GEO Evaluation Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the the UNEP Project Manager, Ignacio Sanchez Diaz, the consultant will perform the following tasks;
• The consultant will determine the extent to which the project contributed to sound scientific assessment and science-based policy options.
• The consultant will review how GEO has assisted in decision-making by policymakers and relevant stakeholders. 
• The consultant will also determine the level of progress towards meeting objectives related to specific and selected environmental themes as requested by governments and stakeholders during the past few years. 
• The consultant will also review to what extent the components in this project have contributed to several UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) 2022-2025 for Science-Policy Foundational Sub-programme and the Programme of Work 2022-2023, as well as the related PoW for the biennia 2022-2023 and 2024-25.
• The Consultant will ensure the overall quality of the review and timely delivery of its outputs as well as ensure that all review criteria and questions are adequately covered.

Qualifications/special skills

• An M.Sc. degree in environmental sciences, natural resources management, monitoring and evaluation, economics or a similar related is required.
• A minimum of seven years of technical/evaluation experience is required.
• Evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is desired. A good/broad understanding of project development, implementation in monitoring and evaluation frameworks for development projects and evaluation is desired.