Midterm Review Consultant – GEF FARM Programme

The consultant will conduct a Midterm Review for the UNEP GEF FARM Programme child project focused on sustainable management of agrochemicals and agricultural plastics in Africa and Latin America. The role involves assessing project progress, challenges, and outcomes, and providing recommendations to support the overall FARM Programme evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct the Midterm Review (MTR) for the FARM Kenya and Uruguay child project in coordination with the Lead Review Consultant for the FARM Programme.
• Manage the review process, provide technical oversight, and finalize the evaluation report for GEF ID 10902.
• Track progress toward child project-level outcomes/outputs and Global Environmental Benefits.
• Generate management information feeding into program-level synthesis.
• Provide information for the FARM Programme MTR including engagement with the Global FARM Programme and practical challenges encountered.
• Identify issues requiring programme-wide corrective actions and lessons for replication or expansion.
• Conduct desk review of relevant project documentation and prepare data collection instruments.
• Conduct online interviews with key stakeholders including UNEP FARM Programme Lead, Executing Agency, GEF Secretariat, and others.
• Draft and finalize the Project MTR Report according to UNEP evaluation office requirements.
• Revise the draft report based on comments and edit the final version.
• Submit the final Project MTR report and presentation to the Task Manager.
• Liaise with UNEP GEF C&GC Unit teams in Nairobi and Geneva for regular updates.
• Arrange interpretation/translation services as needed during the MTR process.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences/engineering, social sciences, international development or other relevant area is required.
• An advanced degree in the same areas is desirable.
• A minimum of 5 years of technical/evaluation experience in projects and programmatic approaches is required.
• Experience evaluating UNEP and/or GEF projects is desirable.
• Good/broad understanding of agricultural chemicals and agricultural plastics management issues as they relate to policy development, institutional frameworks, and value chains, gained through evaluation or advisory work on environmental, climate, or sustainability programmes.
• Working knowledge of the UN system and specifically the work of UNEP is desirable.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required.

Skills

• Project Evaluation
• Programmatic Approaches
• Environmental Sciences
• Agricultural Chemicals Management
• Agricultural Plastics Management
• Policy Development
• Institutional Frameworks
• Value Chain Analysis
• Sustainability Programmes
• Climate Change Programmes
• UNEP Project Evaluation
• GEF Project Evaluation
• Midterm Review
• Technical Evaluation
• Environmental Engineering
• Social Sciences
• International Development

Languages

English, Spanish