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  • Posted: Aug 9, 2022
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    The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment.


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    GEF Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) Consultant

    The GEF team has been successful in developing a series of projects under a Programme (Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management, FARM) which now require the completion of the package for GEF CEO endorsement. Supervision of the development of these proposals has been assigned across the GEF team but the volume of work to be undertaken requires additional inputs from a specialist consultant with experience in drafting of donor funded proposals. The development of the submissions is time sensitive and the work load requires the support to be available as early as possible.

    The child projects being implemented by UNEP are in their Project Preparation Grant phase, with the respective Executing Agencies being responsible for developing the projects in coordination with their partners. The Lead Consultant will be responsible for writing up the project document packages to ensure consistency and high-quality submissions, in close coordination with the Executing Agencies to obtain inputs and technical information.

    The consultant will support the operations of the Chemicals GEF team by:

    • Coordinating with executing agencies staff and consultant to write and prepare the CEO Endorsement Request package for the following Full Sized Projects:
    • GEF FARM Regional Child Project (GEF ID 10903), Executing Agency Green Growth Knowledge Platform

    GEF FARM FAO Child Project (GEF ID 10902), Executing Agency FAO.

    • Coordination of the other GEF Implementing Agencies with child projects under the same FARM Programme (UNIDO, UNDP, Asian Development Bank), including regular coordination calls to ensure consistency of all child projects with the overarching Program Framework Document and cross cutting aspects such as knowledge management, programme-level monitoring & evaluation, gender, and private sector.
    • Internalization of GEF FARM global project and assisting in other project development and supervision activities as required based on the review of project needs by the Chemicals and Waste Portfolio Manager;
    • Specific tasks and responsibilities

    The tasks and responsibilities of the consultant will be as follows:

    • Receive reports, data and draft CEO sections from Executing Agencies and their partners (international and national consultants, government focal points, etc), and edit and compile these into a draft CEO project documents package (one for the FAO and one for the Global Child Project).
    • Facilitate discussion between Executing Agencies and UNEP Task Manager and decide on key project design issues not limited to budgeting, implementation arrangements, co-finance.
    • Submit draft CEO Endorsement Request sections and annexes (see list in the Schedule of Payments below) to the UNEP Task manager and address review comments to finalize sections.
    • Compile relevant projects and partners identified by Executing Agencies, and aid UNEP Task Manager to contact key partners in countries.
    • Take part in regular coordination calls with EA project coordinators & Task Manager to ensure timely delivery of the two FARM Child projects’ outputs, including coordinating with the EAs to facilitate the inception and other workshops for the project as needed.
    • Co-coordinating with other FARM Implementing Agencies (UNDP, UNIDO and ADB) to ensure alignment of their project development processes and draft child project documents with Programme Framework Document approach (e.g. Theory of Change) and Programme-wide KM, gender, M&E, private sector and stakeholder engagement approaches (which will be developed by the Global child project).
    • Reporting lines

    Qualifications/special Skills

    • Academic Qualifications: An advanced university degree in environmental or physical sciences, waste management, economics, international relations, or other relevant scientific or social sciences area.
    • Experience: A minimum of 5 years of evaluation experience of projects in developing countries is required and familiarity with the GEF funding mechanism and experience of evaluating or working with at least 1 GEF project and Understanding of Minamata Convention and their requirements on mercury usage reduction for the signatory parties is an advantage.

    Closing; 18 August 2022

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on careers.un.org to apply

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