Assessment Content Developer

Benefits of becoming an IB Assessment Content Developer

• Play a critical role within the IB examination and assessment process. 
• Work within a diverse community comprising IB academic staff, teachers, and external consultants.
• Improve knowledge, skills and performance through professional development training.

Responsibilities 

There are four tasks which an Assessment Content Developer can be asked to undertake for a given set of assessments.

The four tasks are outlined below with a brief introduction to the work involved with that task:

• Assessment Author – source or create content for assessments.
• External Advisor – review and evaluate the content of draft IB assessment materials to ensure they meet IB specifications.
• Standardizer – review and evaluate the content of draft IB assessment (normally via translation), for language assessments, to ensure they meet IB specifications.
• Scrutineer – complete the final assessment as if they were the student, checking questions can be answered and mark schemes are complete.

Requirements 

• Applicants must have a degree or equivalent in the subject (or a related subject) for which they are applying.
• Applicants must have a minimum of one year’s experience teaching and assessing the subject (or a related subject) to students in an appropriate age range:
  • MYP: 14 to 16 years of age
  • DP/CP: 16 to 19 years of age.
• Applicants must have the ability to communicate, read documents and write reports in English unless otherwise stated in the vacancy details.

How to become an IB Assessment Content Developer

When IB Assessment Content Developer vacancies are available, they will appear on our Join IBEN webpage in addition to the vacancies list below. Please note, the recruitment process can take up to six months after the closing date, during which you may be asked to complete additional tasks. 

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