[Hiring] MERL Guide @Freedom of the Press Basis

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Freedom of the Press Basis is looking for a certified Tracking, Analysis, Analysis, and Finding out (MERL) marketing consultant to guage and improve our virtual safety coaching systems for operating newshounds. The marketing consultant will increase powerful comments mechanisms to measure the have an effect on and luck of our coaching, each faraway and in-person, and create a framework for steady development.

The virtual safety coaching group makes a speciality of offering virtual safety coaching for newshounds, with a focal point on safeguarding their paintings and private knowledge. We quilt the whole thing from basics to specialised technical coaching for high-risk scenarios. We serve between 1,200 and 1,800 newshounds a 12 months. We require extra complete analysis equipment to higher perceive the effectiveness of our coaching systems.

Scope of Paintings

The marketing consultant will report back to the Program Supervisor of The Virtual Safety Staff for session and approval of assignment plans, check-ins for milestones and deliverables. The marketing consultant can be expecting to coordinate with our group to do any synchronous paintings the marketing consultant calls for all over the assignment. The Virtual Safety Coaching group is most often to be had between 10am – 5pm Jap Time.

1. Analysis and Want-Discovering Section

• Habits an intensive research of our present pedagogy and repair supply, together with a curriculum evaluation of as much as 10 coaching periods and probably shadowing are living coaching periods.
• Determine our desired affects and results (relatively than outputs) for the educational program, with an emphasis on measurable adjustments in wisdom, attitudes, and behaviors.
• Have interaction with our group to grasp the demanding situations and constraints we are facing with regard to coaching supply. 

2. Tracking and Analysis Plan

• Expand a complete plan to observe and evaluation the luck and have an effect on of our coaching systems.
• Determine particular luck signs and analysis metrics to evaluate coaching effectiveness.
• Suggest easy methods to build up survey reaction charges and collect extra powerful comments.

3. Steady Development Framework

• Create a framework for ongoing development of our coaching systems, past the consultancy length, that permits us to make use of the tracking and analysis information to tell curriculum construction.
• Information the group during the first analysis cycle.
• Supply some particular suggestions for incorporating comments and adapting coaching fabrics and techniques, in line with preliminary result of the tracking and analysis information.
• Be offering steerage on very best practices for grownup finding out and virtual safety training.

{Qualifications}

• A grasp’s level or PhD in grownup finding out, public coverage, training, MERL, or a similar box (applicants who’re these days pursuing those levels are welcome); Or a bachelor’s level in a similar box with 5+ years of commensurate paintings revel in.
• Two or extra years of confirmed revel in in MERL, specifically within the context of grownup finding out and coaching systems.
• Ideally, an figuring out of fundamental virtual safety ideas, preferably within the context of journalism; or a willingness to be informed.
• Robust analytical and analysis talents.
• Skill to increase sensible, actionable analysis and development plans.
• Versatile and adaptive way to paintings, permitting one to paintings with our group’s present equipment and platforms (essentially Google Force).

Deliverables

1. A complete record detailing the findings from the analysis and need-finding section.
2. An in depth tracking and analysis plan, together with luck signs and analysis metrics.
3. A continuing development framework and actionable suggestions for its utility.
4. Common growth updates and a last presentation of findings and suggestions to our group.

Time period of Contract

The contract will begin on a mutually agreeable date someday in August 2024, however will finish no later than March 2025. 

Bills and Agenda 

The contractor shall be only chargeable for paying any and all taxes incurred because of their repayment. Please point out your availability on your reaction to this RFP. 

We welcome applicants to bid in this assignment of their proposal by means of together with an estimated timeline and price estimate (project-based). The project-based cap for this paintings is $20,000-25,500 USD.

Proposal Submission Necessities (DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 8/2/2024 by means of 5pm ET)

experts must publish the next:

1. Guide’s resume
2. A 1-page quilt letter outlining their {qualifications} and related revel in.
1. Please come with examples of earlier MERL paintings, specifically in grownup finding out or virtual safety coaching (if appropriate), by means of hyperlinks to a portfolio or description of earlier engagements.
2. When highlighting your revel in in MERL, please be particular about how it could be appropriate to FPF and this scope of labor.
3. A 1-2 web page define explaining their way to the assignment, together with:
1. Temporary, high-level description of your tracking and analysis manner (~1- 4 sentences)
2. An estimated timeline of each and every section as described within the Scope of Paintings above (assignment can run from Sept 2024 – Mar 2025) 
3. A value estimate (finances is capped at $20-25K) 
4. Form of results we may be expecting from the MERL assignment. We’re maximum thinking about results (e.g. proof of modified habits, wisdom, or angle; information that signifies spaces for development in our fabrics) relatively than outputs (e.g. # of trainees, topic issues lined, and many others.)