Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Western Governors University is committed to expanding access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. They are seeking a Part-Time Evaluator to review students’ assessments, provide feedback, and ensure mastery of learning objectives and competencies.
Responsibilities
• Analyze and evaluate assessments to determine students’ mastery of learning objectives and course competencies
• Prepare accurate, helpful, and consistent feedback to help students develop course competencies
• Apply evaluation processes, policies, and procedures when reviewing and determining students’ mastery of course learning objectives and program competencies
• Stay current with updates to evaluation processes; adopt and apply updated and new evaluation processes as they occur
• Collaborate with team members and leadership when evaluating new and complex assessments to ensure consistent evaluation ratings
• Review evaluation feedback from team members and leaders, apply input as needed to ensure evaluation methods align with department and team expectations
• Partner with team members and leaders to improve evaluation processes that promote consistent scoring and improve evaluation processes
Skills
• Minimum earned master's degree in science, IT related
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Octopus Deploy, Artifactory)
• Experience with Kubernetes (control plane, data plane, nodes, container runtime, and kubectl)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• An understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and configuration management tools (Terraform)
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana) and security monitoring tools (Wiz, Snyk) is a plus
• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Experience with Generative AI
• Ability to review students' responses on assessments and determine mastery of learning objectives and course competencies
• Ability to evaluate assessments and develop accurate, helpful, personalized, and consistent feedback to students in a way that helps them progress through their academic programs
• Ability to maintain expertise in content relevant to the role
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Demonstrated competency with technology needed to evaluate and respond to students' assessments
• Ability to adapt quickly to new processes and apply changes to evaluation processes
• Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback and ensure consistency in evaluation responses
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work independently to complete assessment evaluations consistent with standard practices and policies
• Work experience with competency-based education in an online environment
Benefits
• Eligible for vision and mental healthcare
• Flexible spending account
• Voluntary life insurance
• Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• Legal and identity theft coverage
• Retirement savings plan
• Wellbeing program
• Discounted WGU tuition
• Prorated paid holidays and accrued sick time
Company Overview
• Western Governors University focuses on improving lives by creating pathways to opportunity for its students. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.wgu.edu/.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Western Governors University has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 30 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 37 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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