Youth Expert

**Job Information**:
Project/Activity
- MELSAIndustry
- USAIDCity
- BogotaState/Province
- Bogota, D.C.Country
- ColombiaZip/Postal Code
- 110111HIghest Level of Education
- Master's DegreeWork Experience
- 10-15 years- Panagora Group is a U.S. small business that provides technical and advisory services related to monitoring, evaluating, and learning 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.- USAID/Colombia requested MELSA to develop a research study to identify interventions for conflict mitigation, violence prevention, and citizen security (secondary and tertiary prevention) related to urban areas. The purpose of the study is to inform the design and planning of the new Development Cooperation Country Strategy for the period 2025-2030. USAID/Colombia's growing work with youth addresses youth vulnerability and puts special emphasis on the Agency's global youth development policies. The Mission's youth strategy implements USAID's Youth in Development Policy and Positive Youth Development Framework by developing youth leadership skills, promoting economic opportunities for youth, increasing youth participation in community development, engaging families to foster protective environments for youth, and developing their social and technical skills.

The overall objective of this research is to identify conflict mitigation, violence prevention, and citizen security interventions (secondary and tertiary prevention) and models. It is also to assess the root causes of violence to effectively respond to the needs of at-risk youth and communities affected by urban violence in a context that includes various categories of perpetrators, including gangs and other organized groups in Colombia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The consultant fulfilling the role of youth expert should have extensive experience assessing, researching, or executing successful models related to conflict mitigation or secondary and tertiary violence prevention and be familiar with those interventions. This includes experience in the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of policies and programs focused on secondary and tertiary violence prevention, as well as child and youth protection. Knowledge of the USAID Positive Youth Development Framework and 2022 Youth in Development Policy is required.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the research design, especially in the construction of relevant indicators.
- Lead a desk review of a broad set of primary and secondary sources of information on youth, youth violence prevention, and conflict mitigation.
- Oversee the quality of quantitative and qualitative data collection, providing guidance and expertise to this process.
- Lead the development of instruments for quantitative and qualitative data collection.
- Actively participate in the coding process of qualitative instruments, contributing to the production of a codebook and thematic review.
- Contribute to the analysis of qualitative, quantitative, and secondary information.
- Support the Team Leader in writing reports and presentations for USAID/Colombia, emphasizing findings and recommendations.
- Manage the submission of reports and deliverables, including data, reports, and presentations.
- Use qualitative tools during fieldwork focused on secondary and tertiary violence prevention, and child and youth protection. Knowledge of the USAID Positive Youth Development Framework is desirable.

**Español**
- Panagora Group es una pequeña empresa estadounidense que presta servicios técnicos y de asesoramiento relacionados con el seguimiento, la evaluación y el aprendizaje de la estrategia y las actividades de USAID/Colombia. La Actividad de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje a Corto Plazo (MELSA) presta servicios de apoyo al monitoreo: diseño e implementación de evaluaciones de desempeño e impacto, así como de otros estudios y valoraciones, apoyo a su uso y difusión, y desarrollo de iniciativas de colaboración, aprendizaje y adaptación.- USAID/Colombia solicitó a MELSA el desarrollo de un estudio de investigación para identificar intervenciones de mitigación de conflictos, prevención de la violencia y seguridad ciudadana (prevención secundaria y terciaria) relacionadas con áreas urbanas. El propósito del estudio es informar el diseño y la planificación de la nueva Estrategia País de Cooperación al Desarrollo para el período 2025-2030. El creciente trabajo de USAID/Colombia con jóvenes aborda la vulnerabilidad juvenil y pone especial énfasis en las políticas globales de desarrollo juvenil de la Agencia. La estrategia de juventud de la Misión implementa la Política de Juventud en el Desarrollo y el Marco