Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of Mekong-Pacific Project Manager, Industry and Economy Division, Resources and Markets Branch, the consultant is required to conduct: a. Inception Report: containing an assessment of project design quality, a draft reconstructed Theory of Change of the project, project stakeholder analysis, review framework and a tentative review schedule. b. Preliminary Findings Note: typically in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, the sharing of preliminary findings is intended to support the participation of the project team, act as a means to ensure all information sources have been accessed and provide an opportunity to verify emerging findings. c. Draft and Final Review Report: containing an Executive Summary that can act as a stand-alone document; detailed analysis of the review findings organised by review criteria and supported with evidence; lessons learned and recommendations and an annotated ratings table. A Review Brief (a 2-page overview of the evaluand and review findings) for wider dissemination through the UNEP website may be required. This will be discussed with the UNEP Project Manager no later than during the finalization of the Inception Report. Review of the Draft Review Report. The Review Consultant will submit a draft report to the UNEP Project Manager and revise the draft in response to their comments and suggestions. The UNEP Project Manager will then forward the revised draft report to other project stakeholders, for their review and comments. Stakeholders may provide feedback on any errors of fact and may highlight the significance of such errors in any conclusions as well as providing feedback on the proposed recommendations and lessons. Any comments or responses to draft reports will be sent to the UNEP Project Manager for consolidation. The UNEP Project Manager will provide all comments to the Review Consultant for consideration in preparing the final report, along with guidance on areas of contradiction or issues requiring an institutional response. The UNEP Evaluation Office provides templates and tools to support the review process and provides a formal assessment of the quality of the final Terminal Review report, which is provided within this report’s annexed material. In addition, the Evaluation Office formally validates the report by ensuring that the performance judgments made are consistent with evidence presented in the Review report and in-line with the performance standards set out for independent evaluations. As such the project performance ratings presented in the Review report may be adjusted by the Evaluation Office.

Qualifications/special skills

– An advanced university degree in environment/social/natural science, environmental policy, law, political sciences and equivalent academic qualifications, or equivalent work experience. – A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. – Extensive evaluation/technical experience is required, preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach. – A good/broad understanding of thematic areas such as environment, green economy, resource efficiency and natural resource management – Working knowledge of the UN system and specifically the work of UNEP – Experience and knowledge of Asia and the Pacific context. – Excellent communication and inter-personal skills – Strong team leader/builder – Excellent analytical, evaluation and report-writing skills

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.