26-31 Technical Question Writer

Job Title: Technical Question Writer Job Family: Professional Department: Registration Reports To: Examinations Manager Division: Regulatory

Location:
Edmonton Competition: 26-31 Employment Indicator: Full-time, permanent Position Summary Reporting to the Examinations Manager, the incumbent is responsible for development, review, validation, and maintenance of high-quality examination content for professional registration or licensure of Engineers and Geoscientists in Canada. This involves working with the Professional Practice Exam Screening Committee (PPESG) in developing appropriate questions for a current, defensible, and relevant National Professional Practice Examination (NPPE) for assessing the professional, ethical, regulatory, and legal responsibilities of a practicing licensed professional for working with Canadian regulators, psychometricians, the role supports the regulator’s public protection mandate by developing appropriate assessment tools. Responsibilities
- Develop, review, validate, and maintain high-quality examination content for professional registration or licensure of Engineers and Geoscientists in Canada
- Conduct research and analysis in developing new questions for the NPPE, leveraging AI assisted tools.
- Conduct item analysis and make recommendations for revisions based on examination performance data
- Incorporate revisions to address identified wording, structure, and alignment issues, ensuring the questions meet National Professional Practice Exam writing standards
- Prepare revised drafts for PPESG review
- Integrate PPESG feedback from peer review, apply final wording and formatting standards, and approve items for field testing
- Translate complex technical, legal, regulatory, and ethical concepts into clear, concise, audience-appropriate language without changing the intended meaning
- Interview and consult subject matter experts to gather information, verify facts, resolve content gaps, and ensure technical accuracy
- Perform substantive editing, copy editing, and proofreading to improve clarity, grammar, tone, structure, consistency, and readability
- Apply plain-language principles and inclusive, bias-aware writing practices while preserving the technical rigour and defensibility of examination content
- Maintain consistent terminology, voice, style, and formatting across examination questions, guidance documents, templates, and related communications
- Develop and maintain editorial standards, writing guidelines, templates, and reference materials that support consistent content development
- Adapt content for different audiences and formats, including committee materials, training resources, reports, workflow documentation, and internal communications
- Coordinate review and approval cycles, track edits and feedback, and maintain accurate version control for content moving through the development workflow
- Work with APEGA staff to identify exam needs, item trends and performance
- Protect NPPE question integrity by ensuring questions are handled only within secure, approved workflows
- Create examination content that aligns with competency models, body-of-knowledge frameworks, and professional practice requirements
- Review examination items for technical clarity, accuracy, and relevance
- Research emerging trends and best practices in professional assessment, examination development, technical writing, and editorial communications
- Assists the PPESG with the review and assessment of new questions developed for consideration for experimental testing questions to ensure that they are appropriate for their jurisdiction, the profession, the NPPE Blueprint and for comprehension
- Ensures questions meet formatting, fairness, and participate in blueprint standards
- Keep questions organized and move through the review workflow, ensuring items are moved into the appropriate bin/folder at the appropriate stage
- Work with subject matter experts, committees, and external consultants to develop content
- Targeted follow up where needed to manage PPESG team members capacity and momentum
- Manage the PPESG volunteer group (recruiting, training, onboarding, item generation)
- Provides critical feedback directly in the question comments
- Project work (health of banks)
- Assist with PPEC workflow and reporting (Provides stats to support monthly reporting) Competencies, Skills & Attributes Core Competencies
- Exemplifying Integrity
- Fostering Communication
- Results Orientation
- Service Excellence
- Teamwork Functional Competencies
- Attention to Detail
- Creativity and Innovation
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Media and Public Relations
- Writing Skills Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of communication best practices and ethics.
- Proficiency in technical writing, business writing, and internal communication.
- Knowledge of competency-based assessment methodologies
- Understanding of psychom