Job Description

World Change Starts with Educated Children®

IMPORTANT: All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located. Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.

Quantitative Psychometric Consultant (Remote, U.S.-Based)

Application Deadline: November 6, 2026

Room to Read | ShiftEd Alliance

Engagement: Short-term consultancy

Location: Remote – United States

Anticipated Start Date: November 23, 2026

Duration: Approximately 20 working days through early January 2027

Budget: $10,000

Position Overview

Room to Read, on behalf of the ShiftEd Alliance, is seeking an experienced Quantitative Psychometric Consultant to support the validation of the Adolescent Gender Norms Assessment Tool (AGNAT).

AGNAT is designed to measure changes in gender norms and stereotypes among adolescents across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. The broader study is expected to include more than 12,000 students, with data from multiple countries.

Working with Room to Read's Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E) team and ShiftEd Alliance technical leads, the consultant will evaluate the tool's measurement structure, scoring approaches, and comparability across populations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct psychometric analyses to assess item quality, reliability, and dimensional structure.
• Compare raw-score, item response theory (IRT), and multidimensional IRT (MIRT) scoring approaches.
• Evaluate measurement invariance and differential item functioning (DIF) across countries and demographic groups.
• Recommend appropriate scoring models, reporting scales, and item revisions.
• Develop reproducible R code, technical documentation, and a decision tree to guide future analyses.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in psychometrics, quantitative psychology, educational measurement, statistics, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
• Demonstrated experience in cross-cultural assessment and multi-country measurement invariance.
• Experience with non-cognitive assessments, including attitudes, norms, or psychosocial measures.
• Advanced proficiency in R, including IRT/MIRT, confirmatory factor analysis, multi-group modeling, and DIF analysis.
• Experience analyzing multidimensional constructs and mixed item formats.
• Strong analytical, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Experience with adolescent populations, gender norms, education, or international research partnerships is highly desirable.

Deliverables

The consultant will provide psychometric analyses, scoring and scaling recommendations, measurement invariance findings, a consolidated technical report, documented R code, and supporting materials for future analyses.

How to Apply

Please request the full Terms of Reference by contacting Vartika Gupta at vartika.gupta@roomtoread.org.

Interested consultants should submit a technical proposal, workplan, CV with relevant work examples, and an itemized financial proposal by November 6, 2026.

Read is a child-safe organization; all personnel must adhere to Room to Read’s Child Protection Policy, Child Protection Code of Conduct and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy.

Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.

Child Protection Principles

• Room to Read is committed to the education and welfare of children and protecting them from abuse and exploitation
• Room to Read has zero tolerance for child abuse and exploitation.
• All children have the right to be free from abuse and exploitation, including neglect, maltreatment, and physical, mental or sexual violence, injury or abuse.
• All children should be treated with respect and dignity.
• The well-being of the child is Room to Read’s first priority when dealing with all identified or suspected cases of child abuse.
• Room to Read shall integrate child protection into all its organizational strategies, structures and work practices.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Principles

• Room to Read Representatives must create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
• Room to Read has zero tolerance for adult sexual exploitation and abuse.
• Sexual exploitation and abuse are serious violations of fundamental human rights and will not be accepted or tolerated.
• All adults should be treated with respect and dignity.
• Room to Read implements a survivor-centered approach, putting the survivor’s rights and dignity at the forefront.
• Survivors referred to available professional assistance (e.g. mental health counselling), upon consent.

About Room to Read: 

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow – creating lasting change. Through our Literacy Portfolio, we train and coach teachers of the early grades in literacy instruction; create and publish quality books and curricular materials in local languages; and establish children’s libraries filled with diverse children’s books that can be enjoyed at school and home. Our Gender Equality Portfolio supports adolescents, particularly girls, in developing life skills that promote gender equality, helping them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.

We support young people of all genders to overcome gender biases and build the knowledge and skills to create a gender-equal world. Room to Read collaborates with local communities, partner organizations, publishers, and governments to test and implement innovative models that can be integrated into the education system to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. To date, Room to Read has benefited more than 50 million children in 28 countries.

Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.