TESTING CENTER COORDINATOR

1

Edinburg, Texas

P16 Outreach & Testing Services

1

Exempt

To provide professional oversight and administrative skills and abilities for overall coordination and supervision of student testing programs.

• Supervises testing specialists, test personnel and works with director to oversee all aspects of weekly testing.

• Administers, proctors and scores tests, while accommodating any special needs.

• Receives, inventories and returns dated testing material in a timely manner and reconciles discrepancies.

• Ensures confidential material is stored securely.

• Supervises the overall administration of testing programs, including the coordination of staff activities, facilities and materials.

• Supervises arrangements for multiple administration of national testing programs in which the institution participates (SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT TExES, etc.).

• Consults with the director and representative of various national testing companies (ACT, SAT, ETS, Pearson/VUE) concerning testing master center forms and contracts.

• Keeps current on UTRGV testing policies (admissions, placement, departmental, post-graduate) and maintains an inventory commensurate to its testing population.

• Organizes and secures all room reservations and activities for testing related to the master center forms.

• Stays up to date on all certification exams required by testing companies for administering WebEx seminars.

• Recruits and coordinates personnel needed for Saturday examinations as per national and state testing company guidelines, and ensures payment is made.

• Gathers and creates statistical summaries and periodic reports as required for all testing areas: CBT, Saturday testing, paper-pencil and outreach activities.

• Provides overall supervision of the activities of the Saturday and weekday testing programs which include supervision of 30-50 Saturday proctors and the management of large groups of 300-700 students in multiple buildings (Engineering, MAGC, Science and EDCC) at UTRGV.

• Prepares all needed reports, paperwork and vouchers.

• Ensures completeness and accuracy of all test-date documentation (rosters, seating, diagrams, reports).

• Performs routine checks of all testing facilities to guarantee successful testing administration so as to maintain security and confidentiality.

• Responsible for networking and consulting with UTRGV personnel concerning issues of student testing, placement, credits and calendar testing dates while maintaining confidentiality.

• Implements and ensures departmental adherence of testing manuals and policies from multiple sources.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

General direction from the assigned supervisor.

Direct supervision of all assigned staff.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Bilingual (English and Spanish).

None.

Three (3) years experience working with student related programs, teaching, or experience in scoring, reporting and evaluating educational paper/pencil tests and/or computerized tests in a testing environment.

Test center administrator (TCA) supervisory experience in hiring testing proctors and completing payment vouchers for proctors.

Use of standard office equipment. Knowledge of computational, data processing and machine scoring capabilities of computer systems, and biometric security equipment.

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and constant weekend/evening work is required.

Work performed on multiple projects concurrently, under pressure of rigid deadlines and time limitations. Ability to interact in a professional manner with faculty, staff, students and the public. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical and procedures, and other professionally related documents. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures. Ability to effectively write information and respond to questions from group of students, supervisors and the general public as necessary.

N/A

Full-Time

Commensurate with Experience

Commensurate with Experience

04/02/2025

No

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days. If you have any questions, please visit our Careers site at https://careers.utrgv.edu for detailed contact information.

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Talent Development .