**Job Information**:
Project/Activity
- MELSA
Industry
- USAID
City
- Bogota
State/Province
- Bogota, D.C.
Country
- Colombia
Zip/Postal Code
- 110111
HIghest Level of Education
- Graduate degree
Work Experience
- 7-10 years
Panagora Group is a U.S. small business that provides monitoring and evaluation services in the international development industry and currently implements the USAID/Colombia Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Short-Term Activity (MELSA). MELSA provides technical and advisory services to USAID in the following components: (1) Evaluations; (2) Research, Assessments, and Data Analysis; (3) Monitoring and Learning activities.
MELSA seeks a Gender Approach and Racial and Ethnic Equity Expert as part of the Human Rights for Peace (HR4P) baseline team. The USAID HR4P Activity aims to enhance peace and stability in Colombia by improving the effectiveness of national and local systems and actors to prevent human rights violations, protect human rights defenders, and coordinate responses to violations. The Gender Approach and Racial and Ethnic Equity Expert will support analyses related to gender and ethnic minority groups victims of human rights violations.
The following are some of the key responsibilities and requirements for the position.
**Responsibilities**:
- Support the Team Leader with the baseline design, including the construction of indicators, data collection methods for quantitative and qualitative information, and an analysis plan related to the gender approach and racial and ethnic equity, or other associated issues to the baseline.
- Review primary and secondary information sources related to the gender approach and racial and ethnic equity, or other associated issues to the baseline.
- Oversee quantitative and qualitative data collection quality related to related to the gender approach and racial and ethnic equity, or other associated issues to the baseline.
- Collect data from administrative records data using the relevant instruments.
- Lead the integration of the topics related to the gender approach and racial and ethnic equity, or other associated issues to the baseline. in the design of the quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments.
- Participate in coding qualitative instruments and provide a thematic approach to creating the codebook.
- Contribute to analyzing qualitative, quantitative, and secondary information related to related to the gender approach and racial and ethnic equity and related issues.
- Support 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 baseline 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 phases.
- Perform all other activities requested by the Team Leader, the MELSA Lead Evaluation Expert, or the MELSA COP.
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.
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Panagora Group proporciona servicios de monitoreo y evaluación en la industria del desarrollo internacional y actualmente implementa la actividad de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Aprendizaje de Corto Plazo (MELSA) de USAID / Colombia. MELSA brinda servicios técnicos y de asesoría a USAID en los siguientes componentes: (1) Evaluaciones; (2) Investigación, evaluaciones y análisis de datos; y (3) Actividades de monitoreo y adaptación.
Como parte de la línea de base de la actividad de Derechos Humanos de USAID, MELSA busca un Experto en enfoque de género y equidad racial y étnica. La actividad de Derechos Humanos Humanos de USAID tiene como objetivo reforzar la paz y la estabilidad en Colombia mejorando la efectividad de los sistemas y actores nacionales y locales para prevenir las violaciones de derechos humanos, proteger a los defensores de derechos humanos y coordinar las respuestas a estas violaciones. El Experto en Enfoque de Género y en Cuestiones Raciales y Étnicas apoyará los análisis relacionados con el género y los grupos étnicos minoritarios víctimas de violaciones de derechos humanos.
A continuación, se presentan algunos requerimientos y responsabilidades clave para la posición.
**Responsabilidades**:
- Apoyar al líder de la evaluación en el diseño de la línea de base, incluyendo la construcción de indicadores, métodos de recolección de información cuantitativa y cualitativa y el plan de análisis relacion