Test Security Associate

Overview

LSAC is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to advance law and justice by encouraging diverse, talented individuals to study law and by supporting their enrollment and learning journeys from prelaw through practice. LSAC provides products and services that support candidates and schools throughout the law school admission process, and innovative solutions to expand and diversify the range of prelaw students, enhance student outcomes in law school, and support legal professionals throughout their careers.

The Test Security Associate will be responsible for various aspects of test security and quality control, under the direction of the Manager of Test Security. The Associate will work in cooperation with others in the Office of Test Security to ensure that all aspects of quality control/compliance and test security initiatives are completed within budget and on schedule to assist in effective implementation of test security strategy.

$20-$24/hr.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:

• Coordinate all aspects of the Office of Test Security’s day-to-day procedures.
• Perform the administrative work of the Office of Test Security to ensure all aspect of training and test security activities are completed within budget and on schedule.
• Assist and engage in test security audits and evaluate observations (announced and unannounced) during test administrations.
• Represent LSAC’s Office of Test Security at industry conferences and center trainings.
• Administer the score challenge process (QTSRB).
• Assist the implementation of the Test Security Training Program in dual delivery environments.
• Maintain post-training evaluations and records.
• Draft correspondence with test takers and test centers to accomplish Office of Test Security responsibilities.
• Coordinate special projects upon direction from the Manager of Test Security.
• Assist in identifying and targeting areas of security training opportunity.
• Preparing special communications and informational materials for distribution to evaluate supervisors and other external stakeholders.
• Asist in the administration of investigations and interviews in security incidents involving test takers and test administrators.
• Maintain and administer test taker limit appeals process.
• Assist and maintain reports to internal stakeholders of the Office of Test Security’s activities.
• Able to travel up to 10% of time, some weekends and weeknights expected.
• Assist other departments within Candidate Services boundary with phone support and test security escalations, some weekends and weeknights expected.

Qualifications

Competencies:

• Good organizational skills and the ability to follow through and complete assignments.
• Exercise good judgment and discretion always with overly sensitive and confidential material.
• Ability to accurately proofread is required, including good grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary skills.
• Strong attention to detail, project management skills, and the ability to work with shifting priorities required.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player as well as an individual contributor.

Required Experience and Education:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Two years’ experience in an office environment to include advanced experience on word processing, spreadsheets, and Power Point systems.

Preferred Experience and Education:

• n/a

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This role does not have people management responsibilities.

Position Type:

The LSAC standard business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET. While these are the standard office hours for LSAC, as an exempt employee, the employee will be expected to work the hours necessary to satisfactorily complete their assignments in a responsible and professional manner.

Travel:

This position requires up to 10% travel. Some of the travel is international.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a remote and professional office environment. Whether remote or in-office, this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to write, hear, speak, and present materials.

Additional Information:

Please note that this job description may not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Job responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Except as otherwise provided by law, all terms of employment are subject on an at-will basis and can change at any time.

LSAC actively seeks to foster greater levels of diversity in our workforce and in our pipeline of future leaders. We are committed to attract and retain candidates who have a passion for their work and encourage all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, LGBTQIA , and individuals with a disability, to apply. LSAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.