How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Assessment Researcher
Full-time | Remote (UK-based) Salary (competitive) | August/September 2026 Start Posted 29/06/2026
About Talamo
Talamo builds cognitive assessments that help schools identify and support children with special educational needs. Our dyslexia screener is used by 1,000+ schools and carries formal British Dyslexia Association endorsement. We are now expanding our platform, with dyscalculia and executive functioning assessments launching in September 2026.
We are a small team, which means high autonomy, fast decision-making and real influence over the product. This is an opportunity to shape how schools identify and support neurodivergent children at scale.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Assessment Researcher to help own the research and psychometric quality behind Talamo’s assessments.
This role would suit someone with exceptional analytical ability and strong technical fluency. You do not need to be a narrow specialist in every area we assess, but you do need to:
- learn quickly,
- interrogate evidence,
- work confidently with data,
- use modern tools effectively, and
- make sound judgement calls where the evidence is incomplete.
Your core responsibility will be to ensure our assessments are well-designed, evidence-led and sufficiently valid to support screening decisions in schools. You will work across:
- test design,
- item development,
- research planning,
- data analysis,
- standardisation,
- validation, and
- scoring logic.
This is a senior, hands-on role, not an academic research or clinical diagnostic role. You will be close to the product, data, and delivery, balancing scientific quality with the need to move quickly and iterate.
Responsibilities
Assessment Development
- Identify, evaluate and design tests that strengthen our existing batteries and support our assessment expansion.
- Source, write, and review test items, working with external subject-matter experts where necessary.
- Critically assess the evidence behind different assessment approaches and recommend next steps (build, adapt, or avoid).
- Work with design and engineering to define item formats that are:
- valid,
- accessible,
- age-appropriate, and
- practical for digital delivery.
- Use AI tools responsibly to support:
- item generation,
- item review, and
- research synthesis, while applying strong human judgement and quality control.
- Review test performance and refine, remove, or replace weak items.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Research, Validation, & Analysis
- Design research plans for new assessments, including:
- cohorts,
- recruitment,
- school relationships, and
- data-collection campaigns.
- Analyse data from new and live assessments, focusing on:
- item-level performance,
- reliability,
- validity,
- difficulty,
- ceiling and floor effects, and
- response patterns.
- Use analytical tooling to:
- explore data,
- test hypotheses,
- investigate anomalies, and
- build repeatable workflows.
- Maintain norms and standardisation tables.
- Produce:
- clear research summaries,
- technical documentation, and
- recommendations for product, engineering, and external experts.
Model Design
- Design and evaluate scoring logic for:
- cognitive profiles,
- risk indicators,
- strengths,
- challenges, and
- support needs.
- Review model performance, with particular attention to:
- sensitivity,
- specificity, and
- explainability.
- Make clear recommendations about:
- thresholds,
- weighting,
- confidence, and
- reporting language.
- Develop and evaluate AI-assisted scoring and reporting approaches, focusing on:
- automation improving consistency without compromising psychometric caution.
- Work with engineering to:
- implement and improve scoring logic in the platform, and
- translate complex questions into clear product and technical requirements.
About You
Essential
- Exceptional analytical ability, with the capacity to:
- understand complex problems quickly, and
- make clear, evidence-based judgments.
- A strong understanding of:
- reliability,
- validity,
- norming,
- standardisation, and
- item-level analysis.
- Strong data fluency, including:
- confidence working with imperfect datasets, and
- drawing practical conclusions from them.
- Strong assessment research, psychometrics, or data-analysis experience.
- Experience developing, refining, validating, or evaluating:
- tests,
- assessments,
- questionnaires, or structured measurement tools.
- Confidence working with:
- Python, R, or similar analytical tools.
- High technical fluency, including:
- working confidently with AI tools,
- automation, and
- modern software to improve work quality.
- Strong generalist problem-solving ability, with:
- curiosity to explore:
- dyslexia,
- dyscalculia,
- executive functioning,
- cognitive testing,
- scoring models,
- product constraints, and
- school implementation.
- curiosity to explore:
- The ability to:
- explain research findings and decisions clearly to non-specialists.
- A hands-on mindset and comfort working in an early-stage environment where structure is still being established.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of neurodiversity, particularly:
- dyslexia,
- dyscalculia, or
- ADHD.
- Experience working with:
- schools,
- children, or
- special educational needs.
- Experience with:
- classification models, and
- screening thresholds.
- Experience with AI-assisted scoring, reporting, or research automation.
- Experience working closely with:
- product,
- design, or
- engineering teams.
- Early-stage or startup experience.
Why Talamo?
This is a rare opportunity to own the research function at a company already being used at scale by schools.
You will:
- Shape assessments that could improve how hundreds of thousands of children are identified and supported.
- Work directly with:
- the founders,
- engineers, and
- external experts, and
- Have your decisions visibility in what we build and how schools use it.
How to Apply
Fill in this form to apply—we’d love to hear from you!
(Please do not email us directly to apply for this role—your application will not be accepted through this route.)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location