Consultor PEC – Evaluación de impacto socioeconómica de sobrevivientes de trata de personas

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Costa Rica.

📋 Description

• Understand the operational model, its implementation, and challenges.

• Coordinate with the implementation team, INAMU, BID, and other counterparts.

• Review evidence on trafficking, reintegration, employability, and economic and psychosocial outcomes.

• Define results, indicators, and the evaluation matrix.

• Measure employment, income, entrepreneurship, skills, labor rights, well-being, autonomy, support networks, and prevention of re-victimization.

• Design questionnaires and guides tailored to the participating population.

• Define sampling, unit of observation, power analysis, and econometric strategy.

• Prioritize experimental or quasi-experimental designs and utilize mixed methods when appropriate.

• Consider biases, attrition, and methodological limitations.

• Prepare documentation for the Ethics Committee or IRB, including protocols, consents, and measures for confidentiality and data protection.

• Coordinate initial, follow-up, and final measurements through surveys, interviews, and administrative records.

• Supervise and train the team on safety, confidentiality, and trauma-informed approaches.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in Economics, Econometrics, Public Policy, Criminology, Political Science, Public Administration, or related fields.

• Between 5 and 9 years of professional experience in development projects and/or evaluation or research with the public sector, multilateral organizations, universities, and/or NGOs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Ability to propose, design, conduct, and review qualitative and quantitative research.

• Experience in literature reviews, interviews, surveys, impact evaluations with small samples, and statistical data analysis.

• Experience in evaluating employability, entrepreneurship, economic inclusion, or social protection programs aimed at vulnerable populations is a plus.

• Experience in research with survivors of violence, with a trauma-informed approach and ethical protection protocols is an advantage.

• Knowledge and experience working in Costa Rica is a plus.

• Understanding of human trafficking, gender-based violence, violence against children and adolescents, crime, and related issues is an advantage.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish and English.

• Additional knowledge of French and Portuguese is preferred.

• Citizenship of Costa Rica or one of the 48 member countries of BID, with residency or legal permission to work in Costa Rica.

• No relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouses, working at BID, BID Invest, or BID Lab.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

• Remote work.

• Contract duration of 8 months.

• Accommodations or support for completing the application, if needed.