Careers at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting phase, including:

• Draft the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that the evaluation report is complete, coherent and consistent with the Evaluation Manager guidelines both in substance and style;
• liaise with the Evaluation Manager on comments received and finalize the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that comments are taken into account until approved by the Evaluation Manager
• Prepare a Response to Comments annex for the main report, listing those comments not accepted by the Evaluation Consultant and indicating the reason for the rejection; and (where agreed with the Evaluation Manager) prepare an Evaluation Brief (2-page summary of the evaluand and the key evaluation findings and lessons)

Managing relations, including:

• Maintain a positive relationship with evaluation stakeholders, ensuring that the evaluation process is as participatory as possible but at the same time maintains its independence communicate in a timely manner with the Evaluation Manager on any issues requiring its attention and intervention.
• The Evaluation Consultant shall have had no prior involvement in the formulation or implementation of the project and will be independent from the participating institutions.
• The consultant will sign the Evaluation Consultant Code of Conduct Agreement Form.
• The Evaluation Consultant will be selected and recruited by the UNEP Evaluation Office through a consultancy contract.
• Comprehensive terms of reference will be shared with the consultant separately.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in environmental sciences, international development or other relevant political or social sciences area is required.
• A first level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in the same areas in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of technical / evaluation experience preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is required.
• A good/broad understanding of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) related to climate change is desirable. Knowledge of the UN system and specifically the work of UNEP is desirable.

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Specific duties and responsibilities:

• The Consultant will be responsible for supporting project development, portfolio supervision and technical delivery across the GEF Chemicals and Waste portfolio. The scope of the assignment includes GEF-9 concepts and projects on mercury in products, non-ferrous metals production, artisanal and small-scale gold mining and enabling activities, together with task management of full-size projects, medium-size projects and enabling activities.
• Develop GEF-9 projects and concepts with relevant experts, stakeholders and countries.
• Support task management, reporting and technical inputs for the GCGCU portfolio.
• Hold weekly calls with Task Managers and monthly calls with executing agencies, or fortnightly for projects at risk.
• Review and clear quarterly progress and financial reports, annual workplans, budget forecasts, procurement plans and communication plans.
• Facilitate Project Steering Committee meetings, PIR processes, legal agreement extensions and project closure.
• Support oversight of planetGOLD, develop PIF and PPG packages, and prepare Minamata Convention MIA and NAP projects as requested.
• Conduct terminal evaluations of Minamata Convention enabling activities and support integration across Chemicals and Waste and other GEF focal areas.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced university degree in a field related to social or environmental sciences, including chemistry, chemical engineering, social science, environmental studies or environmental engineering, or equivalent experience, is required.
• A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• At least 2 years of working experience in project management, including international experience, is required. Working knowledge of GEF project development and supervision is required.
• Experience in implementing mercury-related projects is required.

Deadline : Sep 11, 2026