APPENDIX A

Sample Job Description

Program Evaluator

The HIV Prevention Program of XYZ state wishes to contract someone to design and conduct an evaluation of a school-based HIV prevention program. (A description of the program, taken from the grant application, is attached.) The evaluation, which is to be conducted during the 1991-1992 school year, is intended to help planning personnel improve the program.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent in which their prior evaluation experiences are outlined, a current resumé, a copy of an evaluation report written by the candidate, and the names of two persons for whom program evaluations have been conducted. The above information should be sent to: Ms. Jane Zee, XYZ state. Applications postmarked by 4-15-91 will be accepted.

Candidates who are invited for an interview should be prepared to discuss the evaluation approach they would propose, based on the information provided in the attached program description. Candidates should assume that approximately $40,000 is available for the evaluation, including personnel costs.