Midterm Review Consultant - GEF GOLD+: Global Coordination, Knowledge Management and Outreach (GEF ID 10606) Project 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;
• 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 
• Draft the MTR report as per UNEP evaluation office requirements following due procedure of stakeholder consultation and a brief presentation to the Task Manager and Global Project Steering Committee.
• Revise the draft MTR report based on comments from UNEP Task Manager and any relevant stakeholder and edit the language and form of the final version.
• Submit the final MTR report
• Liaise with the UNEP GEF C&GCU Unit team to provide regular updates on progress on each of the above work streams. The consultant will also arrange the interpretation/translation services, as needed during the process of conducting MTR.

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.