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Mexico City, Mexico

Conducting performance and context monitoring.Facilitating collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) activities.Producing and disseminating high-quality learning products.Building MEL capacity for staff, partners, and local organizations.

New York, United States

Assist the M&E and Reporting teams in the completion of the Final Global Report of the Spotlight Initiative Review the information provided by country and regional teams and make suggestions to improve data quality Assist the M&E team in the calculation of global aggregatesReview and check final compliance of country and regional reports, particularly the information on fulfillment of indicators Complile a list of key contacts to carry out the review of the results framework for Spotlight Initiative 2.0

Quito, Ecuador

Develop and execute in a coordinated manner the Spotlight Initiative monitoring plan with UN agencies, implementing partners, government counterparts and civil society.Coordinate information exchanges, build capacity for inter-agency monitoring, and develop protocols and tools for organized and systematic data recording.Identify bottlenecks and risks, participate in the analysis of alerts and support timely decision making, advise the national coordinator in the development of guidelines to accelerate implementation and sustain results.Organize collaborative writing of semi-annual and annual reports for the Secretariat and donors, organize feedback between different parties and prepare high quality consolidated reports.Oversee baseline, participatory monitoring and knowledge management consultancies, support mid-term evaluation, coordinate work with agencies, partners, counterparts and civil society, and communicate results obtained from these processes.Prepare inputs and facilitate workshops on budget review, technical coherence, qualitative impact assessment and lessons learned, and continuously monitor the development of products and activities, financial execution and compliance with indicators, milestones and targets.

Quito, Ecuador

Design and build the baseline study for the implementation of a natural resource management initiative. A high quality report was built and approved by the national environmental authority.Implement the technical activities according to the schedule, which included: a) estimate the sample for the household survey using secondary sources; b) build, pilot, adjust and field deploy the electronic household survey form in ODK Collect; c) write and validate the data collection, quality and security protocols; d) process, analyze and manage the statistical and geographic data generated; and e) write the baseline report with the findings.

Quito, Ecuador

Generate guidelines for data management and ensure the quality of statistical and geographic information in the area of urbanism in URLO Studio.Design and implement a participatory research methodology to eradicate informal solid waste dumps in northwest Bogota.Coordinate and organize meetings to strengthen partnerships between neighbors, local representatives and private companies, and lead collective ideation workshops.Create forms in KoBo Toolbox to collect geographic, quantitative and qualitative data and conduct interviews with key actors.Analyze data collected, write research reports that included a comprehensive diagnosis of the local context and evidence-based recommendations.Supervise technical staff in charge of data cleaning and construction of geographic and statistical databases using Excel, SPSS and QGIS.

Quito, Ecuador

Facilitate the construction of the work plan for the urban laboratories in Ambato and Latacunga, organize the work of the multidisciplinary team of 4 specialists and follow up on the fulfillment of tasks using Trello.Report the progress of the laboratories in the monitoring and evaluation system of GIZ Ecuador and write periodic progress reports on the implementation in both cities.Conduct autonomous geographic research and generate inputs to inform urban policy making in two intermediate cities.Facilitate workshops and focus groups, organize interviews with key stakeholders, collect geographic data and generate high quality analytical reports for non-technical audiences.Supervise consultancies on local stakeholder mapping, strategic communication, and capacity building in citizen participation.

Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Coordinate the immediate response to high-level informational requirements through the elaboration of the Aide Memoires for the Minister and the preparation of statistical data for the Presidency.Oversee the construction of reports to respond to the data needs of all areas of the Ministry and guide the preparation of a comprehensive diagnostic of the Ministry's information systems.Provide technical guidance in the review of the work of 7 analysts and review the generation of information products, statistical reports and presentations.Impart technical criteria in the review of methodologies for the calculation of sectoral indicators and goals.Guiding the construction of methodological sheets of specific indicators for strategic planning.

Quito, Ecuador

Establish institutional agreements and develop joint work plans with two activist organizations with extensive experience in the northern Amazon.Collaboratively implement two socio-environmental research projects and train local teams in the use of drones for environmental monitoring.Identify project data needs, plan data collection campaigns, and coordinate field research tasks with multidisciplinary teams of 7 researchers, 12 surveyors, and 24 community leaders.Design and pilot electronic forms in ESRI Survey123, write user guides and train staff, monitor data collection, and supervise the quality of data generated in real time.Support econometric analysis through data cleaning and construction of panel databases in Stata.Write baseline reports, evaluation and compliance reports, and budget execution reports in English and Spanish.

London, United Kingdom

Provided technical support for missions, liaised and communicated efficiently with the humanitarian and epidemiological teams in English and French, and timely responded to diverse data requirements using OpenStreetMap, QGIS, JOSM and Google Earth. Promoted evidence-based programmatic decision-making through the construction of maps, graphs, reports and case studies. Participated in the review of field data collection processes and protocols to formulate recommendations and promote the use of offline apps such as ODK Collect. These activities would enable teams in the field to adequately design and implement patient-led approaches and patient-centered strategies in Central Africa.

Quito, Ecuador

Provide support in the development of urban research projects in a multidisciplinary team of 7 researchers.Construct quantitative indicators using statistical and geographic data from secondary sources.

Quito, Ecuador

Assist in the development of the strategic plan of a public entity of the Ecuadorian judicial system.Build and manage databases using Stata

Quito, Ecuador

Provide support in the design of household surveys.Accompany data collection and survey households regarding their living conditions and agricultural production in the intervention area.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geography, Msc. Environment & Development

- Passed with merit - Dissertation in Environment and Development - Analysing African Cities: Globalization and Urban Livelihoods.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics

- General score 9/10 - Dissertation in Environmental Economics - Economic Policy - Advanced Econometrics

International Baccalaureate, Social Sciences

- Mention Bien - Filière ES, Option Mathématiques