Psychometrician

Overview:
**Job Title**: Psychometrician 2

**Practice**: Patient-Centered Outcomes: Statistics and Programming

**Purpose of the role**: Provides psychometric support on assigned studies and liaises with the project team to ensure high quality deliverables.

**Position within Adelphi Values**: Reports to the assigned senior staff member.

**Your key activities will include**:

- Providing input on study design within protocols.
- Writing statistical analysis plans and preparing associated table shells, with the support of more experienced members of the team.
- Leading the execution of psychometric analyses and interpreting results, with awareness of regulatory requirements.
- Drafting and reviewing study reports, publications, and other deliverables.
- Presenting the results of psychometric analyses externally and liaising with clients on psychometric queries.
- Serving as a psychometric consultant internally for Adelphi Values.
- Providing internal training on relevant psychometric methodology.

**You will demonstrate the following competencies**:

- Psychometric insight and ability to discuss technical aspects of projects with project teams, and to gain their confidence.
- Time management skills, with the ability to contribute to multiple projects in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
- Good organizational skills, with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities.
- Good written and verbal communications skills.
- Ability to produce high quality documents that require little revision to be client-ready
- Ability to communicate psychometric concepts appropriately to psychometricians, statisticians and non-specialists.

**Behaviours and levels (out of 5) associated with this role include**:
**Behaviour Level**

**Work collaboratively**
Level 1 - You:

- actively contribute to one or more teams
- explore ideas with others
- demonstrate respect for others and their views

Level 2 - You also:

- proactively share knowledge and ideas
- actively seek input from other people or disciplines, appreciate diverse views and incorporate these into decisions appropriately
- appreciate expertise both within and outside your discipline

**Develop self and others**
Level 1 - You:

- understand your strengths and weaknesses
- document, own and follow a personal development plan
- continually look to improve by seeking and acting on feedback

Level 2 - You also:

- keep aware of the capabilities and behaviours of your colleagues
- provide others with feedback, recognition and support

**Drive for efficiency and performance**
Level 1 - You:

- understand your role and take ownership of appropriate tasks
- set yourself high standards and take accountability for delivering quality work efficiently
- manage your time effectively to meet deadlines and business requirements
- comply with SOPs, follow guidelines and use templates as appropriate
- stay occupied and offer any free time to help others

Level 2 - You also:

- take a proactive approach in all aspects of your role
- take an active interest in our business performance
- consistently seek out the most efficient ways of working
- proactively share your improved ways of working with others

Level 3 - You also:

- drive the delivery of high standards and efficiency, holding others accountable for results in addition to yourself
- identify and address barriers to efficient, high-performance working

**Build client relationships**
Level 1 - You:

- act as an ‘ambassador’ for Adelphi Values through appropriate, clear and effective interactions with current or potential clients
- demonstrate a client-focused mind set

Level 2 - You also
- understand the basic needs of our clients
- actively seek to address client needs in a manner that builds confidence and trust
- assist in maintaining accurate Client Relationship Management information

Level 3 - You also
- understand and address the more complex needs of our clients
- actively seek to secure follow-on work with existing clients

**Decide and do**
Level 1 - You:

- make timely decisions with appropriate autonomy and act on them
- show an appreciation of when and when not to seek guidance
- seek clarity on what needs doing once a decision is made and do what’s agreed upon
- multi-task and prioritise your actions effectively

Level 2 - You also:

- demonstrate ownership and accountability for more complex decisions and actions
- thoroughly consider the implications (intended or unintended) of your actions
- act with initiative in the absence of all the facts
- demonstrate clear, critical thinking when making decisions

**Challenge and innovate**
Level 1 - You:

- regularly review your own ways of working
- consider changes to your role and responsibilities that may benefit our business

Level 2 - You also:

- understand what our business is about and how we work
- suggest ways of better delivering against our six key drivers
- actively demonstrate critical thinking, developing ideas that challenge assumptions an