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Review Tasks and Procedures

• The consultant will be responsible, in close consultation with the Task Manager, for overall coordination of the review and timely delivery of its outputs, described below.
• The consultant will ensure that all evaluation criteria and questions are adequately covered.
• Specifically, the consultant will be required to complete the following tasks: Inception Report: will contain confirmation of the results framework and theory of change of the project, project stakeholder analysis, review framework and a tentative review schedule.
• Preliminary Findings Note: the sharing of preliminary findings is intended to support the participation of the project team, act as a means to ensure all information sources have been accessed and provide an opportunity to verify emerging findings.
• Draft and Final Review Reports: will contain an executive summary that can act as a stand-alone document; detailed analysis of the review findings organised by review criteria and supported with evidence; lessons learned and recommendations and an annotated ratings table. Review of the draft MTR report. The review team will submit a draft report to the Task Manager and revise the draft in response to their comments and suggestions.
• Once a draft of adequate quality has been peer-reviewed and accepted, the Task Manager will share the cleared draft report with key project stakeholders for their review and comments. Stakeholders may provide feedback on any errors or fact and may highlight the significance of such errors in any conclusions as well as providing feedback on the proposed recommendations and lessons.
• Any comments or responses to draft reports will be sent to the Task Manager for consolidation. The Task Manager will provide all comments to the review team for consideration in preparing the final report, along with guidance on areas of contradiction or issues requiring an institutional response.
• The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Task Manager, based in Nairobi, Kenya) and the overall guidance of the Head, GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation Unit based in Nairobi.

Qualifications/special skills

• An Advanced degree in Natural sciences, Natural resources Management, Environmental Sciences, monitoring and evaluation, International Development or other relevant political or social sciences area is required.
• A minimum of 7 years of technical/evaluation experience, including project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation is required, preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is required.
• Experience in evaluation of GEF projects is highly desirable.
• Excellent writing skills, team leadership experience and, where possible, knowledge of the UN system, specifically of the work of UNEP and GEF programming is an asset.
• Experience in managing partnerships, knowledge management and communication is desirable for all evaluation consultants.

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Review Tasks and Procedures

• The consultant will be responsible, in close consultation with the Task Manager, for overall coordination of the review and timely delivery of its outputs, described below.
• The consultant will ensure that all evaluation criteria and questions are adequately covered. Specifically, the consultant will be required to complete the following tasks: Inception Report: will contain confirmation of the results framework and theory of change of the project, project stakeholder analysis, review framework and a tentative review schedule. Preliminary Findings Note: the sharing of preliminary findings is intended to support the participation of the project team, act as a means to ensure all information sources have been accessed and provide an opportunity to verify emerging findings.
• Draft and Final Review Reports: will contain an executive summary that can act as a stand-alone document; detailed analysis of the review findings organised by review criteria and supported with evidence; lessons learned and recommendations and an annotated ratings table. Review of the draft MTR report.
• The review team will submit a draft report to the Task Manager and revise the draft in response to their comments and suggestions. Once a draft of adequate quality has been peer-reviewed and accepted, the Task Manager will share the cleared draft report with key project stakeholders for their review and comments.
• Stakeholders may provide feedback on any errors or fact and may highlight the significance of such errors in any conclusions as well as providing feedback on the proposed recommendations and lessons. Any comments or responses to draft reports will be sent to the Task Manager for consolidation.
• The Task Manager will provide all comments to the review team for consideration in preparing the final report, along with guidance on areas of contradiction or issues requiring an institutional response. The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Task Manager, (based in Nairobi, Kenya) and the overall guidance of the Head, GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation Unit based in Nairobi.

Qualifications/special skills

• An Advanced degree in Natural sciences, Natural resources Management, Environmental Sciences, monitoring and evaluation, International Development or other relevant political or social sciences area is required.
• A minimum of 7 years of technical/evaluation experience, including project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation is required, preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is required.
• Experience in evaluation of GEF projects is highly desirable.
• Excellent writing skills, team leadership experience and, where possible, knowledge of the UN system, specifically of the work of UNEP and GEF programming is an asset.
• Experience in managing partnerships, knowledge management and communication is desirable for all evaluation consultants.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• The CTA will provide overall technical and operational support to the Project Management Unit, and will be responsible for the following duties: Technical guidance
• Provide advice on best suitable approaches and methodologies for achieving project targets and objectives;
• Provide specific support at project start-up to set-up strong bases for an effective project implementation including capacity building on ecosystems-based adaptation and project management
• Support the follow-up on project co-financing (collaboration with co-financing partners and regular reporting on sources and amounts in annual co-financing report)
• Provide quality assurance and technical review of project outputs such as inception / mission reports, baseline / technical studies, assessments, training materials, and knowledge products;
• Draft or review, as requested, ToRs for technical consultancies and sub-contracts, and assist in the selection and recruitment processes
• Provide a technical guidance and supervisory function to the work carried out by national and international consultants hired by the project;
• Conduct technical supervision missions in project sites
• Provide advice and assist in knowledge management, communications and awareness-raising, and document lessons and good practices from project implementation Project management support
• Provide overall technical backstopping, operational guidance and support to the Project Management Unit team to ensure that project objectives are being met and that activities are carried out within agreed deadline and under high technical standards
• Assist the Project Coordinator in planning the implementation of project activities, and in adjusting the project Results Framework, Work Plan and Budget as required and in line with corporate requirement and UNEP / GEF rules
• Provide technical inputs to key procurement processes such as technical specifications of goods and equipment;
• Support project risk management and provide sound advice on adaptive management of the project;
• Support the Gender and Safeguards officer in the development of the project Grievance Redress Mechanism and review GRM reports.
• Support the Gender and Safeguards officer in the implementation and monitoring of the project Environmental and Social Management Plan and the Gender Action Plan.
• Assist the M&E Officer in ensuring the quality of project M&E and reporting systems (including project indicators and targets), review monitoring tools and prepare terms of reference for independent results verification exercises ;
• Review the progress reports prepared by the Project Coordinator to ensure quality, accuracy and completeness, including the Project Implementation Reviews (PIRs) and Half Year Reports (HYR), final report and other as required by UNEP and the GEF
• Support the project team in administrative and financial reporting including quarterly financial reports and cash advance requests for submission to UNEP.
• Participate in Project Steering Committee (PSC) meetings and make recommendations when needed for more effective implementation and coordination of project activities
• Advise the Project Coordinator in liaison work with project partners, donor organizations, NGOs and other groups to ensure the effective coordination, synergies and collaboration
• Perform any other tasks as may be requested by the Project Team, MEDD – BNCCREDD+, the Project Steering Committee, and the UNEP Task Manager The Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) will be contracted and paid by the United Nations. He/she will report to the National Project Director within the BNCC-REDD+ of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development MEDD and UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Unit (CCAU) Task Manager. In the performance of his/her duties, the CTA will work in close collaboration with the project team.

Qualifications/special skills

• An advanced University education (MS or PhD) in the area of natural resource management, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, environmental management, social sciences, or any related fields of study is required.
• At least 7 years of professional experience in technical lead positions in planning and management of environmental and/or climate change adaptation programmes including institutional strengthening and capacity building is required
• Experience of working and collaborating with developing country governments is required Previous experience with GEF projects is desirable Previous experience in coastal ecosystems and coastal adaptation is desirable

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• Under the direct supervision of the Associate Programme Management Officer, Civil Society Unit, Governance Affairs Office, the intern will support the Office which serves as the technical secretariat for the United Nations Environment Assembly and its subsidiary organs.
• In this context, the Office seeks energetic and motivated interns to support its work in the following areas, as assigned: Support preparation in website updates; Adding and editing accredited organizations to the website; Uploading documents to repository; Editing contents of civil society webpages
• Support Registration processes of the various meetings including working on the list of participants
• Develop and conduct a Series of Client Satisfaction Survey including analyses to feedback to the clientele especially the Committee of Permanent Representatives.
• Draft Accreditation Memos for organizations that have submitted accreditation requests for review
• Support effective communications with accredited UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders in line with UN mandates and guidelines.
• Support the day-to-day management of internal Major Groups and Stakeholders databases;
• Other tasks, as requested.

Qualifications/special skills

• Undergraduate studies in either of these Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Software Engineering, Data science, Cyber Security; and
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher)
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with a university degree None