Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Officer

**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 and Evaluation Learning Officer will be responsible for gathering qualitative and quantitative information on national and departmental activities carried out by the program and generating reports. The Officer will also be responsible for supporting the identification of lessons learned, keeping records of successes and mistakes of the activities, and promoting internal and external learning of the program's work. The role will work in coordination with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officers of the regional offices and report to the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning. The position is a fixed-term labor contract.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop the monitoring and evaluation plans at the activity level as required in coordination with the Programmatic Team and the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Officers.
- 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, and surveys, as agreed upon with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team.
- Collect and record the necessary information for the program's quantitative indicator databases.
- Assist in designing and implementing initiatives to strengthen the project’s approach to M&E, including the adoption of standardized indicators, indicator tracking tools, and innovative evaluation approaches.
- Submit monitoring and evaluation 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.
- Train beneficiaries and partners according to the learning processes, products, and actions defined by the program.
- Collect and record information on the process of defining the narrative of the activities and its appropriation by partners, allies, and beneficiaries.
- Collect and record information on the communication actions that are carried out in the activities and the perception of partners and communities.
- Identify good practices and recommendations in carrying out communication actions and the appropriation of messages.
- 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 evaluations, identify the results, and lessons learned as required.
- Share constantly the lessons learned of the activities with the entire program team.
- Help build the capacity and provide technical assistance to partners and grantees in monitoring, evaluation, and learning techniques.
- Contribute actively to information sharing in the project.
- Provide the Communications and Learning Specialist and the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Officers with the information required to develop program reports.
- Support the information collection processes and fieldwork of the three programmatic teams of the program.
- Perform other tasks as requested as required.

**Perfil de la Compa**ñía**:
**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.

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