Migration and Economic Inclusion

**Job Information**: Project/Activity - MELSAIndustry - USAIDCity - BogotaState/Province - Bogota, D.C.Country - ColombiaZip/Postal Code - 110111HIghest Level of Education - Graduate degreeWork Experience - 7-10 years- 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. **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. - 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. **Español** Panagora Group es una pequeña empresa estadounidense que proporciona servicios técnicos y de asesoramiento relacionados con el monitoreo, la evaluación y el aprendizaje de la estrategia y actividades de USAID/Colombia. La Actividad a Corto Plazo de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje (MELSA, por sus siglas en inglés) brinda servicios de apoyo al monitoreo: diseño e implementación de evaluaciones de desempeño e impacto, así como otros estudios y evaluaciones, respaldando su uso y difusión, y desarrollando iniciativas de colaboración, aprendizaje y adaptación.- MELSA está llevando a cabo la evaluación de resultados de Oportunidades Sin Fronteras (OSF). Esta evaluación de medio término tiene como objetivo recopilar evidencias sobre los resultados y las lecciones a nível de proceso de los componentes, intervenciones, productos y resultados clave de la Actividad. La evaluación también apoyará los procesos de rendición de cuentas y aprendizaje de USAID/Colombia y del socio implementador ("IP", por sus siglas en inglés). El propósito del OSF es ayudar a impulsar los motores económicos de la migración y aprovechar las habilidades y capacidades de los migrantes para satisfacer la demanda del sector privado y lograr beneficios sociales y económicos. OSF trabajará en pro de este objetivo estratégico e institucional a través de los siguientes objetivos a nível de actividad: - Objetivo 1: Aumento de la participación de la comunidad migrante/rece