Call for Reviewers, 2014 Summer WorkReady Program

Posted by on December 23, 2013

The Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc. (PYN), on behalf of The Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success, a committee of the Philadelphia Works Board, is soliciting your help to serve as a reviewer for the upcoming Request for Proposals (RFP) process for the 2014 Summer WorkReady Program. Your help with this effort would be greatly appreciated.  If you are interested in reviewing, please CLICK HERE and fill in your information by COB Friday, January 3, 2014.

http://www.pyninc.org/programs/reviewer_form.php

PYN will provide a pre-recorded webinar that is available the week of December 16th and can be viewed whenever is most convenient for you.  The webinar will have information about materials, the review process, and how to submit questions/comments during the review process.

Reviewer packets will be available electronically via the PYN website beginning Monday, January 6, 2014.  Reviewers will receive a memo that provides instructions, a Confidentiality Statement, a Conflict of Interest Policy form, a copy of the Summer WorkReady RFP, the Scoring Rubrics and a Score Summary Cover Page.

Reviewers will have two weeks to review the proposals and return them to PYN on or before Friday, January 17.   Additionally, Reviewers are asked to be available for a conference call on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in case there is a need for scoring reconciliation. The full timeline is provided below for your reference.

Proposal Review Timeline:

Deadline to Register as a Reviewer:                                                      Friday, January 3, 2014

Proposals Submission Deadline:                                                             Friday, December 20, 2013

Proposals Become Available to those Scoring:                                 Monday, January 6, 2014

Reviewer Scores Due to PYN:                                                                  Friday, January 17, 2014

Scoring Reconciliation Conference Call:                                               Friday, January 24 at 9:30 a.m.

(only if needed)

** This is set to be a record year for the number of submitted proposals, so we are still looking for more reviewers.  If you know anyone that would be interested in volunteering to review, please pass along this link and encourage them to contact me.

Raphaela Browne
Director, Program Services
Phone: 267.502.3751
rbrowne@pyninc.org