About the role
AlphaGov is looking for a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Technical Assistance Specialist: an afterschool and out-of-school-time (OST) expert who has provided training, coaching, monitoring support and program-quality improvement to 21st CCLC grantees. This independent consultant role supports a state education agency engagement covering statewide technical assistance to 21st CCLC subgrantees.
What you'll do
- Deliver technical assistance, coaching and professional development to 21st CCLC grantees and site coordinators
- Support program-quality assessment and continuous improvement (for example, Weikart/YPQA or state quality standards)
- Help grantees with federal Title IV, Part B compliance, monitoring readiness, data reporting and performance measures
- Design and facilitate trainings, webinars, regional convenings and new-grantee onboarding
- Build practical tools: guides, templates, checklists and resource libraries
- Contribute TA approach and past-performance narrative to proposals when naming is authorized
Engagement
This is a project-based, remote engagement. It is contingent on contract award and final staffing approval, and no assignment is guaranteed. We will ask your permission before including your name or rΓ©sumΓ© in any proposal.
How to apply
Send your rΓ©sumΓ© and a short summary of the 21st CCLC or OST technical assistance you have delivered (organization, year, your role).
Requirements
Required
- 5+ years in afterschool / OST programs, with direct experience supporting 21st CCLC grantees (state agency, TA center, intermediary or evaluator)
- Experience delivering training or TA to multiple sites or subgrantees, not only running a single program
- Working knowledge of Title IV, Part B requirements, grantee monitoring and federal reporting
- Clear writer and facilitator who can turn findings into usable improvement plans
- Comfortable as an independent consultant on a project basis
Nice to have
- State education agency or statewide afterschool network experience
- Program evaluation experience
- Utah or Mountain West experience