp

The City of Dallas is committed to helping its employees thrive while serving the community. The Test Validation Specialist role involves providing advanced expertise in personnel testing and recruitment, ensuring that hiring and promotion processes adhere to legal and psychometric standards.

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Responsibilities

Work with department leadership to promote and drive positive organizational effectiveness and culture-change initiatives with data driven metrics across programming

Develop, oversee, and promote employee engagement, equity, diversity and inclusion through mentoring, education, and leadership development

Provide strategic consulting, leadership, and guidance in the areas of organizational effectiveness and design

Execute and analyze data from entry-level and promotional exams and support the action planning process to deliver desired outcomes

Acts as an internal consultant to key stakeholders to plan, manage, and execute organization-wide and department level organizational development (OD) initiatives to increase organizational effectiveness

Conducts job analyses including background research, site observations, interviews, focus groups, questionnaire development and administration; assists in planning studies and analyzing procedural barriers to provide effective and efficient program delivery

Develops personnel selection instruments and rating systems used to assess job competency requirements for employment hiring and promotions

Advises front-line and mid-level executives on complicated and complex organizational development issues, addressing root cause issues and creating sustainable results

Conducts statistical analyses to determine psychometric properties regarding test validity, reliability, adverse impact, and text questions; evaluates assessment tools for technical soundness and legal defensibility

Designs and delivers training to internal and external customers; continuously evaluates ongoing processes and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and legal guidelines

Organizes and administers promotional examinations at assessment centers

Performs data analyses; administers surveys, workforce planning, job analysis, test development, exam passing score, adverse impact, and other psychometric properties of exams

Maintains working relationships with other city internal departments to develop and validate selection tools; serves as a liaison between testing consultants and city personnel to facilitate the development and administration of selection instruments

Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned

Qualification

Personnel testing expertiseStatistical data analysisOrganizational developmentEmployment laws knowledgeAssessment design methodsData analyticsInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsPresentation skillsRelationship building

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Development, Behavioral Psychology, Public Administration, Human Resources, or a closely related Social Science field

3 years' experience of organizational development, effectiveness, and talent acquisition or talent assessment including at least two of the following areas: Recruitment, Assessments, Data Analytics, Project Management

Thorough knowledge of employment laws and regulations governing the employment assessment and selection process

Knowledge of City policies, procedures, protocols, and standards

Knowledge of Civil Service guidelines that govern the hiring and testing process for City positions

Knowledge of employment test and assessment design and development methods and practices

Knowledge of federal and state laws and City personnel regulations, policies, and practices including principles of management and supervision

Ability to oversee and assists other Testing personnel to perform effective and professional work

Ability to administer and coordinate extensive testing protocols for multiple departments

Ability to apply scientific research methodology and perform statistical data analysis

Knowledge of PC software and applications

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Strong presentation skills in a classroom or meeting situation

Ability to analyze data and provide recommendations