Terminal Review Consultant: for E-mobility Armenia Project, GEFID 10280 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The consultant shall base the findings of the terminal reviews on the following: A desk review of:

• Relevant background documentation, inter alia: o Project document and appendices. This includes, among others, relevant work plans, budget and supervision plans, and any revisions introduced after approval.
• Theory of change, problem tree, and logical framework.
• Project reports, including half-year progress reports, project implementation reports (PIRs), expenditure reports, financial statements, audits, inventory reports, progress reports from collaborating partners, meeting minutes, relevant correspondence, and Tracking Tools;
• Evaluations/Reviews of similar projects.

Interviews (individual or in group) with, including but not limited to:

• UNEP Task Manager (TM) and team members;
• Executing Agency Project Managers (PMs) and team members;
• UNEP Administrative Officer (AO);
• Project steering committee members;
• Identified stakeholders, including governmental agencies and officials, representatives from technology and educational institutions, distribution utilities, banks, associations, and NGOs.
• Other project beneficiaries deemed appropriate for the review.
• Performance indicators: - Submission of the three (3) deliverables per deadlines
• Reports are considered high-quality, as determined by UNEP compared to other terminal review reports approved by the GEF

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic: An advanced university degree in 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 2 years of experience in evaluating projects in the field of climate change, environment or development.
• 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 working with UN projects is desirable;
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, renewable energy environment or development is desirable;