The Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) is a multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change. 
GCF will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, GCF will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. GCF is governed by a Board, composed of an equal representation of developed and developing countries. The Fund is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director. 

The Fund seeks to recruit a Senior M&E Consultant to carry out the tasks, duties and responsibilities, deliver the set deliverables and provide support to the hiring unit as detailed below. The consultant will join GCF team on HQ based. The assignment is for an initial  115 working days over a 6-month period. 

Role

With the establishment of the Division of Portfolio Management (DPM), the Senior Quality Assurance and M&E Consultant in DPM will play a central role in contributing to, amongst others, the M&E-related reviews of concept notes, funding proposals and evaluation reports and strategic policy work on the GCF Evaluation Policy. The consultant will also be expected to manage commercial suppliers of services and lead procurement exercises as may be required and lead some accreditation/reaccreditation as well as project-specific term sheets and funded activity agreement negotiations with accredited entities on behalf of DPM. The consultant will report to the Senior Quality Assurance and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in DPM, under whose guidance, s/he will perform the duties and responsibilities highlighted below.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Senior Quality Assurance & Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following:

• Review of Accredited Master Agreements, Concept Notes, Funding Proposals, term sheets, funded activity agreements, interim evaluations and final evaluations;
• Drafting comments arising from the review of the aforementioned documents, and communicating clearly DPM’s comments with the relevant Secretariat team and where needed with Accredited Entities;
• Leading negotiations of DPM position with relevant Secretariat teams and/or the Accredited Entities in cases of disagreements on the aforementioned documents to ensure that relevant GCF policies, procedures and guidelines are adequately internalized in the documents;
• Delivery of both ad hoc and programmed M&E-related capacity building activities to internal and external stakeholders;
• Contribute to knowledge and lessons capture and dissemination including presentations within the Quality Assurance and M&E workstream and beyond to improve M&E and results management practice within the Fund; and
• Work with Senior QAME Specialist, other M&E specialists in DPM, as well as internal GCF stakeholders and external partners to support the proper integration of M&E guidance in projects and programmes,

Deliverables:

• Set of analytical comments and recommendations arising from the review of entity-level and project-specific documents;
• Successful integration of M&E guidance coming from GCF policies into projects, programmes and related documents;
• Presentations, training and other lessons learning and knowledge sharing activities;
• Well managed procurement exercises and contracts; and
• Other tasks as may be agreed with the Senior QAME Specialist.

Required Experience and Qualifications
• Bachelor or Master’s (preferred) level degree in finance, statistics or economics, environmental economics, development, environmental policy, environmental law or other related fields.
• Minimum 7 - 9  years of experience working in project/programme monitoring and independent evaluations, preferably at the crossroads of climate and development.
• Experience working with international, inter – governmental, multilateral development banks, comparable climate finance mechanisms, other development finance institutions, highly desirable. Experience with the GCF is a plus.
• Experience in drafting terms of references for procurement purposes and eventually managing suppliers to deliver the required outputs on time and at the expected quality.
• Experience in effectively delivering capacity development activities such as training and workshops.
• Experience in advocating and negotiating for accountability and learning and how that translates to monitoring, reporting and evaluations at the project level in a way that is consistent with overarching institutional policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Proven competence and autonomy in the use of standard software programs: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Strong analytical mindset with good attention to detail with proven ability to present analysis and position in a clear, logical and concise manner both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrated ability to present ideas to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a proven drive for innovation and a strong results-focus.
• Strong command of the English language; knowledge of another United Nations language is an advantage.

• Closing date for the application is 09 January 2023, 23.59 (KST). Application received after the closing date may not be considered.
• Please indicate your earliest availability to take up assignment, and notice-period required, if employed.
• Applications from women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged.