Specific tasks and responsibilities

• Author and lead the terminal review for the aforementioned projects per GEF and UNEP policies.
• Overall responsibility for undertaking the review and preparing the final report in English
• Evaluation of all project elements per UNEP evaluation office guidance documents.
• Deliverables to be prepared following UNEP evaluation office template
• More specifically: The consultant will develop terminal reviews findings and recommendations based on sound evidence and analysis and clearly document these in the final reports. Information will be triangulated (i.e. verified from different sources) as far as possible, and when verification is not possible, the single source will be mentioned (whilst anonymity is still protected).
• Analysis leading to evaluative judgments should always be clearly spelled out.
• The consultant shall base the findings of the terminal reviews on the following: A desk review of: Relevant background documentation, inter alia: Project document and appendices.
• This includes, among others, relevant work plans, budget and supervision plans, and any revisions introduced after approval.
• Theory of change, problem tree, and logical framework.
• Project reports, including half-year progress reports, project implementation reports (PIRs), expenditure reports, financial statements, audits, inventory reports, progress reports from collaborating partners, meeting minutes, relevant correspondence, and Tracking Tools; Evaluations/Reviews of similar projects.

Interviews (individual or in group) with, including but not limited to:

• UNEP Task Manager (TM) and team members;
• Executing Agency Project Managers (PMs) and team members;
• UNEP Administrative Officer (AO);
• Project steering committee members;
• Identified stakeholders, including governmental agencies and officials, representatives from technology and educational institutions, distribution utilities, banks, associations, and NGOs.  Other project beneficiaries deemed appropriate for the review.
• Performance indicators: Submission of the three (3) deliverables per deadlines
• Reports are considered high-quality, as determined by UNEP compared to other terminal review reports approved by the GEF

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic: An advanced university degree in economics, environmental sciences, management, or a related discipline is required;
• A first-level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working on evaluations and monitoring of development projects in developing countries is required
• Experience in working with national governments in Europe and Central Asia region or developing countries is required;
• Experience working on technical aspects of projects in the environmental/ transport / climate change sector in Europe, Central Asia is desirable;