Open Recruitment at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Global Plastics Hub enhancement:
• Map potential data sources in selected 10 countries coordinating with other divisions and partners for its integration into the Country Dashboard of the Global Plastics Hub.
• Map the existing data using the Material Flow Analysis tool for 5 countries and provide country trend analysis.
• Update and streamline the knowledge resources under the Knowledge Hub of the Global Plastics Hub, including categorization of case studies.
• Updating the 3-year plan of the Global Plastics Hub, through monitoring and reporting the traffic to the Global Plastics Hub, as well as supporting resource mobilization from other divisions and partners
• Organize online meetings for the GPML Communities of Practice
• Organize online meetings for the GPML Communities of Practice (i.e. CoP on Plastic Monitoring and Assessment Harmonization and CoP on Informing Action).

Qualifications/special skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a closely related field is required. Master’s degree in a related field is desirable.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in IT management, computer science, website development and/or management and data analytics is required.
• Experience in working on the topic of environmental data analytics, knowledge management, particularly on plastic pollution issues is desirable
• Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills are required. - Strong analytical skills, with the ability to produce high-quality analysis are required.

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SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• In close consultation with the Evaluation Manager, the Evaluation Consultant will be responsible for the overall management of the Evaluation and timely provision of its outputs, data collection and analysis and report-writing. More specifically: Inception phase of the Evaluation, including:
• preliminary desk review and introductory interviews with project staff;
• draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the programme;
• prepare the evaluation framework;
• develop the desk review and interview protocols;
• draft the survey protocols (if relevant);
• develop and present criteria for country and/or site selection for the evaluation mission;
• plan the evaluation schedule;
• prepare the Inception Report, incorporating comments until approved by the Evaluation Manager Data collection and analysis phase of the Evaluation, including: conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners and project stakeholders;
• (where appropriate and agreed) conduct an evaluation mission(s) to selected countries, visit the child project locations, interview project partners and stakeholders, including a good representation of local communities. Ensure independence of the Evaluation and confidentiality of evaluation interviews.
• regularly report back to the Evaluation Manager on progress and inform of any possible problems or issues encountered and; keep the Project/Task Manager informed of the evaluation progress. Reporting phase, including: draft the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that the evaluation report is complete, coherent and consistent with the Evaluation Manager guidelines both in substance and style;
• communicate in a timely manner with the Evaluation Manager on any issues requiring its attention and intervention. The Evaluation Consultant shall have had no prior involvement in the formulation or implementation of the project and will be independent from the participating institutions.
• The consultant will sign the Evaluation Consultant Code of Conduct Agreement Form. The Evaluation Consultant will be selected and recruited by the UNEP Evaluation Office through an individual consultancy contract. Comprehensive terms of reference will be shared with the consultant separately.

Qualifications/special skills

• A first level university degree in environmental sciences, international development or other relevant political or social sciences area is required and an advanced degree in the same areas is desirable.
• A minimum of 9 years of technical / evaluation experience is required, preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is required; A good/broad understanding of energy efficiency is desired.
• Experience in conducting GEF Programme Evaluations is an added advantage.