Position: Assessment & Psychometric Services Analyst

Location: Springfield, VA

Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Overview:

To secure an award, we are recruiting a highly specialized Assessment and Compliance Analyst to oversee the legal defensibility, ethical standards, and psychometric integrity of NGA employee selection and certification programs.  This role serves as the primary advisor on risk mitigation related to testing instruments and ensures compliance with third-party accrediting bodies, including the Institute for Credentialing Excellence and the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.  The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in constructing legally defensible test instruments and facilitating complex psychometric workshops.

The significance of the work:

The work is operational, mission-driven, and grounded in real-world impact to inform planning, targeting, and execution. This role is essential to helping NGA operate more effectively by translating mission needs into actionable business solutions. The Assessment Analyst drives data-informed decision-making, process improvement, and strategic alignment that directly supports NGA’s ability to deliver timely and accurate GEOINT capabilities.

The Work Location: Springfield, VA

What You’ll Do:

Approach work with a strategic, analytical, and mission-focused mindset. Collaborate with government stakeholders to refine and document business requirements, clarify operational objectives, and assess organizational performance. Apply data analytics and business analysis techniques to identify inefficiencies, evaluate risks, and recommend solutions that improve processes, compliance, and mission outcomes. Lead or support process improvement initiatives, performance assessments, and strategic planning efforts. Develop briefings, reports, and decision support materials for senior leadership. Serve as an action officer as required, coordinating tasks, tracking progress, and ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule in alignment with NGA priorities.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide expert advice, recommendations, and support regarding certification development
• Contributes to all tasks supporting the development, maintenance, and sustainment of the NGA Certification Program in accordance with the references highlighted in draft DoD Manual 3305.10. 
• Develops and maintains GEOINT Certifications that will achieve NCCA accreditation by:

1. Utilizes accepted academic and industry standards to develop, analyze, assess, and modify high stake examinations such as certifications.
2. Recommend, defend, and justify provisional and operational cut scores for GEOINT assessments.
3. Continuously monitor GEOINT certification performance (overall and items level) to ensure that the assessments/certifications are performed as intended.
4. Train and lead GEOINT subject matter experts in developing test questions appropriate for the proficiency level to be assessed and assemble a pilot test.
5. Facilitate and conduct a standard setting panel to develop a provisional cut score for the assessment, assist pilot planning and execution.
6. Analyze and use test results and SME feedback to develop operational assessment.
7. Draft technical reports detailing industry standard processes used in the development of GEOINT certification assessments.
8. Support accreditation package development.

• Master’s degree in industrial-Organizational Psychology which cannot be substituted for work experience.
• 3 years demonstrated experience advising clients of ethical and legal standards and risks related to employee selection and psychometric assessment.
• 3 years demonstrated experience developing and maintaining compliance with third-party bodies such as the Institute for Credentialing Excellence and National Commission for Certifying Agencies. 
• 3 years demonstrated experience designing and constructing legally defensible test instruments to include: Subject Matter Expert training, Item Development workshop facilitation, Standard-Setting Panel administration.

Security Clearance Requirements:

• This position requires you to have an active TS/SCI Clearance. A government background investigation will be conducted on selected applicants to determine whether they qualify for access to classified information.

Compensation:

The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration: contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of ODRG's total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee.

About Us

Organizational Development Resource Group (ODRG), LLC is a management consulting company that provides professional services to organizations within DoD, Federal, Commercial, and non - profit sectors.

About the Team

ODRG professional consultants provide management consulting and administrative support services. We assist our customers with strategic direction, implementation, and evaluation efforts that optimize their workforce and ultimately enhance the effectiveness of the organization. Our consultants have designed and delivered value added solutions for government and private organizations that have resulted in organizational effectiveness; process efficiency, strengthen workforce, and cost savings.

What you'll be part of - ODRG Culture

We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. Our success is measured by the level of impact we have on our clients, and we are prideful of the ability we have to solve difficult problems through collaboration with government agencies as well as other organizations, along with our ability to deliver the results they need. There is a great deal of passion in the people who make up our organization when it comes to the causes we support.

ODRG is committed to affording equal employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candidates for employment may inform their recruiter if they need a reasonable accommodation in all phases of the application and employment process. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.