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posted_at: 2 days agoschedule_type: Internship
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to gain applied design and programming experience working with senior design and programming specialists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with EIS IT members on AWS' cloud computing platform, candidates will have the opportunity to design and implement a streamlined process to manage a complex business workflow and associated activities required to support the delivery of ACT's standardized tests to individuals with special accommodation requirements.
The focus of this project will be to:
• Document the existing process together with the data sources and tools used to manage it.
• Design an end-to-end solution (full stack) to replace the existing process and tools using AWS capabilities.
• Build the solution and associated needed documentation in order to gain adoption of the new capabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• Must be working toward a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with a focus on application development.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficiency in web-based application development, with a focus on React, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proficiency in/knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data management
• Understanding of microservices and APIs
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to gain applied design and programming experience working with senior design and programming specialists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with EIS IT members on AWS' cloud computing platform, candidates will have the opportunity to design and implement a streamlined process to manage a complex business workflow and associated activities required to support the delivery of ACT's standardized tests to individuals with special accommodation requirements.
The focus of this project will be to:
• Document the existing process together with the data sources and tools used to manage it.
• Design an end-to-end solution (full stack) to replace the existing process and tools using AWS capabilities.
• Build the solution and associated needed documentation in order to gain adoption of the new capabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• Must be working toward a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with a focus on application development.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficiency in web-based application development, with a focus on React, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proficiency in/knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data management
• Understanding of microservices and APIs
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
via LinkedIn
posted_at: 5 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 70K–90K a yearwork_from_home: 1
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits at: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/careers-at-act.html.
You will be joining a team that works closely together with many handoffs in order to ensure operational delivery of ACT's product offerings are successfully delivered.
Work location: Remote (can also be on-site or hybrid if in Iowa City, Iowa area)
The Senior Manager, Product Operational Delivery manages a team supporting delivery of core ACT products, the delivery of assessment programs, contributes to the strategic direction of program operations, and serves as a subject matter expert in product delivery.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $70,000 to $90,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
What you will be working on:
• Lead a team of individual contributors with varying levels of independence. Guiding and motivating the team to perform at a high level with strong customer support and a focus on service with the goal of departmental and contractual success.
• Balance tactical delivery of assessment and learning programs with big-picture thinking about future-state of programs and products.
• Support the implementation of assessment programs by ensuring processes are up-to-date, communication within and across teams is accurate and timely, and all operational deliverables are planned for.
• Work collaboratively with teams across ACT to develop future-state programs/processes and contribute to the strategic direction of ACT’s product portfolio.
• Serve as a subject matter expert contributor to RFP and custom contract solutioning. Use creative thinking to meet customized needs while ensuring resources are in place to deliver on contractual functionality.
• Manage Product Incident Response Teams and maintain awareness of all other incidents impacting operational delivery. Assist in solutioning and communicating to impacted stakeholders.
This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):
• At least 5 years of experience in progressively responsible roles that includes leading a team or teams and fulfillment delivery services
• People management experience
• Ability to develop team members to grow and expand their skills and abilities
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret operational needs and develop integrated, creative solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse community
• Demonstrated strong prioritization and organization skills, while balancing near-term delivery needs with long-term strategic priorities
• Collaborate and work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
• Acts decisively with sound judgement; uses data to analyze options and form opinions
• Ability to apply continuous improvement to existing processes and programs
• Develops ideas that are new, innovative, better, or unique; embraces and promotes diverse perspectives
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related area) or a combination of both
It's a plus if you have:
• Experience with large-scale assessment testing
• Program management experience Show more details...
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits at: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/careers-at-act.html.
You will be joining a team that works closely together with many handoffs in order to ensure operational delivery of ACT's product offerings are successfully delivered.
Work location: Remote (can also be on-site or hybrid if in Iowa City, Iowa area)
The Senior Manager, Product Operational Delivery manages a team supporting delivery of core ACT products, the delivery of assessment programs, contributes to the strategic direction of program operations, and serves as a subject matter expert in product delivery.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $70,000 to $90,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
What you will be working on:
• Lead a team of individual contributors with varying levels of independence. Guiding and motivating the team to perform at a high level with strong customer support and a focus on service with the goal of departmental and contractual success.
• Balance tactical delivery of assessment and learning programs with big-picture thinking about future-state of programs and products.
• Support the implementation of assessment programs by ensuring processes are up-to-date, communication within and across teams is accurate and timely, and all operational deliverables are planned for.
• Work collaboratively with teams across ACT to develop future-state programs/processes and contribute to the strategic direction of ACT’s product portfolio.
• Serve as a subject matter expert contributor to RFP and custom contract solutioning. Use creative thinking to meet customized needs while ensuring resources are in place to deliver on contractual functionality.
• Manage Product Incident Response Teams and maintain awareness of all other incidents impacting operational delivery. Assist in solutioning and communicating to impacted stakeholders.
This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):
• At least 5 years of experience in progressively responsible roles that includes leading a team or teams and fulfillment delivery services
• People management experience
• Ability to develop team members to grow and expand their skills and abilities
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret operational needs and develop integrated, creative solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse community
• Demonstrated strong prioritization and organization skills, while balancing near-term delivery needs with long-term strategic priorities
• Collaborate and work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
• Acts decisively with sound judgement; uses data to analyze options and form opinions
• Ability to apply continuous improvement to existing processes and programs
• Develops ideas that are new, innovative, better, or unique; embraces and promotes diverse perspectives
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related area) or a combination of both
It's a plus if you have:
• Experience with large-scale assessment testing
• Program management experience Show more details...
via ZipRecruiter
posted_at: 7 days agoschedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Overview
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do... better - we've never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT
Overview
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do... better - we've never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.
Work location: Remote
You will be joining a team of program management professionals with skills and expertise in working with and developing strong relationships with external clients; following PMI-aligned methodologies to plan, implement, and manage the ongoing delivery of large-scale statewide assessment programs; employing keen business acumen to retain and grow the business; thinking strategically to support customers, team members, and stakeholders; and having some fun along the way.
We are seeking an ACT State Senior or Lead Program Manager. The individual who accepts this position will use strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills to lead the planning, implementation, and ongoing management of statewide assessment programs to successfully deliver all contracted products and services and to meet the needs of the state client, its constituents, members of the extended ACT program team, and the overall business. This includes working closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including external customers.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $75,000 to $95,000, depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. The Senior level is not incentive eligible, but the Lead level is.
What you will be working on:
• Focuses on state contract delivery and serves as the primary point of contact with the external customer
• Understands, monitors, and reviews state contract requirements and deliverables to optimize contract performance
• Develops and leverages strong customer relationships to identify ways in which to expand opportunities within assigned states
• Follows required project management methodologies in the planning, implementation, and ongoing management of assigned contracts
• Initiates and leads the contract renewal processes, including, but not limited to:
• collaborating with the customer to define requirements for the renewal contract
• updating contract documents
• defining requirements and leading the effort to cost enhancements and/or new deliverables
• coordinating the renewal with cross-functional team
• tracking all tasks through to renewal contract execution
• Works internally to bring closure to customer requests in a timely manner
• Supports proposal development efforts that may include requirements analysis, solutions development, writing/editing proposal text, costing, and participating in proposal review processes
Senior Program Manager minimum requirements:
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible program management experience that includes:
• Accountability for leading the delivery of mid-to-large scale contracts with significant complexity; preferably for statewide contracted products and services
• Experience with independently planning and implementing new contracts and/or business initiatives
• Experience initiating and supporting contract renewal efforts, readily handling costing to support new contract line item
• A customer-centric focus and a strong sense of urgency while working through a complex matrix organization to ensure success for the customer, organization, and team members
• Tenacity, initiative, and persistence to bring closure to customer requests in a timely manner
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment that requires frequent prioritization and strong decision-making skills
• Outstanding interpersonal, written, verbal communication and facilitation skills; tactful, direct, articulate, and thoughtful communicator with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Ability to learn and utilize full life-cycle project management skills and methodologies to initiate, plan, implement, manage, and close out assigned programs
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Collaborate and work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization by maintaining a positive working relationship with customers and internal stakeholders, which often includes cross-functional teams
• Ability to readily manage a portfolio of 3-5 mid-to-large-scale statewide assessment programs with varying levels of complexity
• Demonstrated expertise in a lead role to navigate a high-stakes program through a complex matrix environment
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and articulate carefully considered tactics to improve program delivery and retain customer satisfaction
Lead Program Manager minimum requirements:
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible program management experience that includes:
• Accountability for leading the delivery of large-scale contracts with significant complexity, a high degree of risk and potential impact to the organization; preferably for statewide contracted products and services
• Brings the voice of the customer to the table when meeting with internal stakeholders to develop solutions to problems or new initiatives
• Skilled in understanding and interpreting nuanced communication and developing and retaining relationships with all internal and external stakeholders
• Knowledgeable in P&L management, budgeting and costing
• Demonstrates an ability to navigate complex contractual requirements and communicate them to key stakeholders throughout the broader organization
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) credential through the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Meets the Senior level requirements listed above
For both levels:
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor's degree in Business or related area of study), or a combination of both
It's a plus if you have:
• Experience in educational assessment industry
• Experience working in a matrix environment with a diverse group of internal stakeholders to deliver contracted products and services
• Experience in supporting proposal efforts, including text development and costing
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do... better - we've never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.
Work location: Remote
You will be joining a team of program management professionals with skills and expertise in working with and developing strong relationships with external clients; following PMI-aligned methodologies to plan, implement, and manage the ongoing delivery of large-scale statewide assessment programs; employing keen business acumen to retain and grow the business; thinking strategically to support customers, team members, and stakeholders; and having some fun along the way.
We are seeking an ACT State Senior or Lead Program Manager. The individual who accepts this position will use strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills to lead the planning, implementation, and ongoing management of statewide assessment programs to successfully deliver all contracted products and services and to meet the needs of the state client, its constituents, members of the extended ACT program team, and the overall business. This includes working closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including external customers.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $75,000 to $95,000, depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. The Senior level is not incentive eligible, but the Lead level is.
What you will be working on:
• Focuses on state contract delivery and serves as the primary point of contact with the external customer
• Understands, monitors, and reviews state contract requirements and deliverables to optimize contract performance
• Develops and leverages strong customer relationships to identify ways in which to expand opportunities within assigned states
• Follows required project management methodologies in the planning, implementation, and ongoing management of assigned contracts
• Initiates and leads the contract renewal processes, including, but not limited to:
• collaborating with the customer to define requirements for the renewal contract
• updating contract documents
• defining requirements and leading the effort to cost enhancements and/or new deliverables
• coordinating the renewal with cross-functional team
• tracking all tasks through to renewal contract execution
• Works internally to bring closure to customer requests in a timely manner
• Supports proposal development efforts that may include requirements analysis, solutions development, writing/editing proposal text, costing, and participating in proposal review processes
Senior Program Manager minimum requirements:
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible program management experience that includes:
• Accountability for leading the delivery of mid-to-large scale contracts with significant complexity; preferably for statewide contracted products and services
• Experience with independently planning and implementing new contracts and/or business initiatives
• Experience initiating and supporting contract renewal efforts, readily handling costing to support new contract line item
• A customer-centric focus and a strong sense of urgency while working through a complex matrix organization to ensure success for the customer, organization, and team members
• Tenacity, initiative, and persistence to bring closure to customer requests in a timely manner
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment that requires frequent prioritization and strong decision-making skills
• Outstanding interpersonal, written, verbal communication and facilitation skills; tactful, direct, articulate, and thoughtful communicator with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Ability to learn and utilize full life-cycle project management skills and methodologies to initiate, plan, implement, manage, and close out assigned programs
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Collaborate and work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization by maintaining a positive working relationship with customers and internal stakeholders, which often includes cross-functional teams
• Ability to readily manage a portfolio of 3-5 mid-to-large-scale statewide assessment programs with varying levels of complexity
• Demonstrated expertise in a lead role to navigate a high-stakes program through a complex matrix environment
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and articulate carefully considered tactics to improve program delivery and retain customer satisfaction
Lead Program Manager minimum requirements:
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible program management experience that includes:
• Accountability for leading the delivery of large-scale contracts with significant complexity, a high degree of risk and potential impact to the organization; preferably for statewide contracted products and services
• Brings the voice of the customer to the table when meeting with internal stakeholders to develop solutions to problems or new initiatives
• Skilled in understanding and interpreting nuanced communication and developing and retaining relationships with all internal and external stakeholders
• Knowledgeable in P&L management, budgeting and costing
• Demonstrates an ability to navigate complex contractual requirements and communicate them to key stakeholders throughout the broader organization
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) credential through the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Meets the Senior level requirements listed above
For both levels:
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor's degree in Business or related area of study), or a combination of both
It's a plus if you have:
• Experience in educational assessment industry
• Experience working in a matrix environment with a diverse group of internal stakeholders to deliver contracted products and services
• Experience in supporting proposal efforts, including text development and costing
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
via LinkedIn
posted_at: 9 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 58K–80K a yearwork_from_home: 1
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.
Work location: Remote (can also be on-site or hybrid if in Iowa City, Iowa area)
We are seeking a Digital Content Creator II or Senior Digital Content Creator responsible for helping to create and execute demand and lead generation campaigns that educate, inform, and facilitate brand engagement for ACT. The Content Creator will focus on compelling storytelling in a variety of digital channels and formats to create an ongoing “conversation” that will elevate the ACT brand across market segments.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $58,000 to $80,000, depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
What you will be working on:
• Work closely with the ACT brand team, designer, and developers to deploy messaging, experiences, and content relevant to a variety of core ACT audiences
• Work with a mix of words, images, videos, and other media to create content for websites, apps, and social media pages
• Drive audience-focused content that sets the stage for engagement with the ACT brand, message, and its corresponding products and holistic approach to educational pathways and success
• Write content including social media, email, ads, website pages, and other types of content that aligns with the ACT brand
• Work closely with the rest of Marketing and particularly the Customer Touchpoints Team to understand the capabilities of our digital communications platforms and to learn how to write and design content for best-use in these platforms
Digital Content Creator II minimum requirements:
• A minimum of three years of marketing experience with recent specialization in digital, content, social media, brand management, and/or product marketing, as well as experience:
• Planning and creating marketing campaigns for digital channels including Web, email, social media, blogs
• Contributing to a content strategy that focuses on user experience being delivered in the right time, place and format
• Solid understanding of marketing technologies including: CRM, marketing automation, web technologies, graphic design tools such as Canva and social media management/monitoring platforms such as Meltwater and Sprout Social
Senior Digital Content Creator minimum requirements:
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible marketing experience, that includes at least two years of recent specialization in two or more of the following: digital, content, social media, brand management, product marketing, as well as experience:
• Planning, creating and executing marketing campaigns for digital channels including web, email, social media, blogs with demonstrated ROI’s
• Developing and/or leading a content strategy that focuses on user experience being delivered in the right time, place and format
• Using marketing technologies including: CRM, marketing automation, web technologies, graphic design tools such as Canva and social media management/monitoring platforms such as Meltwater and Sprout Social
Minimum requirements for both levels:
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, and the ability to educate other writers in best practices
• Ability to work collaboratively and develop productive relationships in a results-driven, team-oriented matrix environment
• Ability to work with a strong customer-focused mindset – deliver on time, communicate clearly, earn trust
• Strong organizational, analytical, decision making and planning skills and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to think critically about marketing performance, as related to business performance
• Ability to stay abreast of the latest trends and debate in key audience sectors and create content focused on the voice of the customer
• Ability to manage change, deliver and thrive in an environment experiencing change at a fast pace
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in digital media, advertising, web or graphic design, or a related field), or a combination of both.
It’s a plus if you have:
• HTML, CSS
• Video editing capabilities
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what... matters to us and we must do better - we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.
Work location: Remote (can also be on-site or hybrid if in Iowa City, Iowa area)
We are seeking a Digital Content Creator II or Senior Digital Content Creator responsible for helping to create and execute demand and lead generation campaigns that educate, inform, and facilitate brand engagement for ACT. The Content Creator will focus on compelling storytelling in a variety of digital channels and formats to create an ongoing “conversation” that will elevate the ACT brand across market segments.
The Finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $58,000 to $80,000, depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
What you will be working on:
• Work closely with the ACT brand team, designer, and developers to deploy messaging, experiences, and content relevant to a variety of core ACT audiences
• Work with a mix of words, images, videos, and other media to create content for websites, apps, and social media pages
• Drive audience-focused content that sets the stage for engagement with the ACT brand, message, and its corresponding products and holistic approach to educational pathways and success
• Write content including social media, email, ads, website pages, and other types of content that aligns with the ACT brand
• Work closely with the rest of Marketing and particularly the Customer Touchpoints Team to understand the capabilities of our digital communications platforms and to learn how to write and design content for best-use in these platforms
Digital Content Creator II minimum requirements:
• A minimum of three years of marketing experience with recent specialization in digital, content, social media, brand management, and/or product marketing, as well as experience:
• Planning and creating marketing campaigns for digital channels including Web, email, social media, blogs
• Contributing to a content strategy that focuses on user experience being delivered in the right time, place and format
• Solid understanding of marketing technologies including: CRM, marketing automation, web technologies, graphic design tools such as Canva and social media management/monitoring platforms such as Meltwater and Sprout Social
Senior Digital Content Creator minimum requirements:
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible marketing experience, that includes at least two years of recent specialization in two or more of the following: digital, content, social media, brand management, product marketing, as well as experience:
• Planning, creating and executing marketing campaigns for digital channels including web, email, social media, blogs with demonstrated ROI’s
• Developing and/or leading a content strategy that focuses on user experience being delivered in the right time, place and format
• Using marketing technologies including: CRM, marketing automation, web technologies, graphic design tools such as Canva and social media management/monitoring platforms such as Meltwater and Sprout Social
Minimum requirements for both levels:
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, and the ability to educate other writers in best practices
• Ability to work collaboratively and develop productive relationships in a results-driven, team-oriented matrix environment
• Ability to work with a strong customer-focused mindset – deliver on time, communicate clearly, earn trust
• Strong organizational, analytical, decision making and planning skills and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to think critically about marketing performance, as related to business performance
• Ability to stay abreast of the latest trends and debate in key audience sectors and create content focused on the voice of the customer
• Ability to manage change, deliver and thrive in an environment experiencing change at a fast pace
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in digital media, advertising, web or graphic design, or a related field), or a combination of both.
It’s a plus if you have:
• HTML, CSS
• Video editing capabilities
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
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posted_at: 2 days agoschedule_type: Internship
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success...
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to gain applied
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success...
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to gain applied design and programming experience working with senior design and programming specialists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with EIS IT members on AWS’ cloud computing platform, candidates will have the opportunity to design and implement a streamlined process to manage a complex business workflow and associated activities required to support the delivery of ACT’s standardized tests to individuals with special accommodation requirements.
The focus of this project will be to:
• Document the existing process together with the data sources and tools used to manage it.
• Design an end-to-end solution (full stack) to replace the existing process and tools using AWS capabilities.
• Build the solution and associated needed documentation in order to gain adoption of the new capabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• Must be working toward a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with a focus on application development.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficiency in web-based application development, with a focus on React, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proficiency in/knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data management
• Understanding of microservices and APIs
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success...
The EIS Summer Intern will work with the Special Testing group within Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) department. The team in EIS consists of IT specialists in solution design, data management and computer engineering. This position is for someone looking to gain applied design and programming experience working with senior design and programming specialists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with EIS IT members on AWS’ cloud computing platform, candidates will have the opportunity to design and implement a streamlined process to manage a complex business workflow and associated activities required to support the delivery of ACT’s standardized tests to individuals with special accommodation requirements.
The focus of this project will be to:
• Document the existing process together with the data sources and tools used to manage it.
• Design an end-to-end solution (full stack) to replace the existing process and tools using AWS capabilities.
• Build the solution and associated needed documentation in order to gain adoption of the new capabilities.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• Must be working toward a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with a focus on application development.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficiency in web-based application development, with a focus on React, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proficiency in/knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data management
• Understanding of microservices and APIs
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
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posted_at: 21 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 50K–80K a year
Overview:
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to
Overview:
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to an array of well-being programs including health & wellness programs and professional learning and development opportunities.
For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $50,000 to $80,000 depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Statistical Analyst I or II with strong technical and data analysis skills to support our PhD-level Psychometricians and Research Scientists within the Research team.
This position plays a key role as part of a dynamic environment within a well-established ACT business unit and will help shape, define and implement research designs and solutions. The Research team works mostly remote across the U.S.
The Statistical Analyst I or II will be responsible for cleaning, analyzing, and verifying data, and developing and implementing statistical models. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in statistics, data analysis, and experience working with large datasets. The Research team has as a mission to provide exceptional research and psychometric excellence to our flagship products and to lead the research, design, and development of next generation assessments that facilitate adaptability and personalization by leveraging digital technologies, new measurement models, and digital data sources. The statistical analyst will support this mission.
What you will be working on:
• Participates on innovative, collaborative, and dynamic cross-functional teams to achieve milestones and objectives
• Works with Research team members to ensure that design and execution of research plans support, reflect, and advance the overall research agenda and organizational strategy as well as integrate across the area
• Leads efforts of production code standardization and maintains BitBucket repository and supporting documentation around code and data storage
• Supports the analysis of data from a wide range of ACT assessment products
• Conducts state-specific analyses for ACT state customers
• Supports validity and efficacy research
Statistical Analyst I: A minimum of 1 year statistical analysis experience
Statistical Analyst II: A minimum of 3 years statistical analysis experience that includes:
• Strong experience in data analysis, statistical modeling, and hypothesis testing
• Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools, such as Tableau
Finalist will be hired at level commensurate with their qualifications.
Minimum requirements for both levels:
• Proficiency in either R or SAS statistical programming language
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically and creatively
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
• Develops ideas that are new, better, or unique; embraces and promotes diverse perspectives
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy
• Work effectively with individuals within the organization
• Acts decisively with sound judgement; uses data to analyze options and form opinions
• Ability to apply continuous improvement to existing processes and programs
• Uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, willingness and ability to learn
• Remains current in area of expertise, seeks opportunities to expand and grow skills
• Takes responsibility and follows through on commitments; acknowledges and learns from mistakes without blaming others; recognizes the impact of one's behavior
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, or a related field), or a combination of both.
It's a plus if you have:
Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Educational Measurement, or Psychometrics
About ACT:
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to an array of well-being programs including health & wellness programs and professional learning and development opportunities.
For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $50,000 to $80,000 depending on the level. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. This position is not incentive eligible.
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Statistical Analyst I or II with strong technical and data analysis skills to support our PhD-level Psychometricians and Research Scientists within the Research team.
This position plays a key role as part of a dynamic environment within a well-established ACT business unit and will help shape, define and implement research designs and solutions. The Research team works mostly remote across the U.S.
The Statistical Analyst I or II will be responsible for cleaning, analyzing, and verifying data, and developing and implementing statistical models. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in statistics, data analysis, and experience working with large datasets. The Research team has as a mission to provide exceptional research and psychometric excellence to our flagship products and to lead the research, design, and development of next generation assessments that facilitate adaptability and personalization by leveraging digital technologies, new measurement models, and digital data sources. The statistical analyst will support this mission.
What you will be working on:
• Participates on innovative, collaborative, and dynamic cross-functional teams to achieve milestones and objectives
• Works with Research team members to ensure that design and execution of research plans support, reflect, and advance the overall research agenda and organizational strategy as well as integrate across the area
• Leads efforts of production code standardization and maintains BitBucket repository and supporting documentation around code and data storage
• Supports the analysis of data from a wide range of ACT assessment products
• Conducts state-specific analyses for ACT state customers
• Supports validity and efficacy research
Statistical Analyst I: A minimum of 1 year statistical analysis experience
Statistical Analyst II: A minimum of 3 years statistical analysis experience that includes:
• Strong experience in data analysis, statistical modeling, and hypothesis testing
• Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools, such as Tableau
Finalist will be hired at level commensurate with their qualifications.
Minimum requirements for both levels:
• Proficiency in either R or SAS statistical programming language
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically and creatively
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization
• Develops ideas that are new, better, or unique; embraces and promotes diverse perspectives
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy
• Work effectively with individuals within the organization
• Acts decisively with sound judgement; uses data to analyze options and form opinions
• Ability to apply continuous improvement to existing processes and programs
• Uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, willingness and ability to learn
• Remains current in area of expertise, seeks opportunities to expand and grow skills
• Takes responsibility and follows through on commitments; acknowledges and learns from mistakes without blaming others; recognizes the impact of one's behavior
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, or a related field), or a combination of both.
It's a plus if you have:
Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Educational Measurement, or Psychometrics
About ACT:
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org Show more details...
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schedule_type: Contractorsalary: 30–60 an hourwork_from_home: 1
ACT’s Commitment to Fairness
We exist to fight for fairness in education and create a world...
where everyone can discover and fulfill their potential.
ACT’s products and assessments provide opportunities for students and professionals to demonstrate their knowledge, skill, and potential. ACT develops tests that cover a range of content areas and grade levels, supporting K–12 and the workplace.
ACT is looking for independent and impartial
ACT’s Commitment to Fairness
We exist to fight for fairness in education and create a world...
where everyone can discover and fulfill their potential.
ACT’s products and assessments provide opportunities for students and professionals to demonstrate their knowledge, skill, and potential. ACT develops tests that cover a range of content areas and grade levels, supporting K–12 and the workplace.
ACT is looking for independent and impartial individuals to serve as Fairness Consultants. In their reviews of ACT assessments, fairness reviewers identify where factors other than the academic and workplace skills and knowledge tested may intrude on performance and detract from the accuracy of the assessment. The feedback provided by Fairness Consultants helps further assure that the materials are fair, equitable, and inclusive to all. Their work helps us fulfill our mission to open doors of opportunity for increased equity, access, and success.
Further background about Fairness & Equity in ACT Materials:
ACT endorses the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education (1988) and the obligations to test takers it imposes on those who develop, administer, and use educational tests and data.
At ACT, the work of ensuring test fairness starts with the design of the test specifications and then continues through every stage of the test development process, including item (question) writing and review, item pretesting, item selection and forms construction, and forms review. ACT makes every effort to see that all the tests are fair to the populations for whom the tests are intended.
ACT values the diverse backgrounds and perspectives our Fairness Consultants bring to their work, and we are always striving to further broaden the ethnic, racial, gender, socio-economic, and geographic diversity represented.
Time Commitment:
• Varies based on the project; 5–30 hours per project
Compensation:
• Varies based on the project
Minimum qualifications:
• Sensitivity to and knowledge of diversity and inclusion and an ability to apply that to the evaluation process
• Education industry experience preferred—including teachers, school counselors, and school administrators
• Learning services expertise in any of the following areas:
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Social, Emotional Learning
• Experience in any of the following areas:
• Content development
• Test preparation
• Curriculum coordination or development
• Comfortable learning new online systems for reviewing
• Must not be reviewing or developing work for other testing companies or products
Preferred qualifications:
• Experience working with populations of color, populations with disabilities, and/or English as a second language (ESL) populations is highly desirable
Application Process:
Complete a Consultant Questionnaire (https://www.act.org/content/act/en/careers-at-act/consultant-questionnaire.html) to apply.
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve education and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it is guiding students along their learning paths; enabling companies to develop their workforce; fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress; guiding job seekers toward career success; or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues, ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $30.00 - $60.00 per hour
Schedule:
• Self-determined schedule
Work Location: Remote Show more details...
We exist to fight for fairness in education and create a world...
where everyone can discover and fulfill their potential.
ACT’s products and assessments provide opportunities for students and professionals to demonstrate their knowledge, skill, and potential. ACT develops tests that cover a range of content areas and grade levels, supporting K–12 and the workplace.
ACT is looking for independent and impartial individuals to serve as Fairness Consultants. In their reviews of ACT assessments, fairness reviewers identify where factors other than the academic and workplace skills and knowledge tested may intrude on performance and detract from the accuracy of the assessment. The feedback provided by Fairness Consultants helps further assure that the materials are fair, equitable, and inclusive to all. Their work helps us fulfill our mission to open doors of opportunity for increased equity, access, and success.
Further background about Fairness & Equity in ACT Materials:
ACT endorses the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education (1988) and the obligations to test takers it imposes on those who develop, administer, and use educational tests and data.
At ACT, the work of ensuring test fairness starts with the design of the test specifications and then continues through every stage of the test development process, including item (question) writing and review, item pretesting, item selection and forms construction, and forms review. ACT makes every effort to see that all the tests are fair to the populations for whom the tests are intended.
ACT values the diverse backgrounds and perspectives our Fairness Consultants bring to their work, and we are always striving to further broaden the ethnic, racial, gender, socio-economic, and geographic diversity represented.
Time Commitment:
• Varies based on the project; 5–30 hours per project
Compensation:
• Varies based on the project
Minimum qualifications:
• Sensitivity to and knowledge of diversity and inclusion and an ability to apply that to the evaluation process
• Education industry experience preferred—including teachers, school counselors, and school administrators
• Learning services expertise in any of the following areas:
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Social, Emotional Learning
• Experience in any of the following areas:
• Content development
• Test preparation
• Curriculum coordination or development
• Comfortable learning new online systems for reviewing
• Must not be reviewing or developing work for other testing companies or products
Preferred qualifications:
• Experience working with populations of color, populations with disabilities, and/or English as a second language (ESL) populations is highly desirable
Application Process:
Complete a Consultant Questionnaire (https://www.act.org/content/act/en/careers-at-act/consultant-questionnaire.html) to apply.
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve education and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it is guiding students along their learning paths; enabling companies to develop their workforce; fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress; guiding job seekers toward career success; or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues, ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $30.00 - $60.00 per hour
Schedule:
• Self-determined schedule
Work Location: Remote Show more details...
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posted_at: 15 days agoschedule_type: Internship
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The Research Summer Intern will work with the Applied Research Component Team within the ACT Research group. The mission in Research is to establish ACT's authority as a trusted leader in the field of educational research and to use this expertise and knowledge to
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The Research Summer Intern will work with the Applied Research Component Team within the ACT Research group. The mission in Research is to establish ACT's authority as a trusted leader in the field of educational research and to use this expertise and knowledge to increase the efficacy and equity of our products and solutions. The team in Research consists of researchers in psychometrics, validity and efficacy, artificial intelligence and machine learning, survey methodology, social and emotional learning (SEL), and industrial-organizational psychology. This position is for someone looking to gain applied research experience working with senior validity and efficacy researchers and survey methodologists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with current Applied Research Component Team members to create and refine assessments and learning materials, candidates will have the opportunity to design and conduct original research studies. Successful candidates will be matched to research studies in their field of study that matches their research interests. Possible research studies for Summer 2023 include, but are not limited to:
• Recreating and/or reconceptualizing validity and efficacy studies in support of ACT's suite of assessments
• Investigating students' admission strategies within test-optional/flexible institutions
• Creation, administration, and analysis of surveys to examine stakeholder perspectives on current issues in educational assessment and policies
What you will be working on:
• Design and execute original research studies examining the validity and efficacy of assessments
• Design and execute original research studies investigating stakeholder perceptions
• Data cleaning and analysis
• Write and edit literature reviews
• Report design, creation, and revision
• Running cognitive lab and focus group studies
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• BA in psychology, educational psychology, or related field.
• Must be working toward Ph.D. in education, psychometrics, educational psychology, personality psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, or related field
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficient in Excel and Word
• Proficient in statistical software (SAS or R preferred)
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
The Research Summer Intern will work with the Applied Research Component Team within the ACT Research group. The mission in Research is to establish ACT's authority as a trusted leader in the field of educational research and to use this expertise and knowledge to increase the efficacy and equity of our products and solutions. The team in Research consists of researchers in psychometrics, validity and efficacy, artificial intelligence and machine learning, survey methodology, social and emotional learning (SEL), and industrial-organizational psychology. This position is for someone looking to gain applied research experience working with senior validity and efficacy researchers and survey methodologists. Candidates can be in-person in Iowa City, IA or remote for the 10-week duration of the internship.
In addition to gaining experience by working with current Applied Research Component Team members to create and refine assessments and learning materials, candidates will have the opportunity to design and conduct original research studies. Successful candidates will be matched to research studies in their field of study that matches their research interests. Possible research studies for Summer 2023 include, but are not limited to:
• Recreating and/or reconceptualizing validity and efficacy studies in support of ACT's suite of assessments
• Investigating students' admission strategies within test-optional/flexible institutions
• Creation, administration, and analysis of surveys to examine stakeholder perspectives on current issues in educational assessment and policies
What you will be working on:
• Design and execute original research studies examining the validity and efficacy of assessments
• Design and execute original research studies investigating stakeholder perceptions
• Data cleaning and analysis
• Write and edit literature reviews
• Report design, creation, and revision
• Running cognitive lab and focus group studies
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
• BA in psychology, educational psychology, or related field.
• Must be working toward Ph.D. in education, psychometrics, educational psychology, personality psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, or related field
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Proficient in Excel and Word
• Proficient in statistical software (SAS or R preferred)
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong work ethic
About ACT
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
Employment Type: OTHER Show more details...
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posted_at: 19 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to an
Overview
At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to an array of well-being programs including health & wellness programs and professional learning and development opportunities.
You will be joining a creative and energetic sales team that has a diverse, extensive background in education with a strong desire to work collaboratively to ensure student success.
Work Location: This is a remote position that will cover territory in Oklahoma. Preference is that the Account Executive be located in Oklahoma or nearby state.
ACT has adopted relational account management practices in which the Account Executive maintains the account relationship for the life of the account. This individual develops new business, maintains that business, and expands that business through understanding the needs of the client and bringing ACT's products and services to the client in a manner that achieves the client's goals and objectives. The Account Executive relies on the operations and/or client-facing program management teams to ensure that the delivery of agreed upon solutions satisfies client needs, therefore the Account Executive informs the work of these teams.
What you will be working on:
• Develop and execute account plans to capture new business and maintain existing business of ACT's standard products and services to K12 school and district clients
• Travel as needed to meet with clients, support trade shows and conferences, attend other meetings, or for personal staff development
• Manage a personal travel budget to maximize face-time with clients in support of assigned sales goals
• Maintain working knowledge of ACT's and ACT's key competitors' products and services
• Manage objections, coordinate orders, and maintain accurate and current account information in the CRM
• Escalate opportunities and cases according to protocols
• Respond to clients in a timely manner
• Prepare for, participate in and sometimes lead internal and/or client meetings using adopted ACT methodologies
• Attend and actively participate in ACT meetings
• Provide progress reports as scheduled by supervisor
• Represent ACT at conferences, trade shows, etc.
This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):
• At least 3 years of experience in the education and/or assessment industry
• K-12 experience that includes deep knowledge of the state and district landscape within the territory
• Ability to stay current on the education industry
• Works effectively and builds relationships with individuals inside and outside the organization
• Superior ability to read and interpret written material including the recognition of technical terms and jargon
• Strong analytical abilities and ability to determine logical solutions to complicated problems
• Competence in using computers, devices, and software including word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and CRM (preference for salesforce.com)
• Uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, completes tasks with little to no direction, sets and acts on goals and priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization, including strong negotiation skills
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor's degree in business, education, education administration or a related area), or a combination of both.
It's a plus if you have:
• Account management experience
• District assessment industry experience
• Master's degree a plus
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
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At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference...
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success.
Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT supports team members by offering market-competitive pay, generous paid leave, flexible working arrangements, and access to an array of well-being programs including health & wellness programs and professional learning and development opportunities.
You will be joining a creative and energetic sales team that has a diverse, extensive background in education with a strong desire to work collaboratively to ensure student success.
Work Location: This is a remote position that will cover territory in Oklahoma. Preference is that the Account Executive be located in Oklahoma or nearby state.
ACT has adopted relational account management practices in which the Account Executive maintains the account relationship for the life of the account. This individual develops new business, maintains that business, and expands that business through understanding the needs of the client and bringing ACT's products and services to the client in a manner that achieves the client's goals and objectives. The Account Executive relies on the operations and/or client-facing program management teams to ensure that the delivery of agreed upon solutions satisfies client needs, therefore the Account Executive informs the work of these teams.
What you will be working on:
• Develop and execute account plans to capture new business and maintain existing business of ACT's standard products and services to K12 school and district clients
• Travel as needed to meet with clients, support trade shows and conferences, attend other meetings, or for personal staff development
• Manage a personal travel budget to maximize face-time with clients in support of assigned sales goals
• Maintain working knowledge of ACT's and ACT's key competitors' products and services
• Manage objections, coordinate orders, and maintain accurate and current account information in the CRM
• Escalate opportunities and cases according to protocols
• Respond to clients in a timely manner
• Prepare for, participate in and sometimes lead internal and/or client meetings using adopted ACT methodologies
• Attend and actively participate in ACT meetings
• Provide progress reports as scheduled by supervisor
• Represent ACT at conferences, trade shows, etc.
This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):
• At least 3 years of experience in the education and/or assessment industry
• K-12 experience that includes deep knowledge of the state and district landscape within the territory
• Ability to stay current on the education industry
• Works effectively and builds relationships with individuals inside and outside the organization
• Superior ability to read and interpret written material including the recognition of technical terms and jargon
• Strong analytical abilities and ability to determine logical solutions to complicated problems
• Competence in using computers, devices, and software including word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and CRM (preference for salesforce.com)
• Uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, completes tasks with little to no direction, sets and acts on goals and priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization, including strong negotiation skills
• Skills and knowledge required for success in this position can be attained through experience, education (Bachelor's degree in business, education, education administration or a related area), or a combination of both.
It's a plus if you have:
• Account management experience
• District assessment industry experience
• Master's degree a plus
About ACT
When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry-helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life's transitions.
More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We're doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we're all in this together.
We know transformation does not come without challenge. That's why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
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Overview
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about
Overview
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
About ACT
Responsible for analyzing business problems, interacting directly with internal customers, capturing and documenting business requirements, maintaining use cases/business process flows, developing and executing system test cases, and providing application training. Develops, manages, and updates product roadmap with Enterprise Architecture, senior leaders, product managers/owners, and other... stakeholders to understand business needs and priorities. Communicates with end users, stakeholders, and leadership through requirements gathering meetings, demos, trainings, release notes, and status updates. Manages ongoing support requests and user administrative needs, including approval and prioritization process. Communicates business stakeholder needs to Salesforce administrators and/or scrum team to ensure understanding of business priorities and requirements. Leads analysis and reporting on department metrics by identifying measurements and strategies for evaluating success. Leads, supports, sizes, and informs continual improvement efforts to regularly, systematically, and incrementally enhance business value of Salesforce platform. Leads Salesforce team. Mentors, coaches and encourages development and growth in Salesforce knowledge, skills and abilities organizationally.
Remote employment available from anywhere in the U.S. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $99,000 to $131,300. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, internal equity and geographic location. This position is not incentive eligible. We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems or closely related field with five years or Master's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems or closely related field with three years of progressively responsible experience that each include two years of Salesforce administrator experience delivering solutions to customer problems and Salesforce.com Administrator Certification (current or within first year of hire), including: experience with Salesforce platform (build custom apps and objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity), leading projects and project teams, working in an Agile environment, and evaluating new Salesforce apps and developing plans for implementation; technical understanding of Salesforce capabilities, including integrations with various systems, and understanding of business process, logic, and data to solve complex problems; ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex deliverables and to identify and implement process improvements; and experience with at least one of the following: Lightning, Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud and/or Community Cloud Show more details...
ACT is a nonprofit organization helping people achieve educational and workplace success. Our programs are designed to boost lifelong learning in schools and workplaces around the world. Whether it's guiding students along their learning paths, enabling companies to develop their workforce, fostering parent, teacher, and counselor understanding of student progress, guiding job seekers toward career success, or informing policymakers about education and workforce issues. ACT is passionate about making a difference in all we do.
Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!
About ACT
Responsible for analyzing business problems, interacting directly with internal customers, capturing and documenting business requirements, maintaining use cases/business process flows, developing and executing system test cases, and providing application training. Develops, manages, and updates product roadmap with Enterprise Architecture, senior leaders, product managers/owners, and other... stakeholders to understand business needs and priorities. Communicates with end users, stakeholders, and leadership through requirements gathering meetings, demos, trainings, release notes, and status updates. Manages ongoing support requests and user administrative needs, including approval and prioritization process. Communicates business stakeholder needs to Salesforce administrators and/or scrum team to ensure understanding of business priorities and requirements. Leads analysis and reporting on department metrics by identifying measurements and strategies for evaluating success. Leads, supports, sizes, and informs continual improvement efforts to regularly, systematically, and incrementally enhance business value of Salesforce platform. Leads Salesforce team. Mentors, coaches and encourages development and growth in Salesforce knowledge, skills and abilities organizationally.
Remote employment available from anywhere in the U.S. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $99,000 to $131,300. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, internal equity and geographic location. This position is not incentive eligible. We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 403B with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems or closely related field with five years or Master's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems or closely related field with three years of progressively responsible experience that each include two years of Salesforce administrator experience delivering solutions to customer problems and Salesforce.com Administrator Certification (current or within first year of hire), including: experience with Salesforce platform (build custom apps and objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity), leading projects and project teams, working in an Agile environment, and evaluating new Salesforce apps and developing plans for implementation; technical understanding of Salesforce capabilities, including integrations with various systems, and understanding of business process, logic, and data to solve complex problems; ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex deliverables and to identify and implement process improvements; and experience with at least one of the following: Lightning, Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud and/or Community Cloud Show more details...
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