Midterm Review Consultant 10523 FSP at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The findings of the Review will be based on the following: 

• A desk review of following relevant project documentation and determine key data to collect from stakeholders and prepare key instruments (questionnaires, logic models) to collect these data through interviews and/or surveys:
• Project Document and Appendices; 
• Project design documents (including minutes of the project design review meeting at approval); Annual Work Plans and Budgets or equivalent, revisions to the project (Project Document Supplement), the logical framework and its budget; 
• Project reports such as quarterly progress and financial reports, progress reports from collaborating partners, meeting minutes, relevant correspondence and including the Project Implementation Reviews and Tracking Tool, etc.;
• Evaluations/Reviews of similar projects.
• Conduct online interviews (individual or in group) with:  a) UNEP Task Manager and team members; Representatives of Implementing Agency (UNEP) and respective executive agencies (BSCRC-SEA, NRDC, ILO, UNEP-RMB); c) UNEP Fund Management Officer (FMO).
• Draft and finalise the MTR report as per UNEP evaluation office requirements following due procedure of stakeholder consultation.
• Revise the draft MTR report based on comments from UNEP Task Manager and any relevant stakeholder and edit the language and form of the final version.
• Submit the final MTR report and a brief presentation to the Task Manager.
• Liaise with the UNEP GEF CW Unit teams in Nairobi and Geneva to provide regular updates on progress on each of the above work streams. The consultant will also arrange the interpretation/translation services, as needed during the process of conducting MTR.

Qualifications/special skills

• A bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences/engineering, social sciences, international development or other relevant area is required.
• An advanced degree in the same areas is desirable.
• A minimum of 7 years of technical/evaluation experience in projects and programmatic approaches is required.
• Experience evaluating UNEP and/or GEF projects is desirable. Good/broad understanding of POPs, textiles sector pollutants management is desirable. Working knowledge of the UN system and specifically the work of UNEP is desirable.