Terminal Review Consultant: GEF ID 5649 NAMA Mauritius Project at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Duties and Responsibilities

• The consultant will also lead the Terminal Review design, data collection and analysis, and report-writing.
• The consultancy will be home-based, and the consultant will work under the direct supervision of the GEF Task Manager (Asia Pacific), Climate Change Mitigation Unit, Climate Change Division, 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 5. 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
• 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 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 considered during finalization of the Main report and approved

The consultant will undertake the following duties: •

• Inception Report
• Desk based review of documents
• Review Mission 

Qualifications/Special Skills

• A Masters degree in energy, environmental sciences, engineering, international development or related area is required.
• A first level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience maybe accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A first-level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree; Experience:
• A minimum of 5 years of technical / evaluation experience preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach is required
• A good understanding of energy, climate change conventions and MRV is desirable.
• Good communication skills to manage/interact with government representatives and people inside and outside of the project team is desirable.
• Excellent drafting skills is desirable

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is a requirement. Knowledge of French is desirable.