GEF PPG Consultant – Global Food Waste Project at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific tasks and responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of the CEO Endorsement Document and its attachments.
• Be responsible for the design of all substantive elements of the CEO Endorsement Document and its annexes, including sections such as the log-frame, budget, indicators, baseline scenario, alternative scenario, stakeholders, risks, governance framework, gender action plan, knowledge management, theory of change (ToC), and monitoring and evaluation, among other, in consultation with UNEP and project co-executors (national and global partners). A complete CEO Endorsement package template and its annexes will be provided by UNEP.
• Prepare an outline of the strategy and methodology to develop such elements, including a provisional timetable.
• Organize an inception meeting, either virtually or in-person, with UNEP and project co-executors to discuss the project structure and proposed interventions, problem tree, theory of change and co-financing. Prepare a report summarizing the meeting.
• In consultation with UNEP and the project co-executors, establish project specific indicators in Annex A.
• Prepare a package of inputs of relevant information for the development of the gender analysis, stakeholder engagement plan and environmental and social safeguard screenings in coordination with UNEP.
• Inform UNEP on the status of work and highlight, in a timely manner, risks related to the quality of the information received and the fulfillment of the project's development schedule.
• Prepare a first draft of the CEO Endorsement Package, including relevant annexes (annexes to be included in the first draft will be discussed and agreed upon with the Food Waste global task manager and technical lead).
• Support and participate in the stakeholder validation workshop with project co-executors and partners to validate the developed CEO Endorsement Document (log frames, results framework, budget, workplan, gender action plan, stakeholder engagement plan, etc.).
• Support the discussion of co-finance contributions, validate the nature of contributions, identify to which project Component(s) the contribution is allocated, complete the co-finance budget template (Annex I-2 of the CEO Endorsement Document) and provide any inputs required to obtain signed co-finance commitment letters.
• Support preparation of the stakeholder consultation report. The GEF requires that a report is prepared and submitted on stakeholder holder consultations undertaken during the PPG. 

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic: Advanced university degree in development, environment, management, business administration, economics, or a related discipline is required;
• A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change, renewable energy, environment or development is required.
• Experience in drafting project proposals and assessing project documents, including concepts, progress reports, work plans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is required;
• Experience in working with developing countries is required;
• Experience in working on global projects is required;
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, renewable energy environment or development is desirable;
• Experience working with GEF or UNEP projects is desirable;