Local Governance Public Policy Advisor

Experience : 10-15 years

Panagora Group provides monitoring and evaluation services in the international development industry and currently implements the USAID/Colombia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) activity. The MEL activity provides technical and advisory services to USAID in the following components: (1) Monitoring; (2) Performance and Impact Assessments; (3) Research, Assessments, and Data Analysis; (4) Geographic Information Services (GIS) and (5) Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation tasks (CLA).

The specific objective of the assessment is to identify the key factors of local governance that have the potential to contribute to the improvement of municipal performance. Under this general objective, it is expected to analyze and identify the main trends of local governance in PDET municipalities based on the analytical framework of the tool developed by the National Planning Department (DNP) to measure territorial performance, known as Municipal Performance Measurement (MDM). This analytical framework includes two components: management and results, which must be reflected in the methodology, the data collection instruments, and the analysis.

Due to the above, the MEL activity seeks to hire a consultant who has experience in public policy analysis at the territorial level. The analysis from this assessment will be addressed to USAID/Colombia’s management and technical team, specifically to the Good Governance and Transparency Team (GGT), which is part of the Peacebuilding and Governance Office (PGO), among other strategic offices of the mission.

**Responsibilities**:

- Study the Municipal Performance Measurement (MDM) tool.
- Design the quantitative methodology that will identify the key factors that contribute to the improvement of the municipal management in the PDET subregions.
- Identify and systemize the secondary sources and data for the analytical stage.
- Lead the quantitative analysis to identify the cases that best represent improvement in municipal management in recent years.
- Support the special analysis of secondary data.
- Prepare the quantitative evidence for presentations, reports, and infographics/two pagers as required.
- Complete quantitative level adjustments as requested by the MEL activity and USAID
- Attend all meetings requested by the MEL activity.

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.

**Español**

Panagora Group proporciona servicios de monitoreo y evaluación en la industria del desarrollo internacional y actualmente implementa la actividad de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje (MEL) de USAID / Colombia. La actividad MEL brinda servicios técnicos y de asesoría a USAID en los siguientes componentes: (1) Monitoreo; (2) Evaluaciones de desempeño e impacto; (3) Investigación, evaluaciones y análisis de datos; (4) Servicios de Información Geográfica (GIS) y (5) Tareas de Colaboración, Aprendizaje y Adaptación (CLA).

El objetivo específico del assessment es identificar los factores claves de la gobernanza local que tienen potencial de contribuir en el mejoramiento del desempeño municipal. Bajo este objetivo general, se espera analizar e identificar las principales tendencias de la gobernanza local en municipios PDET teniendo como base el marco analítico la herramienta liderada por el Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) para medir el desempeño territorial conocida como Medición de Desempeño Municipal (MDM). Este marco analítico incluye dos componentes: gestión y resultados los cuáles deben ser reflejados en la metodología, los instrumentos para la recolección de la información y el análisis.

Por lo anterior, la actividad MEL requiere la contratación de un/a consultor/a que tenga experiência en el análisis de política públicas a nível territorial. El análisis que resulte de este assessment irá dirigido al equipo directivo y técnico de la Misión de USAID/Colombia, específicamente al Good Governance and Transparency Team (GGT) que hace parte de la oficina de Peacebuilding and Governance Office (PGO), entre otras oficinas estratégicas de la Misión.

**Deberes y Responsabilidades**:

- Estudiar la herramienta de Medición de Desempeño Municipal (MDM).
- Diseñar una metodología cuantitativa que permita identificar los factores claves que contribuyen al mejoramiento del desempeño municipal subregiones PDET.
- Identificar y sistematizar las fuentes/datos secundarios para la etapa analítica.
- Liderar el análisis cuantitativo para identificar los casos municipales más representativos en mejoramiento del desempeño municipal en los últimos años.