Midterm Review Consultant - GEF 10844 and 10845 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The findings of the Review will be based on the following:

• A desk review of following relevant project documentations and determine key data to collect from stakeholders and prepare key instruments (questionnaires, logic models) to collect these data through interviews and/or surveys: 
• Project Documents and Appendices; b) Project design documents (including minutes of the project design review meeting at approval); Annual Work Plans and Budgets or equivalent, revisions to the project (Project Document Supplement), the logical framework and its budget;
• Project reports such as quarterly progress and financial reports, progress reports from collaborating partners, meeting minutes, relevant correspondence and including the Project Implementation Reviews and Tracking Tool, etc.;
• Evaluations/Reviews of similar projects.
• Conduct online or in-person interviews (individual or in group) with: a) UNEP planetGOLD programme lead, UNEP Project Manager and team members;
• planetGOLD Guinea Executing Agency and PMU; c) planetGOLD Cote d’Ivoire Executing Agencies and PMUs;
• planetGOLD Global project
• Government representatives
• Representatives from Project Steering Committee, National Advisory Committee;
•  Representatives from civil society and specialist groups (Miners Organizations based in target areas, Women organizations) 

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in environmental sciences, international development, chemical and waste, or other relevant political or social science areas is required.
• A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. A minimum of 5 years of technical/evaluation experience in projects and programmatic approaches is required.
• Experience evaluating UNEP and/or GEF projects is desirable.
• Experience evaluating ASGM and mercury projects is desirable. Good/broad understanding of mercury, pollutants management is desirable. Working knowledge of the UN system and specifically the work of UNEP is desirable.