Evaluation Expert Consultant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate two Terminal Evaluations and peer review work being managed by Evaluation Office staff.
• Draft Terms of Reference in liaison with Task Managers / Project Managers and plan the work schedule of experts to be hired to perform project evaluations.
• Identify evaluation experts and recommend to the Senior Evaluation Officer to form qualified evaluation teams.
• Review and assess the quality of evaluation deliverables in draft form and prepare comments / feedback for clearance by the Senior Evaluation Officer. Reviewed comments should be tailored to ensure that final evaluation reports reach the highest standards possible.
• Engage all relevant parties, including UNEP staff and colleagues in partnering organizations, in participatory evaluation processes.
• Review final evaluation reports and provide comments and feedback to the Senior Evaluation Officer to ensure lessons learned and recommendations are reflected in-line with UNEP requirements.
• Lead a process of planning for actions to be taken in response to the evaluation recommendations and assess compliance with Recommendation Implementation Plans at regular intervals.
• Develop draft communication products for the Senior Evaluation Officer and disseminate through online platforms and/or in presentations.
• Prepare monthly progress reports documenting inputs made to ongoing evaluation processes.

Qualifications/special Skills

• A first level university degree or equivalent in Environmental Science/Studies, Business Administration, Planning, Management, Social Sciences, or Political Science, Auditing or the equivalent combination of education and experience in a relevant field is required. An advanced degree in the same fields will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, including evaluation work experience international organizations is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in oral and written English is required.