Migration and Economic Inclusion Expert-Oportunidades Sin Fronteras

at  Panagora Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

Panagora Group is a U.S. small business that provides technical and advisory services related to the monitoring, evaluation, and learning of USAID/Colombia’s strategy and activities. The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Short-Term Activity (MELSA) provides monitoring support services: designing and implementing performance and impact evaluations, as well as other studies and assessments, supporting their use and dissemination, and developing collaboration, learning, and adapting initiatives.

MELSA is conducting the performance evaluation of the Economic Integration for Migrant Communities (Oportunidades Sin Fronteras-OSF for its Acronym in Spanish). This mid-term performance evaluation aims to collect evidence about results and process-level lessons of the Activity’s key components, interventions, deliverables, and outcomes. The evaluation will also support USAID/Colombia and the Implementing Partner (IP) accountability and learning processes. The purpose of OSF is to help spark the economic engines of migration and harness the skills and capacities of migrants to meet private sector demand and achieve social and economic gains. OSF will work toward this SO and IR via the following activity-level objectives:

• Objective 1: Migrant/Receptor Community Participation in Formal Economy Increased by 25%
• Objective 2: Licit/Inclusive Economic Opportunities Increased by $5 Million
• Objective 3: Regulatory Framework for Economic Integration of Migrants Enhanced

As part of the evaluation team, MELSA seeks a Migration and Economic Inclusion Expert. The following are some of the key responsibilities and requirements for the position.

REQUIREMENTS

• BA in social sciences, economics, political science, international relationships, or another relevant field.
• Graduate degree in social sciences, economics, political science, international relationships, development, public policy, or another relevant field.
• More than seven (7) years of relevant experience.
• Experience in the Colombian regulatory framework for economic integration of migrants, public policies, and institutions at the national and local levels. Experience in the Colombian labor market, economic inclusion, entrepreneurship, employment opportunities for migrants, and other related issues.
• Knowledge of secondary or administrative data on the migrant population, access to the labor market for migrant communities, economic inclusion, and other related issues.
• Proven ability to deliver quality analyses, tables, and written products and explanations.
• Intermediate or advanced knowledge of written and spoken English.
• Ability to conduct interviews and focus groups in Spanish.
• Experience with USAID evaluations is preferred but not required.
  If you are interested in this position, it is mandatory that you upload your labor certificates and proof of education in the Attachment Information. Only candidates who have attached these documents will be reviewed.
  No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted. Only applicants who include the required application components will be considered.

Panagora Group is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

• Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Team Leader with the evaluation design, including the construction of indicators, data collection methods for qualitative information, and an analysis plan.
• Review primary and secondary information sources related to the Colombian regulatory framework for economic integration of migrants, public policies, and institutions at the national and local level, the Colombian labor market, economic inclusion, entrepreneurship, employment opportunities for migrants, and other related issues.
• Oversee quantitative and qualitative data collection quality related to thematic points.
• Lead thematic topics in the design of the quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments related to the Colombian regulatory framework for economic integration of migrants, public policies, and institutions at the national and local level, the Colombian labor market, economic inclusion, entrepreneurship, employment opportunities for migrants, and other related issues.
• Participate in the qualitative instruments coding process and contribute with a thematic revision of the process in creating the codebook.
• Support the qualitative and quantitative data analysis for the reports and presentations mentioned in the deliverables. This covers the data triangulation process and its corresponding qualitative and quantitative analysis to answer each evaluation question as requested by the team leader.
• Participate and apply the qualitative data collection instruments in the field.
• Support the Team Leader in preparing reports and presentations for USAID and the Implementing Partner. This includes any required participation in the final presentation and report.

MELSA is conducting the performance evaluation of the Economic Integration for Migrant Communities (Oportunidades Sin Fronteras-OSF for its Acronym in Spanish). This mid-term performance evaluation aims to collect evidence about results and process-level lessons of the Activity’s key components, interventions, deliverables, and outcomes. The evaluation will also support USAID/Colombia and the Implementing Partner (IP) accountability and learning processes. The purpose of OSF is to help spark the economic engines of migration and harness the skills and capacities of migrants to meet private sector demand and achieve social and economic gains. OSF will work toward this SO and IR via the following activity-level objectives:

• Objective 1: Migrant/Receptor Community Participation in Formal Economy Increased by 25%
• Objective 2: Licit/Inclusive Economic Opportunities Increased by $5 Million
• Objective 3: Regulatory Framework for Economic Integration of Migrants Enhance