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Job ID: 2013-17775
# of Positions: 3
Posted Date: 5/30/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Gardena
Position Type: Regular Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a part-time Test Administrator for our Gardena, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- Ability to work 8 - 12 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15am- 9:30pm Monday - Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7:15am - 9:30pm, various shifts, about 3-4 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Thu, 30 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Gardena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-90247/2629307/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Gardena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-90247/2629307/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-18065
# of Positions: 3
Posted Date: 6/7/2013
Job Location: CA-Edmonton
Position Type: Regular Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 175 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience. Our focus on employees has fueled sustained growth even in a down economy and has earned Pearson recognition from the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a “Top Workplace” numerous times in recent years.

Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson, the world's leading learning company with global-reach and market-leading businesses including Penguin and the Financial Times (FT). Pearson is listed on both the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking 3 Part-time Test Administrators for our Edmonton location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- Ability to work 10 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7am-9pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7am-9pmabout 2 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $ 13.25 /hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Test-Administrator-Job/2649286/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Test-Administrator-Job/2649286/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17872
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/17/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Fairfield
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 175 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience. Our focus on employees has fueled sustained growth even in a down economy and has earned Pearson recognition from the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a “Top Workplace” numerous times in recent years.

Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson, the world's leading learning company with global-reach and market-leading businesses including Penguin and the Financial Times (FT). Pearson is listed on both the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a temporary part-time Test Administrator for our Fairfield location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- Ability to work10-15 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15am-8pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7:15am- 4pm about 2 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $11.55/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Fairfield-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-94533/2669000/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Fairfield-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-94533/2669000/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16823
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/24/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is the key owner and liaison through all functional areas of project management from content planning through customer acceptance and archive. They execute on the delivery of all assigned program components over the entire course of the program (initiate, plan, build, execute, control, release).The Project Manager is accountable to deliver high quality commercially successful print and digital project families, libraries and/or collections on time and under budget.

Responsibilities include developing and managing program component’s schedule, budget, quality of program components, course builds and deliverables, and communicating status including any dependencies to the Program Manager and other program and project constituents.

The Project Manager maintains close communications with the Program Manager regarding the current status of the program components and resolves independently or in collaboration with the Program Manager any and all program component-specific issues or needs.

The PM has full accountability for the final quality of the project in terms of Q&A, budget, schedule, delivery and quality specifications and release. Effectively communicates the project status to all team members, tracks the project milestones, identifies problem areas before they impact the project and coordinates corrective actions.

Daily operational focus is to manage a select number of print and digital products and/or projects across U.S. Higher Education -including supplements, digital products, texts, ancillaries and/or other program components. Supports program planning efforts, follows workflow procedures, creates schedules, handles status tracking and reporting for product or data lifecycle. Maintains key product information in production systems (i.e. PCS), selects vendors, issues and manages PO’s. Communicate and liaise with appropriate internal departments inclusive of Editorial, Marketing, Rights & Permissions, PLS, Digital as well as outside vendors, freelancers, and/or other external resources. With guidance from management, builds and maintains budgets for projects

Given the need to accelerate time to market, the PM must manage each assigned project while continuously assessing and prioritizing their list in order to maintain high standards of correct and quality work that result in the delivery of an accurate, professional final product.

Assignment Scope

Functions as a primary stakeholder for assigned programs internal and external to the organization Successfully utilize and apply their knowledge of publishing and/or production process and procedures in strategic and proactive manner
- Assignments range low to high complexity in nature
- Resolves questions and problems and independently analyzes more complex issues.
- Minimal to no direct supervision: may assist in training or mentoring other PMs.
- Develops analytics and KPI dashboards to aid decision making and savings. In conjunction with the Directors of Digital and Prepress Sourcing, establishes annual savings targets.
- Reports to the Director of Project Management and/or Team Lead

Qualifications

? This position requires a Bachelor’s degree

? Minimum of 2-4 years job experience preferably with aspects of project management.

? Strong computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Editorial/Indexing programs; skills in Acrobat Pro and understanding of XML markup language in an automated workflow are a plus

? Excellent organizational skills

? Ability to create, update and manage budgets and project schedules

? Ability to set agendas and lead successful meetings

? Experience in negotiating; executing contracts, creating work for hire agreements and purchase orders

? Fundamental understanding of permissions, text and image]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619040/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619040/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16821
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/24/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is the key owner and liaison through all functional areas of project management from content planning through customer acceptance and archive. They execute on the delivery of all assigned program components over the entire course of the program (initiate, plan, build, execute, control, release).The Project Manager is accountable to deliver high quality commercially successful print and digital project families, libraries and/or collections on time and under budget.

Responsibilities include developing and managing program component’s schedule, budget, quality of program components, course builds and deliverables, and communicating status including any dependencies to the Program Manager and other program and project constituents.

The Project Manager maintains close communications with the Program Manager regarding the current status of the program components and resolves independently or in collaboration with the Program Manager any and all program component-specific issues or needs.

The PM has full accountability for the final quality of the project in terms of Q&A, budget, schedule, delivery and quality specifications and release. Effectively communicates the project status to all team members, tracks the project milestones, identifies problem areas before they impact the project and coordinates corrective actions.

Daily operational focus is to manage a select number of print and digital products and/or projects across U.S. Higher Education -including supplements, digital products, texts, ancillaries and/or other program components. Supports program planning efforts, follows workflow procedures, creates schedules, handles status tracking and reporting for product or data lifecycle. Maintains key product information in production systems (i.e. PCS), selects vendors, issues and manages PO’s. Communicate and liaise with appropriate internal departments inclusive of Editorial, Marketing, Rights & Permissions, PLS, Digital as well as outside vendors, freelancers, and/or other external resources. With guidance from management, builds and maintains budgets for projects

Given the need to accelerate time to market, the PM must manage each assigned project while continuously assessing and prioritizing their list in order to maintain high standards of correct and quality work that result in the delivery of an accurate, professional final product.

Assignment Scope

Functions as a primary stakeholder for assigned programs internal and external to the organization Successfully utilize and apply their knowledge of publishing and/or production process and procedures in strategic and proactive manner
- Assignments range low to high complexity in nature
- Resolves questions and problems and independently analyzes more complex issues.
- Minimal to no direct supervision: may assist in training or mentoring other PMs.
- Develops analytics and KPI dashboards to aid decision making and savings. In conjunction with the Directors of Digital and Prepress Sourcing, establishes annual savings targets.
- Reports to the Director of Project Management and/or Team Lead

Qualifications

? This position requires a Bachelor’s degree

? Minimum of 2-4 years job experience preferably with aspects of project management.

? Strong computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Editorial/Indexing programs; skills in Acrobat Pro and understanding of XML markup language in an automated workflow are a plus

? Excellent organizational skills

? Ability to create, update and manage budgets and project schedules

? Ability to set agendas and lead successful meetings

? Experience in negotiating; executing contracts, creating work for hire agreements and purchase orders

? Fundamental understanding of permissions, text and image]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619039/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619039/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16822
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/24/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is the key owner and liaison through all functional areas of project management from content planning through customer acceptance and archive. They execute on the delivery of all assigned program components over the entire course of the program (initiate, plan, build, execute, control, release).The Project Manager is accountable to deliver high quality commercially successful print and digital project families, libraries and/or collections on time and under budget.

Responsibilities include developing and managing program component’s schedule, budget, quality of program components, course builds and deliverables, and communicating status including any dependencies to the Program Manager and other program and project constituents.

The Project Manager maintains close communications with the Program Manager regarding the current status of the program components and resolves independently or in collaboration with the Program Manager any and all program component-specific issues or needs.

The PM has full accountability for the final quality of the project in terms of Q&A, budget, schedule, delivery and quality specifications and release. Effectively communicates the project status to all team members, tracks the project milestones, identifies problem areas before they impact the project and coordinates corrective actions.

Daily operational focus is to manage a select number of print and digital products and/or projects across U.S. Higher Education -including supplements, digital products, texts, ancillaries and/or other program components. Supports program planning efforts, follows workflow procedures, creates schedules, handles status tracking and reporting for product or data lifecycle. Maintains key product information in production systems (i.e. PCS), selects vendors, issues and manages PO’s. Communicate and liaise with appropriate internal departments inclusive of Editorial, Marketing, Rights & Permissions, PLS, Digital as well as outside vendors, freelancers, and/or other external resources. With guidance from management, builds and maintains budgets for projects

Given the need to accelerate time to market, the PM must manage each assigned project while continuously assessing and prioritizing their list in order to maintain high standards of correct and quality work that result in the delivery of an accurate, professional final product.

Assignment Scope

Functions as a primary stakeholder for assigned programs internal and external to the organization Successfully utilize and apply their knowledge of publishing and/or production process and procedures in strategic and proactive manner
- Assignments range low to high complexity in nature
- Resolves questions and problems and independently analyzes more complex issues.
- Minimal to no direct supervision: may assist in training or mentoring other PMs.
- Develops analytics and KPI dashboards to aid decision making and savings. In conjunction with the Directors of Digital and Prepress Sourcing, establishes annual savings targets.
- Reports to the Director of Project Management and/or Team Lead

Qualifications

? This position requires a Bachelor’s degree

? Minimum of 2-4 years job experience preferably with aspects of project management.

? Strong computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Editorial/Indexing programs; skills in Acrobat Pro and understanding of XML markup language in an automated workflow are a plus

? Excellent organizational skills

? Ability to create, update and manage budgets and project schedules

? Ability to set agendas and lead successful meetings

? Experience in negotiating; executing contracts, creating work for hire agreements and purchase orders

? Fundamental understanding of permissions, text and image]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619041/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Science-Job-CA-94101/2619041/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-18191
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/14/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Westlake Village
Position Type: Regular Short Hour
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Expand your career at Pearson VUE in our entry level Test Center Manager position for our Westlake Village, CA location. You will utilize your communication and customer skills with external customers while also working to select new Test Administrators, provide job coaching, and fair performance appraisals to current employees.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:

Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- Ability to work 24 to 34 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15am - 10pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Ability to work approximately 2 Saturdays per month with various shifts between 7:15am to 8pm.
- Available to address operational problems when not at test center.

$15.70/hour

60% of daily tasks are Test Administrator responsibilities:
- Performs on-time site opening and closing procedures.
- Understands all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal technical support to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Responsible for maintaining a professional and clean testing center with light housekeeping duties.
- Arrive on time for all scheduled shifts.
- Other duties as assigned.

40% of daily tasks are Test Center Manager responsibilities:
The Test Center Manager is the onsite manager of a small team of Test Administrator employees.
- Site staffing/hiring/retention/conflict resolution/scheduling.
- Trains, develops and coaches staff.
- First contact for facility issues.
- Ability to multi-task.

Qualifications
- One year supervision experience in customer service required.
- High school diploma or equivalent is required. Bachelor's degree or equivalent business experience preferred.
- Team leading and training skills, and exposure to a testing environment are strongly preferred.
- Strong communication and customer service skills are a must, delivered with focused attentiveness and moderate interaction.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be able to work in a quiet, focused environment.
- Ability to complete all tasks in a timely and efficient manner, and handle a reasonable amount of stress.
- Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Windows applications, Internet, and email.
- Ability to operate a computer, fax, and telephone.]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Westlake-Village-Test-Center-Manager-Job-CA-91359/2665837/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Westlake-Village-Test-Center-Manager-Job-CA-91359/2665837/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16007
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/5/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Diego
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a temporary part-time Test Administrator for our San Diego, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
The position will last until the end of August 2013.

Ability to work 5-10 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15 am- 8:00 pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
Saturday hours are 7:15 - 8:00 pm about 4 Saturdays per month.
Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Diego-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-92101/2642270/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Diego-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-92101/2642270/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17174
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/5/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Redlands
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Part-time Test Administrator (Temporary) for our Redlands, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
The position will last until the end of November 2013
- Ability to work up to 15 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15am and 8:00pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7:15am to 8:00pm about 2 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $11.55/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Redlands-Test-Administrator-Temporary-Part-time-Job-CA-92373/2643023/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Redlands-Test-Administrator-Temporary-Part-time-Job-CA-92373/2643023/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-18274
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/7/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Pasadena
Position Type: Regular Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Part-time Test Administrator for our Pasadena, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- Ability to work 10 - 15 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7am - 11pm, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7am - 10pm about 3 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Pasadena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-91101/2649278/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Pasadena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-91101/2649278/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17886
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/29/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Please upload a cover letter for this position entitled "Cover Letter for Job 17886." Resumes submitted without cover letters will not be considered.

Responsibilities

The Pearson Science division has a need for Project Manager, Instructor Media to oversee the production of roughly 20 Instructor’s Resource DVD (IRDVD) projects annually. If you are looking for a project management position and are interested in putting your top-notch organizational skills to work in the education industry, this could be a great fit. (Please note: This is not a web developer, software developer, or product management position.)

IRDVDs are compromised of digital assets associated with a particular student text that enable instructors to present material in a way that is visually consistent with their students’ texts. The assets we provide on IRDVDs support HigherEd instructors in the lecture hall, in the classroom, and during office hours. If that piques your interest, we want to hear from you!

Project management responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- working with a small team to establish a plan and a corresponding budget and schedule
- setting production workflow
- directing vendors and freelancers
- monitoring schedules
- monitoring quality of work of full-service production vendors and giving regular, constructive feedback.
- leading launch and progress meetings
- generating regular budget and workflow reports for management review
- detailed tracking in established database system of all project-based criteria relevant to the project
- coordinating and leading project team and processes, following project requirements to obtain a successful deliverable
- helping media department solve instructors’ (customer’s) technical problems

Qualifications

Qualifications and attributes for success in this job:
- demonstrated experience in being a resourceful and resilient project manager, not necessarily in education or publishing realms
- diplomatic team player, with adept people and leadership skills
- ability to communicate about complex issues with a geographically diverse group of colleagues
- ability to successfully manage a large number of projects concurrently
- ability to keep the business objectives at the fore when making on the ground decisions
- complete understanding of (but not highly technical expertise with) industry-standard media file formats; HTML; Adobe Suite of Products; Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
- quick study of technology, though again, this is not a position which requires technical skills per se
- curiosity about and interest in the rapidly evolving educational and publishing landscape
- Bachelor's degree required]]>Wed, 29 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Instructor-Media-Job-CA-94101/2626585/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Instructor-Media-Job-CA-94101/2626585/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17885
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/24/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Please upload a cover letter entitled "Cover Letter for Job 2013-17885." Resumes submitted without accompanying cover letters will not be considered.

Responsibilities

The Pearson Science division has a need for Project Manager, Instructor Media to oversee the production of roughly 20 Instructor’s Resource DVD (IRDVD) projects annually. If you are looking for a project management position and are interested in putting your top-notch organizational skills to work in the education industry, this could be a great fit. (Please note: This is not a web developer, software developer, or product management position.)

IRDVDs are compromised of digital assets associated with a particular student text that enable instructors to present material in a way that is visually consistent with their students’ texts. The assets we provide on IRDVDs support HigherEd instructors in the lecture hall, in the classroom, and during office hours. If that piques your interest, we want to hear from you!

Project management responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- working with a small team to establish a plan and a corresponding budget and schedule
- setting production workflow
- directing vendors and freelancers
- monitoring schedules
- monitoring quality of work of full-service production vendors and giving regular, constructive feedback.
- leading launch and progress meetings
- generating regular budget and workflow reports for management review
- detailed tracking in established database system of all project-based criteria relevant to the project
- coordinating and leading project team and processes, following project requirements to obtain a successful deliverable
- helping media department solve instructors’ (customer’s) technical problems

Qualifications

Qualifications and attributes for success in this job:
- demonstrated experience in being a resourceful and resilient project manager, not necessarily in education or publishing realms
- diplomatic team player, with adept people and leadership skills
- ability to communicate about complex issues with a geographically diverse group of colleagues
- ability to successfully manage a large number of projects concurrently
- ability to keep the business objectives at the fore when making on the ground decisions
- complete understanding of (but not highly technical expertise with) industry-standard media file formats; HTML; Adobe Suite of Products; Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
- quick study of technology, though again, this is not a position which requires technical skills per se
- curiosity about and interest in the rapidly evolving educational and publishing landscape
- Bachelor's degree required]]>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Instructor-Media-Job-CA-94101/2619057/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Project-Manager-Instructor-Media-Job-CA-94101/2619057/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17048
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/14/2013
Job Location: CA-QC-Montreal
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Part-time Test Administrator for our Montreal, Quebec location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- The position will last until the end of August.)
- Ability to work 3-10 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:30am-6:30pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7:30am-4pm about 1 Saturday per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $13/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- CANDIDATES MUST BE BILINGUAL, ENGLISH-FRENCH]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Montreal-Test-Administrator-Job-QC/2665379/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Montreal-Test-Administrator-Job-QC/2665379/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-15809
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/14/2013
Job Location: US-TX-San Antonio
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Information Technology

Overview

Software Developer (HP Exstream)

Would you be excited to contribute to the college and career readiness of our students?

Would you enjoy joining a global leader in education that encourages its employees to always learn (see video: http://bit.ly/11fHxxR), and champions a culture where its employees are developing and growing daily?

If you answered yes to these questions please read on!

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

This individual will be responsible for specifying, architecting, prototyping, implementing, and delivering software for presentation of testing results to students throughout the United States and beyond. This role will be heavily involved in innovation and design meetings, idea sharing, testing, developing and implementing production software.

This position is located in San Antonio, Texas. However, we may consider candidates who can work from other Pearson office locations including Iowa City, IA, and Austin, TX. Relocation assistance may be available.

In addition to competitive salary, Pearson offers outstanding benefits including matching 401k and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills, and experience:
- Six or more years of experience in software development, design, and architecture; strong software design knowledge is a must
- Four or more years of experience with HP Exstream Software
- Experience with CA Workload Automation, XML, JAVA, PERL, and Visual Basic
- Good software testing abilities and experience
- Proficient with scripting languages
- Ability to clearly communicate with Business Analysts and Program Management teams
- Capable of clearly and concisely explaining ideas and concepts to stakeholders
- Ability to exhibit a proactive and inquisitive working attitude, welcoming challenges and opportunities to learn new technology
- Capacity to handle technical debates and different opinions with a professional attitude
- Ability to reason and solve challenging problems; competent in basic algorithms for solving day to day problems
- Proven technical ability, leadership and mentoring skills
- Experience with software performance, scalability, maintainability, reusability and security
- Advocate of software engineering best practices
- Team player who can stay confident and optimistic in face of resistance and challenges
- Comprehension of Agile software development methodologies]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Antonio-Software-Developer-Exstream-%28Education-Industry%29-Job-TX-78201/2665847/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Antonio-Software-Developer-Exstream-%28Education-Industry%29-Job-TX-78201/2665847/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16270
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/17/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Sales

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Account Executive in Pearson Learning Solutions' Career sales team is responsible for increasing territory sales base by selling all Pearson Higher Education products and services to post-secondary private sector colleges and schools. This position will be responsible for the Northern CA territory. The ideal job incumbent will be located within or near the territory.

Responsibilities include:
- Promote products and services to target specific private sector accounts.
- Conduct territory analysis to successfully determine account priorities, sales strategies and goals.
- Write territory plans and maintain business plans for each major account.
- Within the assigned budget, efficiently and accurately sample review copies to account decision-makers.
- Scout and report manuscripts from prospective authors, develop author candidates, and work through appropriate editorial staff to negotiate contracts.

This position requires travel to client locations in the Northern CA area with some overnights possible. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Qualifications

Requirements:
- 3 to 5 year’s successful sales, education, or publishing experience required. Experience in the “for-profit” education sector preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software applications (Excel, Word, Access)
- General proficiency with Windows-driven application and ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to organize, prioritize, plan, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven negotiation, needs and business analysis skills.
- Ability to travel to customer sites and company meetings as needed.]]>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Account-Executive-Northern-CA-Job-CA-94101/2485939/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Account-Executive-Northern-CA-Job-CA-94101/2485939/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17874
# of Positions: 2
Posted Date: 6/4/2013
Job Location: CA-Burlington
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Customer Service

Overview

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

As a Technical Support Specialist you will be working in a fast paced, dynamic environment. As part of this leading edge technical support team, you will participate in providing world-class support to a broad base of users. You will provide a unique mixture of solutions-oriented technical support and customer service, resulting in maximum customer satisfaction.

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Job Duties include:

1. Working on contract during our busiest time of the year to provide application support to customers, pertaining to software functionality, incident resolution and system configuration.

2. Contribute to overall success of the customer, the support team and the company.

3. Escalates to and works with Support Engineering to resolve complex support issues.

4. Document and log support issues and subsequent resolution in CRM tool.

5. Create knowledgebase articles to address frequently asked questions.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS
- Associates degree minimum (Bachelors preferred) or equivalent experience in an IT related field.
- Minimum of 1 year hands-on experience supporting a multi-platform application.
- Familiarity with relational databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.
- Proficiency with MS Office required.
- Must be a self-starter, have good organization / interpersonal skills and work well both independently and as part of a team.
- Superior trouble shooting and analytical skills in conjunction with a structured, systematic approach to problem solving.
- Ability to type 40WPM+ required.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to pass a criminal background check required.
- Local candidates strongly preferred.]]>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Technical-Support-Specialist-Job/2639531/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Technical-Support-Specialist-Job/2639531/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17982
# of Positions: 5
Posted Date: 6/5/2013
Job Location: CA-Burlington
Position Type: Temporary Full Time
Category: Customer Service

Overview

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

As a Technical Support Specialist you will be working in a fast paced, dynamic environment. As part of this leading edge technical support team, you will participate in providing world-class support to a broad base of users. You will provide a unique mixture of solutions-oriented technical support and customer service, resulting in maximum customer satisfaction.

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Job Duties include:

1. Working on contract during our busiest time of the year to provide application support to customers, pertaining to software functionality, incident resolution and system configuration.

2. Contribute to overall success of the customer, the support team and the company.

3. Escalates to and works with Support Engineering to resolve complex support issues.

4. Document and log support issues and subsequent resolution in CRM tool.

5. Create knowledgebase articles to address frequently asked questions.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS
- Associates degree minimum (Bachelors preferred) or equivalent experience in an IT related field.
- Minimum of 1 year hands-on experience supporting a multi-platform application.
- Familiarity with relational databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.
- Proficiency with MS Office required.
- Must be a self-starter, have good organization / interpersonal skills and work well both independently and as part of a team.
- Superior trouble shooting and analytical skills in conjunction with a structured, systematic approach to problem solving.
- Ability to type 40WPM+ required.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to pass a criminal background check required.
- Local candidates strongly preferred.]]>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Technical-Support-Specialist-Job/2643027/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Technical-Support-Specialist-Job/2643027/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2012-13243
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/8/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Term of Project - Full Time
Category: Information Technology

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson Technology (PT) is a centralized service organization within Pearson. PT is the operational backbone of Pearson providing tools, services and applications that enable us to function, connect and fuel growth.

The Desktop Support Technician is responsible for providing technology support to internal customers by identifying, prioritizing and confirming resolution of reported problems with desktop, laptop and networked systems. The technician provides desktop and laptop support including installing, configuring, troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading of hardware, software, and operating systems. He or she may be required to backup the primary server support staff when necessary. This role is a 6-month temp/temp to hire position. The selected candidate will be benefits eligible.

Responsibilities
- Must have knowledge of Microsoft operating systems, and the Microsoft Office suite of products.
- Proficiency in cloud computing environments preferred.
- Device encryption experience preferred.
- A strong customer service orientation and interpersonal skills is required.
- A professional demeanor and appearance is required.
- Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Must be adaptive and flexible and have good problem solving, diagnosis and troubleshooting skills.
- Must have a strong technical ability.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Occasional climbing, crawling and lifting of equipment up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to manipulate tools and components used to install, repair, or otherwise maintain devices is required.
- Dell and Apple desktop and laptop certification required for warranty replacement.
- Other certifications as needed for software and os support.
- May need to travel between offices for support calls or meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years hands-on desk side support experience is required.
- Extensive experience supporting Windows and OSx operating systems in a networked Windows AD and Exchange environment required.
- Windows O/S experience required.
- MAC O/S experience preferred.
- Ability to work in a distributed support model required.
- Mobile O/S device experience preferred.
- Google Apps experience preferred.
- Progressive and innovative mindset strongly preferred.
- Experience with Cloud Based solutions / support tools strongly preferred.]]>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Desktop-Support-Technician-Job-CA-94101/2470024/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Desktop-Support-Technician-Job-CA-94101/2470024/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17868
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/9/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Los Angeles
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Information Technology

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Are you passionate about user experience and visual design?

Are you creative, collaborative, open to new design ideas?

Do you want to be part of the education revolution?

If so, we want you to work with us - a highly successful user experience design and research organization tackling the world’s biggest education problems across K-12 and Higher Ed.

Pearson is seeking a superstar User Experience Visual Designer to join our growing team in the Boston, New York, Denver or Los Angeles area. We are charged with developing next generation digital learning experiences for students and teachers. In this role, you will use your strong visual and interaction design skills to collaboratively create the look and feel and UI components for the Next generation of Pearson’s digital learning solutions which elevate the teaching and learning experience like never before.

We’re looking for someone who wants to use design to change the face of education; someone who can innovate and translate high-level visions into compelling digital experiences. If you have a love of learning, teaching, and digital design, then this is a dream opportunity to join a company with a seriously innovative vision for the future of education. If you are a creative thinker and team player with experience delivering world-class look and feel for both browser based and mobile user experiences, we want you.

Responsibilities:
- Define the next generation user experience of our digital products and online applications by creating and maintaining a digital style guide and a component library of UI widgets
- Work across teams to drive alignment on common UI controls and visual design elements.
- Collaborate with user experience designers to deliver compelling designs to market that satisfy user goals and enhance learning and teaching.
- Evangelize the role of user experience and visual design across the company
- Make user experience design recommendations based on usability standards and industry best practices.
- Mentor junior staff on visual design principles and processes.
- Successfully present your designs to a cross-functional product team to elicit constructive feedback and actively participate in others’ design reviews.

Qualifications
- At least three to five years' work experience with application UX and visual design is preferred in a technology-centered company.
- Experience in the educational field a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in HCI, Interaction Design or related discipline required, Masters degree a plus.
- Embody the work ethic and personality that thrives in a fast-paced culture with tight deadlines, shifting priorities, and working with super-smart colleagues from numerous departments and locations
- Working knowledge of common design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, MS Office, Visio, Axure, Balsamiq and FileMaker
- Solid visual and interaction design skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with others across the organization
- Fluent in usability standards and design heuristics and responsive design techniques
- Familiarity with user-centered research, such as usability testing, contextual inquiry, and field interviews
- Ability to successfully design in an Agile software development environment
- Familiarity with technical issues around web development and ability to work constructively with development teams, including but not limited to understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and DHTML
- Experience in designing for tablet and smartphone

NOTE: Please submit resume with portfolio.]]>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Sr-UX-Visual-Designer-Job-CA-90001/2652055/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Sr-UX-Visual-Designer-Job-CA-90001/2652055/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-18430
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 6/17/2013
Job Location: US-TX-Dallas
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Project/Temporary Workforce

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Implementation Administrator will:
- Assist the implementation team with preparing training materials
- Data entry of information for training materials
- General office clerical support
- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications
- High School dimploma or equivelant with college level coursework preffered.
- Minimum one year general office experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on correct English usage and grammar
- Proficient with the operation of a computer and software including: Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer
- Possess excellent organizational skills and a positive, can-do attitude
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently with little supervision
- Highly motivated to be a valuable contributing member of a successful team]]>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Dallas-Implementation-Admin-Job-TX-75201/2672085/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Dallas-Implementation-Admin-Job-TX-75201/2672085/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS