Application period: 06-Dec-2023 to 31-Jan-2024
Functional Responsibilities:
Purpose and Scope of Assignment
The Terminal Evaluation (TE) report will assess the achievement of project results against what was expected to be achieved during Phase 1 (including the response to Covid-19, for the period 2014-2024), and draw lessons that can improve the sustainability of benefits from the programme. The TE is expected to aid in the enhancement of UNDP Nature, Climate, Energy, Chemicals and Waste programming, with particular relevance to the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples and the SDG objective to Leave No-One Behind (LNOB) as part of UNDP management response to IEO LNOB evaluation.
The TE report promotes accountability and transparency and assesses the extent of project accomplishments. The TE will be submitted to the BMUV International Climate Initiative (IKI) to inform and accompany Phase 2 of the ‘Global Support Initiative for Indigenous Peoples and Community-Conserved Territories and Areas: 30 x 30’ (PIMS 6693) which was launched at CBD COP15 in Dec 2022 (22M EUR), and will be running from 2023-2028 in alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Main Responsibilities
TE Approach & Methodology
The TE must provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable and useful.
The TE will review all relevant sources of information, including documents prepared during the preparation phase, including the BMUV proposal development, UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP), the Project Document, BMUV biannual reports, project budget revisions, lesson learned reports, national strategic and legal documents, and any other materials that consider useful for this evidence-based evaluation. The incumbent will review the IKI Indicators and project-level tracking tools (i.e., ICCA Security Index and SGP database) before undertaking the TE field missions to target participating countries.
The TE is expected to follow a participatory and consultative approach ensuring regular engagement with the ICCA GSI project team (Programme Manager and Programme Associate); UNDP Vertical Fund oversight and quality assurance colleagues; UNOPS focal point(s) for the programme; GSI global partners (ICCA Consortium, UNEP WCMC, IUCN); SGP Central Programme Management Team (CPMT) and National Coordinators (NCs); government counterparts; UNDP Country Office(s); direct beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
The engagement of stakeholders will be vital to undertake a successful TE. Stakeholder involvement should include interviews with stakeholders who have project responsibilities, including but not limited to executing agencies, senior officials and task team/component leaders, key experts and consultants in the subject area, the project board, project beneficiary partners, SGP National Steering Committee (NSC) members including a representative from academia, local government and CSOs. Additionally, the incumbent is expected to conduct field missions to three of the following six countries (to be confirmed): Ecuador, Malaysia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Panama or Tanzania, including the small-grant project sites in the target countries.
The specific design and methodology for the TE should emerge from consultations between the incumbent and the above-mentioned parties regarding what is appropriate and feasible for meeting the TE purpose and objectives and answering the evaluation questions, given the limitations of budget, time and data. The incumbent is expected to use gender-responsive methodologies and tools and ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment, responsivity to the UN System-Wide Action Plan on Indigenous Peoples (SWAP), persons with disabilities, as well as other cross-cutting issues and SDGs, are incorporated into the TE report.
The final methodological approach, including interview schedule, field visits and data to be used in the evaluation (i.e. questionnaires, surveys, interviews, group Zoom/on-line webinars and calls) should be clearly outlined in the inception report and be fully discussed and agreed between UNDP, stakeholders and the incumbent. The final TE report should describe the full TE approach taken and the rationale for the approach making explicit the underlying assumptions, challenges, strengths and weaknesses about the methods and approach of the evaluation.
Detailed Scope of the TE
The TE will assess project performance against expectations set out in the project’s Logical Framework/Results Framework. The TE will assess results according to the criteria outlined in the Guidance for TEs of UNDP-supported VF-financed projects.
Findings
- Project Design/Formulation
- Project Implementation
- Project Results
- Main Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations and Lessons Learned
Expected Outputs and Deliverables
- TE Inception Report: TE clarifies objectives and methods of the TE no later than two weeks before the planned TE country missions.
- Presentation: The incumbent presents initial findings to project management and the Commissioning Unit at the end of the TE country missions.
- Draft TE Report: The incumbent submits full draft report with annexes within 3 weeks of the end of the TE mission.
- Final TE Report and Audit Trail: incumbent submits revised report, with Audit Trail detailing how all received comments have (and have not) been addressed in the final TE report.
TE Arrangements
The principal responsibility for managing the TE resides with the Commissioning Unit. The Commissioning Unit for this project’s TE is the UNDP BPPS Vertical Funds Directorate.
Education/Experience/Language requirements:
*FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY*
Qualifications And Experience
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent), preferably in environmental management, social sciences, natural resources, geography, political science and/or other closely related fields.
- First-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in combination with two (2) additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced university degree.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience in biodiversity conservation, community-based conservation, spatial planning, protected, conserved areas and/or related areas.
- Relevant experience with results-based management evaluation methodologies is required.
- Experience applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating baseline scenarios is required.
- Experience in evaluating projects is required.
- Evaluation experience working in Africa, Asia, and/or Latin America is required.
- Experience in relevant technical areas is required.
- Demonstrated expertise relating to Indigenous Peoples’ empowerment is required.
Language
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- French and/or Spanish full proficiency considered a significant advantage.
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