International Consultant for the Mid Term Review of GEF-7 Sustainable Cities Project in Argentina(10466) at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties:

• Coordinate, author and lead of the mid-term review for the aforementioned project in accordance with GEF and UNEP policies.
• Overall responsibility for undertaking the review and preparing the final report in English
• Evaluation of all elements of the project in accordance with UNEP Evaluation Office guidelines, excluding the interviews (and the corresponding interview report which will be conducted by another consultant).
• Review content and quality of work of interview report, including related key findings and recommendations 
• Deliverables to be prepared in accordance with UNEP evaluation office templates. Other data collection tools: If needed, to be agreed upon between the Task Manager, the Project Manager, and the terminal review consultant at the inception phase.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree in engineering, economics, environmental sciences, management, or a related discipline is required
• A first-level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
• Minimum of 5 years of technical experience on housing and cities, including a strong background in urban planning, architecture, sustainability, green infrastructure is required
• Experience in working with national governments of Latin America is required;
• Experience in the evaluation and monitoring of development projects in Latin America is required, including assessments of project documents such as concept notes, progress reports, work plans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is desirable;
• Experience working on projects funded by the GEF, multilateral development banks, other bilateral funding entities, or projects implemented by UNEP is desirable.