Agricultural Economics and Cassava Expert - Bogota, Colombia - Panagora Group

Panagora Group

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Bogota, Colombia

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Carolina González

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MELSAIndustry
USAIDCity
BogotaState/Province
Bogota, D.C.Country
ColombiaZip/Postal Code

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Master's DegreeWork Experience
710 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 a performance evaluation of Private Sector Engagement (PSE).

This evaluation will gather evidence on the results and lessons of USAID/Colombia's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) and the sustainability of its interventions during the current Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) This evaluation will outline the Mission's PSE approach and provide evidence of good practices, opportunities for improvement, and course correction actions that can inform USAID interventions with a PSE component and the next CDCS

The Agency's PSE Policy was launched in 2018.

Since that time, USAID/Colombia has prioritized four policy principles: 1. Engage early and often; 2. Incentivize and value PSE throughout planning and programming; 3. Expand the use of USAID approaches and tools that unlock the potential of the private sector; and 4. Build and act on the evidence of what works and what does not in PSE.

The proposed evaluation will include USAID/Colombia's alignment with the USAID PSE policy and provide new evidence on the conditions, drivers, results, and sustainability of its approach.

As part of the evaluation team, MELSA seeks an Agricultural Economics and Cassava 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.
Lead a case study of USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA) Bitter Cassava for a Sweet Milk (BCSM) implemented by Colanta for answering questions 3 and 6, following the scope of work guidelines.
Review primary and secondary information sources related to the cassava value chain, production, processing, commercialization, market systems development, marketbased solutions, organic fertilizers for agriculture, promotion of inclusive markets, and related issues.
Oversee the quality of quantitative and qualitative data collection related to thematic areas
Lead thematic topics in the design of the quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments related to the cassava value chain, production, processing, commercialization, market systems development, marketbased solutions, organic fertilizers for agriculture, promotion of inclusive markets, and related issues.
Participate in the qualitative instrument coding process and contribute with a thematic revision of the process in creating the codebook.
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 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.

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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 una evaluación de desempeño de Private Sector Engagement (PSE). Esta evaluación recopilará evidencia sobre los resultados y las lecciones aprendidas de la Participación del Sector Privado de USAID/Colombia y la sostenibilidad de sus intervenciones durante el actual marco temporal de la Estrategia de Cooperación para el Desarrollo del País (CDCS por sus siglas en inglés). Además, esta evaluación deberá describir el enfoque de PSE de la Misión y proporcionar evidencia de buenas prácticas, oportunidades de mejora y acciones de mejora que puedan informar la programación de USAID/Colombia con un componente de participación del sector privad