Associate Consultant

4 weeks ago


Oak Brook, United States IO Solutions, Inc. (IOS) Full time

_**Associate Consultant **_
- **Company Background **_

Industrial/Organizational Solutions (IOS) is a human resources consulting firm and test publisher headquartered in Oak Brook, IL (the western suburbs of Chicago). IOS specializes in designing personnel selection tests/assessments and operates predominantly in the public safety market (fire, police, corrections). We work with six of the ten largest cities in the country and with half of the top 50. IOS consultants assist clients in highly litigious environments and routinely work with the US Department of Justice. IOS is well-respected as a leading authority in the area of public safety testing.

Our consulting division specializes in the development, validation and implementation of assessment centers, job knowledge examinations, cognitive assessments, personality measures, situational judgment tests, performance evaluations systems, etc.

IOS is a fast-growing consulting firm that currently employs over 70 individuals who work out of our Oak Brook office. We have a vibrant corporate culture that emphasizes camaraderie, fun and hard work, while encouraging a healthy work-family balance.

We pride ourselves on our expertise, ingenuity, responsiveness to client needs and our hard-earned-reputation in the public-safety testing market. We strive for professional excellence in our client work. We are looking for intelligent, creative and highly-motivated professionals who want to be part of an energetic team that is involved in highly meaningful and rewarding work.
- **Position Description—Associate Consultant **_

The Associate Consultant position is responsible for a variety of duties within our consulting team. This individual will report to a consulting team lead and will work with several primary consultants to assist on technical steps related to assessment development, validation, and implementation. While the primary consultant retains responsibility for the entirety of the client work, the associate works alongside the consultant to conduct job analysis, plan, and implement the project, conduct content validation, develop tests and assessments, implement tests and assessments, prepare final data for client viewing and to complete client technical documentation. Our Associate Consultants are also charged with managing limited scope projects as the primary contact.

This is a client-facing role, that has the potential for a consulting career path, based on the individual’s technical skill set and job performance. Currently, our existing Associate Consultants conduct approximately 30% out-of-state travel. You might expect more travel in the early stages of your employment.

If interested in this position, please carefully review the duties, job requirements, knowledge, and skill/ability requirements to determine if this is a good fit for you
- **Duties/Responsibilities **_
- Project Planning & Coordination: Assist primary consultant in project scheduling and coordinate aspects of project regarding assessor selection/arrangements, site procurement, role-player selection/training, assessment center scheduling, etc.
- Job Analysis: Conduct job analyses to include interviews, observations, JAQ development/analysis and job-analysis documentation—manage job analysis portion of an assessment development and validation project
- Test Development: Work with technical writing team to develop written examination content. Develop SJTs. Manage client item review meetings, evaluate data from meetings and work with technical writing team members to finalize examination content
- Assessment Development: Assist in developing structured interviews and assessment centers exercises in accordance with company protocols, client demands and industry guidelines; Develop assessment center/structured interview training and conduct training with large groups of assessors
- Assessment Implementation: Coordinate the implementation of examinations and assessments; maintain test security and integrity—Implement assessments/tests either independently or with consulting staff members
- Data Analysis: Analyze psychometric properties of tests and assessments; conduct complex data analysis on job analysis questionnaires, assessment instruments, etc. Use SPSS and Excel to evaluate descriptive statistics, correlations, conduct item analyses, conduct adverse impact analyses, regression analyses and other more advanced analyses, on occasion. Collect and evaluate content validity evidence to determine support for an assessment process. Ensure assessment data has been entered, proofed and make all relevant computations to finalize assessment data and make results ready for client needs
- Write technical documentation sufficient for legal inquires and in accordance with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures under the direction of a primary consultant
- Project Management: Independently and simultaneously manage multiple small-scope test development and validation pro



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