Economist
TAP EG - USAID/Honduras’ Projects Executed by the Community (PEC)
Location: Remote and Honduras.
Status: TCN, CCN, or EXPAT
Period of Performance: ~7-9 Months
Position Description:
Increased insecurity, high gang violence, and high poverty levels, in addition to other contextual factors, have resulted in a crisis that has increased vulnerabilities among historically marginalized populations, including Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Honduras. To address this crisis, USAID Honduras - through the Projects Executed by the Community (PEC) model - identified and harnessed the power of locally-led CLA (Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting) to promote a bottom-up community engagement approach that identifies context-specific priorities for building community assets and solutions to advancing equity for historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities.
The PEC model allows communities to continuously learn through audits and stakeholder feedback, adapt to changing situations, and work collectively with accountability. The main outcome of PEC is an empowered and self-reliant community that develops, implements, monitors and evaluates inclusive action plans in collaboration with public and private stakeholders.
The USAID Racial and Ethnic Equity (REE) Team seeks to work with TAP EG to customize, in collaboration with Indigenous communities, the design and implementation of the replication of the PEC model in at least 1 USAID Mission. We hope to combine peer-to-peer and co-creation strategies to design a tailored PEC model for another USAID Mission.
IDG seeks an Economist to serve on the USAID Racial and Ethnic Equity (REE) Team’s Projects Executed by the Community (PEC) Replication Activity.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Design an economic assessment guide that will guide USAID/Honduras and FHIS on how to implement an economic assessment pre-, mid-, and post-evaluation to analyze the economic impact of the PEC project
Using the guide to train USAID/Honduras and FHIS personnel on implementing the economic assessment in Honduras
Using the economic assessment from Phase I to provide lessons learned and expand on the cost-benefit analysis from it.
Work with USAID/Honduras and FHIS on the development of the economic assessment guide
Design guidance on survey design using USAID guidelines for pre-, mid-, and post-evaluation to analyze the economic impact of the PEC project
Develop a results framework to measure the model’s effectiveness in building community assets, social cohesion, and personal wealth. Identify the asset value of intended PEC replication.
Draft report with findings and recommendations for fine-tuning the model.
Qualifications:
Advanced degree in international development, public administration, development analytics, economics, knowledge management, or related fields.
At least ten years of progressive experience in public financial management, democracy and governance, economic growth, and infrastructure development within the Latin America region; and managing interdisciplinary teams, preferably with demonstrated experience leading similar localization activities in the Latin America region.
Extensive professional experience working with USAID and knowledge of their operations, regulations, reporting requirements, and formats.
A practiced understanding of USAID/Honduras’ Projects Executed by the Community (PEC) is preferred.
Knowledge and experience implementing bottom-up, country-led approaches to development.
Experience with comprehensive economic analysis, field data collection, surveys, and infrastructure work, preferably concerning socioeconomics, race, and ethnicity.
Outstanding experience working alongside local actors, preferably in Latin America.
Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Strong multicultural, interpersonal, and supervision skills.
Demonstrated leadership, strategic planning, and adaptive management skills and experience leading a team of several personnel.
Experience in Honduras preferred.
Experience working with or collecting data from ethnic communities preferred, especially with the Garifuna and Lenca communities.
Prior professional travel experience is preferred.
Fluency in English and Spanish is required; proficiency in a third language is preferred.
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