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Roles and responsibilities

This evaluation is being commission by IUCN-ESARO as an accredited entity to the GCF. The evaluation will be managed by the Project Management Unit (PMU) that is in charge of the TWENDE project coordination.

Qualifications of the Evaluators

• IUCN requires an evaluator or a team of evaluators with experience in assessing change in complex systems and with extensive expertise and knowledge in the field of climate change adaptation and resilience, land-use and restoration, ecosystem management, private sector investment, experience in value chains and markets, Incentive payment schemes assessments.

The evaluator or lead consultant shall have:

• At least 10 years’ experience as an evaluator and project reviews with demonstrated quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills, with proven record of conducting formative, process and impact evaluation;
• Proven experience in evaluating similar projects, preferably drylands projects;
• Possess at a minimum, a Master’s degree;
• Complete independence from IUCN, the Executing Entities (EEs), and Government agencies;
• Proven experience in evaluating similar projects; Prior experience in conducting evaluation and reviews in GEF/GCF or other climate change donor funded projects would be an asset;
• Demonstrated experience in making realistic and actionable recommendations to improve project implementations,
• Experience of synthesising lessons and evidence of disseminating findings of project reviews/evaluations to donors, project partners, communities, and governments
• Fluency in English
• IUCN is an equal opportunity employer, and the successful candidate will be selected based on merit

Technical Evaluation Criteria

• The evaluation criteria shall consist of a technical and financial component. A weighting will be assigned to each component as follows: Technical Weighting Factor 70%, Financial Weighting Factor 30%, with the total score being a combination of these two percentages.
• The evaluation of proposals shall be carried out exclusively with regards to the evaluation criteria and their relative weights specified in the table below:

Consultants Competencies

• Education: Master’s in relevant field); Work experience: at least 10 years in mid-term reviews, end term reviews, demonstrated experience in making realistic recommendations to improve project implementation, experience of synthesising lessons, experience disseminating findings of project reviews/evaluations, M&E, Impact assessments, socio-economic and biophysical assessments; Program/Project M&E experience; Donor (GCF or GEF or other climate change donors) experience.