Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Understand the VCCS mission, programs, goals, and populations served to effectively plan an evaluation. 2. Collaborate with the grant development team and the program implementation team, which may include faculty, staff, administrators, and partner organizations. 3. Collaborate with subject matter experts, either at the VCCS entity, at partner organizations, or those hired as is. 4. For existing programs and projects, review project-related information provided by the VCCS and partner agencies (e.g., college data, partner data, and previous project information). 5. Review grant requirements for evaluation. 6. Inform/educate VCCS personnel about program evaluation in general and specific evaluation requirements of the selected funding mechanism. 7. Advise on Institutional Review Board (IRB) issues. 8. Perform technical reviews of evaluation portion of grant proposals written by VCCS and/or collaborate on preparation of evaluation portion and logic models of grant proposals.
