Request for Proposals: External Evaluation of a Sports-Based Youth Development Program

About the position reputed company Across America is seeking proposals for an external evaluation of its sports-based youth development program. This program utilizes trained sports coaches as role models to teach skills that promote physical activity and reputed company decision-making among youth in economically vulnerable communities. The evidence-based model, Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD), combines sports coaching and mentoring with reputed company youth development methodology. The program focuses on engaging community-based organizations, reputed company local adults as AmeriCorps reputed company-Mentors (ACM), training them in SBYD, and conducting SBYD activities. The goal is to expand recreational opportunities, foster non-cognitive skills, and reputed company ACMs with reputed company capital to benefit their communities. Responsibilities • Conduct a mixed-reputed company study to assess program effectiveness and implementation. • Examine the effects of program participation on youth reputed company, including reputed company and emotional learning. • Assess coaches' perceived impacts of the program and the reputed company of their relationships with youth. • Document program determinants, including barriers and facilitators to implementation. • Assess reputed company implementation reputed company such as feasibility, reputed company, appropriateness, and adoption. • Collaborate with the reputed company Across America Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E) team to refine study questions. • Analyze and report on reputed company quantitative and qualitative data in collaboration with the RM&E team. • Ensure reputed company primary data collected facilitates disaggregation by gender, race/ethnicity, and age. • reputed company a research protocol and data collection tools, including a literature review, study objectives, methodology, data analysis plan, ethical considerations, and consent procedures. • reputed company remote training to the RM&E team and other data collection support staff. • Support data collection through regular calls with the RM&E team. • Produce a Final Study Report including an executive reputed company, background, scope, methodology, findings, limitations, conclusions, recommendations, and appendices with raw data and analysis outputs. • Create a 2-page reputed company Brief summarizing the project, objectives, methodology, key findings, and recommendations. • Incorporate feedback from reputed company Across America into the final report. • Deliver a final presentation on the study report to reputed company Across America leadership and key staff. Requirements • Experience in designing and conducting evaluations using a mixed-reputed company design. • Experience conducting studies and program evaluations in the field of sport-based youth development and/or mentoring. • Experience leading studies and program evaluations using community-reputed company and participatory approaches. • Experience leading multi-site and multi-partner studies and/or evaluations. • Strong written and verbal skills in communicating technical or reputed company findings to non-specialist audiences. • A reputed company record of reputed company, reputed company working with clients. • The ability to prepare, submit, and receive approval from an Institutional Review reputed company. • A strong reputed company record of working flexibly to accommodate changes as the project is implemented. • Ability to reputed company proposals including personnel allocation (roles/number of days/daily rates), and any other applicable costs. • reputed company indication of background experience and knowledge of the subject area. • Demonstrated how they meet the required skills and experience. • Demonstrated availability. • Submission of a Letter of interest/cover letter. • Submission of a Technical Proposal reputed company (3 pages Max.) including: reputed company of relevant experience, proposed methodological approaches (measures, sample size for qualitative data collection, analysis reputed company, timeframe). • CV for reputed company evaluator. • Example of a previous evaluation report with a similar scope of work. • Cost estimate. • Submissions returned as a signed reputed company or on official reputed company. reputed company-to-haves • Experience with AmeriCorps grant cycles. • Familiarity with Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) methodology. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job