Terminal Reviewer at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

More specifically:

Undertake the inception phase of the review, including:

• Conduct project desk review and collate information from the project teams
• Draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the project
• Prepare the Terminal Review framework
• Develop the desk review and interview protocols
• Draft the survey protocols
• Plan the Terminal Review schedule
• Prepare the inception report for review to be approved by the Climate Change Mitigation Unit

Coordination of the data collection and analysis phase of the Terminal Review, including:

• Conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners and stakeholders of the project Information collection, surveys, data analysis
• Regularly report back to the Climate Change Mitigation Unit on progress.

Coordination of the reporting phase, including:

• Prepare presentation on preliminary findings
• Draft Main Terminal Review report ensuring it is consistent with guidelines provide both in substance and style
• Liaise with the UNEP Climate Change Mitigation Unit on comments received and ensure that
• Comments are taken into account during finalization of the Main Terminal Review report and approved
• Prepare a Response to Comments annex for the main report, listing those comments not accepted and indicating the reason for their rejection.

Managing internal and external relations of the review team, including:

• Maintain a positive relationship with stakeholders, ensuring that the project review process is as participatory as possible but at the same time maintains its independence.
• Communicate in a timely manner with the UNEP Climate Change Mitigation Office on any issues requiring its attention and intervention.
• The review consultant will be selected and recruited by the UNEP Climate Change Mitigation Office through an individual Special Service Agreement (SSA) consultancy contract.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (i.e. master’s degree or higher) in management, business administration, economics, engineering, energy or other relevant area with five years' experience is required. A first level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience maybe accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working on technical aspects of development projects in the environmental / climate change sector in Africa is required;
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the evaluation and monitoring of development projects in developing countries is required;
• Experience in working with national governments in Africa or developing countries is required;

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency (both oral and written) in English is required.