NextStep is a mobile learning and job placement platform connecting workers who have been displaced or are looking for a better career with high demand jobs in healthcare. On NextStep, job seekers easily discover and prepare for new careers with very low upfront cost and a job guarantee, while employers find and hire workers certified for skill and culture fit through scientifically-based assessments to prepare them for on-the-job success.
NextStep is founded on the belief that everyone can find a satisfying career with the right preparation. NextStep exists to give people the skills they need to succeed and to place them in high-demand jobs. We take the friction out of learning and finding a job. NextStep is a new company with strong financial backing, operations in Bozeman, Montana and Seattle, Washington and a world-class distributed team. Our team is agile, inventive, fast-paced, and super fun. We offer competitive contract compensation. Are you interested in working in a dynamic, start-up environment with software engineers, learning scientists, and healthcare leaders to make a difference in the lives of displaced workers and the healthcare industry? We want to talk to you!
Who we are looking for:
A talented assessment item writer to work as part of a team of a multi-disciplinary learning design team, including psychometricians, to develop mobile-based learning experiences that users love. We are looking for an item writer for full-time, project-based contract work that is short-term with the potential for extensions. Get in on the ground floor as we build our founding learning design team!
You will:
- Use a provided competency architecture to develop all assessment items and responses
- Create knowledge-based assessment items
- Create performance-based assessment items
- Provide alternate items for all assessments
- Provide rationales for incorrect and correct answer choices that have been validated
- Perform other duties, as needed
You have:
- Outstanding writing and editing skills
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (relevant work experience may be substituted)
- Working knowledge of Bloom’s taxonomy or Webb’s depth of knowledge
- Intermediate-level skills in Google office products and a willingness to learn new technologies
- Ability to work in a high feedback environment where everyone gives/takes feedback regularly
- Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
- Ability to work 40 hours a week
- Flexible approach to work activities
- A positive attitude and desire to work as part of a team
- Comfortable with using effort tracking tools
- Commitment to NextStep’s mission
Ready to apply?
Fantastic! Send us your resume through Indeed and follow this link to demo your assessment writing skills. We can only consider candidates who complete the demo. https://goo.gl/forms/tR0yZyXwbvkAQPFt2
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Full Time Opportunity:
Benefits offered: