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London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Manage the global Psychology team across multiple countries, responsible for product innovation and development; psychometric validation, maintenance and localisation as well as academic engagements

London, England, United Kingdom

Managing a team of research psychologists within a wider product development function, with responsibility for the maintenance and validation of psychometric tools and products built from them.Psychometric development and best practice - responsible for maintaining the reliability and validity of psychometric assessments and product features including industry regulation, psychometric localisation and research-led enhancements Product development and innovation – subject matter expert in a cross-functional product development team; developing an experimental team culture, building and testing psychological innovations based on ongoing customer and market researchAcademic engagement – improving the rigour of psychometric assessments through scientific publication, conference submission and development academic partnershipsTalent management – responsible for the management, engagement, productivity and ongoing development of a team of research psychologists

London, United Kingdom

Working as part of a wider psychology and product development team at a leading work-based psychometric solutions provider.Research – managing long-term research programmes as part of the asset management of our core psychometric assessments, as well as throughout the life cycle of new product development; building our scope for research through the creation of research panels and automated surveys; conducting publishable academic research to support the validity of our tools; managing the submission of our assessments to industry accreditation bodies, such as the British Psychological Society; keeping up to date with industry trends, including speaking at conferences internationallyClient success – scoping and building solutions with clients; researching and designing bespoke solutions, such as with large US universities; running benchmarking studies with clients and presenting findings and recommendations; producing marketing content such as whitepapers, webinars and podcasts; providing accreditation training in the use of psychometrics, and authoring training contentManagement – managing and mentoring research assistants; providing upskilling training workshops to the wider business; onboarding new starters

London, United Kingdom

Worked in the psychology team of a leading work-based psychometric solutions provider.Data analysis – conducting and managing on-going analysis projects on psychometric assessments including validation research, equivalence studies, norm group creation and adverse impact studies using advanced statistical methodology such as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, differential item functioning and multiple and logistic regressionStatistical knowledge – being the in-house statistical expert responsible for advising partners and associates on statistical methods and best practice, presenting complex analyses articulately and accessibly through audience-specific written reports, client presentation or guest lecturesTechnical expertise – applying advance skills in R, SQL and Excel to enhance in-house analytical capabilities, whilst advising and upskilling internal teamsResearch studies - planning, managing and delivering research to support the registration of assessments with national and international regulators and to enhance existing products

London, United Kingdom

Worked in a relatively small team at Pearson, running large assessment programmes internationally.* Leading management of exam marking centres of up to 300 markers in UK and overseas* Training and managing local and remote technical support teams ensuring SLAs and KPIs are met* Monitoring project progress and advising key stakeholders on ensuring deadlines are met* Data manipulation, QA and results delivery using Excel, SQL and R maintaining 100% accuracy* Developing and managing suite of dynamic reports in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) * Management of successful e-marking programmes for high-stakes exams in the UK* Cultivating excellent relationships with all stakeholders based on a strong personal reputation

Worked for an exam board in the UK managing assessment marking centres.* Training staff and local exam markers* Working with the client to ensure targets are met* Managing staff and delegating work

Manchester, United Kingdom

Worked for an exam board in the UK managing assessment marking centres.Contractor (yearly between June and August)

Wellington, New Zealand

Worked at an English language schools as a teacher.* Teaching English to all levels from elementary to advanced* Planning varied, tailored lessons* Teaching General English and IELTS Preparation classes* Being responsible for each students progress and monitoring them though regular reports* Preparing all course and lesson plans including tailoring lessons to a wide variety of student needs

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Personality And Occupational Psychology

Master’S Degree, Applied Psychology Of Intellectual Disabilities, Distinction

Won prize for best all-round student Modules included: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods; Intellectual Disabilities, Families.

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, 2.1

BPS accredited course Modules included: Statistics and Data Analysis (SPSS), Interpersonal Relationships, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Education record

A levels: Psychology (A), Biology (A), Chemistry (B); AS level: Computing (B)