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The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world's environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment.

Responsibilities or duties

Specific Responsibilities for the Principal Evaluator: The Principal Evaluator will be responsible, in close consultation with the Evaluation Manager, for overall management of the evaluation and timely delivery of its outputs.

Roles will include:

Inception phase of the evaluation, including : Map out the projects in the FET-SP portfolio and assess how they contribute to UNEP work covering MTS 2018-2021 and MTS 2022-2025 and the associated POWs results and indicators. Identify the projects that have the greatest impact on each subprogramme's indicators;

Get the list of project preliminary desk review and introductory interviews with project staff;

draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the FET-SP; o prepare the evaluation framework; o develop the desk review and interview protocols;

draft the survey protocols (if relevant);

develop and present criteria for selection of Finance and Economics Transformations initiatives for in-depth study;

plan the evaluation schedule;

prepare the Inception Report, incorporating comments until approved by the Evaluation Manager.

Data collection and analysis phase of the evaluation, including:

conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners, and project stakeholders; o regularly report back to the Evaluation Manager on progress and inform of any possible problems or issues encountered and; o keep the Evaluation Manager informed of the evaluation progress and engage the Sub-Programme Coordinator of Finance and Economics Transformations in discussions on emerging findings throughout the evaluation process.

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(s) and indicating the reason for the rejection.

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 Sub-Programme during the period being reviewed from 2018 to 2025 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 consultant separately.

Qualifications or requirements

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 is required, preferably including evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach. Advanced knowledge and experience in the following fields desirable:

Resource efficiency (Circularity, Sustainable Consumption and Production);

Sustainable finance (Green Economy, Green Finance, Sustainable Public Procurement);

UN policy work and country support;

The UN system, in particular UNEP and partner agencies working with FET-SP;

Programme/Project management and Knowledge Management;

Multilateral Environmental Agreements, regional and national policy processes.

• Map out the projects in the FET-SP portfolio and assess how they contribute to UNEP work covering MTS 2018-2021 and MTS 2022-2025 and the associated POWs results and indicators.
• Identify the projects that have the greatest impact on each subprogramme's indicators.
• Get the list of project preliminary desk review and introductory interviews with project staff.
• Draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the FET-SP.
• Prepare the evaluation framework.
• Develop the desk review and interview protocols.
• Draft the survey protocols (if relevant).
• Develop and present criteria for selection of Finance and Economics Transformations initiatives for in-depth study.
• Plan the evaluation schedule.
• Prepare the Inception Report, incorporating comments until approved by the Evaluation Manager.
• Conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners, and project stakeholders.
• Regularly report back to the Evaluation Manager on progress and inform of any possible problems or issues encountered.
• Keep the Evaluation Manager informed of the evaluation progress and engage the Sub-Programme Coordinator of Finance and Economics Transformations in discussions on emerging findings throughout the evaluation process.
• 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(s) and indicating the reason for the rejection.
• 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.

• Evaluating large, regional or global programmes
• Using a Theory of Change approach
• Resource efficiency (Circularity, Sustainable Consumption and Production)
• Sustainable finance (Green Economy, Green Finance, Sustainable Public Procurement)
• UN policy work and country support
• The UN system, in particular UNEP and partner agencies working with FET-SP
• Programme/Project management
• Knowledge Management
• Multilateral Environmental Agreements, regional and national policy processes

• 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.