Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Consultant

**Project Summary**:
The USAID/OTI Colombia Program seeks to address emerging factors of instability through support to the Government of Colombia (GOC) and communities for robust peace accord implementation, thus helping to demonstrate that an integrated, comprehensive approach to the conflict also provides solutions to some of the country's biggest problems to include rural insecurity and illicit economies. Implicit in this approach is support to the GOC in understanding the unique post
- accord drivers of instability and support for piloting innovative solutions. The program will also focus on increasing the capacity and co-responsibility of both GOC and community actors for accord implementation.

**Please note: Only Colombian citizens are eligible for this position.**

**Position Summary**:
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Consultant will be responsible for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from national and departmental activities carried out by the program, generating reports, supporting with identifying lessons learned, and keeping track of successes and mistakes of activities. The MEL Consultant will coordinate closely with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer from Cucuta and the Program Development Officer (PDO) and Field Specialist (FS) to ensure the constant updating of information in the database of the program, obtaining information on the impacts/effects of activities and identifying positive and negative results, and producing communication and knowledge products. The Consultant will also provide the information required by the Communications and Reporting Specialist (CRS) and Learning Specialist (LS) for reporting and documenting activities. Under the supervision of the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, the Consultant will perform research and documentation of activities or groups of activities that are of special interest to the program and will also provide feedback to the whole program team, in conceptualization and activities evaluations, to ensure that they contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in the strategic framework of the program. This position will be under a services contract and report to the Director of MEL.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop the monitoring and evaluation plans at the activity level in coordination with the Programmatic Team, MEL Officer from Cucuta, and the supervisor.
- Monitor and document the progress and lessons learned of activities using the program’s database, particularly contributing to activity notes.
- Begin activity evaluation actions such as workshops, focus groups, interviews, round tables, surveys, etc., as agreed upon with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team.
- Collect and record the necessary information for the program's quantitative indicator databases.
- Submit M&E reports for activities or groups of activities, as required by the supervisor.
- Upload relevant information for M&E purposes onto the database, including quantitative indicators, reports, photographs, and any other relevant information.
- Visit partners, beneficiaries, and activities regularly to evaluate the progress and impact of the activities.
- Prepare site visit reports in the format required by the supervisor.
- Document relevant anecdotes and quotes from partners and beneficiaries in the development of the activities
- Perform activity evaluation to identify the results and lessons learned.
- Share the lessons learned from the activities with the entire program team constantly.
- Contribute actively to information sharing in the project.
- Provide the Communications and Reporting Specialist and Learning Specialist with the information required to develop program reports.
- Perform other tasks as requested as required.

**Perfil de la Compa**n**ía**:
**Resumen del proyecto**:
El Programa USAID/OTI Colombia tiene como objetivo abordar los factores emergentes de inestabilidad a través del apoyo al Gobierno de Colombia (GDC) y las comunidades para la implementación sólida de los acuerdos de paz, ayudando así a demostrar que un enfoque integrado e integral del conflicto también proporciona soluciones a algunos de los mayores problemas del país como inseguridad rural y economías ilícitas. Implícito en este enfoque está el apoyo al Gobierno de Colombia para comprender los impulsores únicos de inestabilidad posteriores al acuerdo y el apoyo para la puesta a prueba de soluciones innovadoras. El programa también se enfocará en aumentar la capacidad y corresponsabilidad tanto de los actores comunitarios como de los actores comunitarios para la implementación del acuerdo.

**Por favor tenga en cuenta: Solo los ciudadanos colombianos son elegibles para este cargo.**

**Resumen de la consultoría**:
Esta posición está a cargo de reunir información cualitativa y cuantitativa de las actividades nacionales y departamentales adelantadas por el programa, generar reportes, apoyar en la identi