[Hiring] Monitoring, Evaluation, and Knowledge Consultant Specialist @Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

Role Description

The Consultant is engaged to provide independent professional services and is responsible for determining how and by what means the services are performed, subject to the agreed project deliverables and deadlines. The Consultant will provide defined monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge products for GMC2 across regional (PACA and CCLME) and global activities. This Year 1 assignment supports:

• Outcome 3.2, Output 3.2.1: Documenting and sharing project lessons.
• Outcome 4.1, primarily Output 4.1.2: Results monitoring and annual reporting.

Scope of Work

• Outcome 3.2, Output 3.2.1 — Knowledge:
  • Review existing knowledge materials and draft a knowledge-transfer approach in coordination with Communications and the Gender, Safeguards, and Participation specialist for review.
  • Prepare the agreed Year 1 learning product and any approved substantive contribution to GEF International Waters (IW) deliverables.
• Outcome 4.1, primarily Output 4.1.2 — Performance and reporting:
  • Analyze information supplied by project and technical contributors against approved indicators, milestones, and work plans.
  • Prepare assessments and technical reporting inputs, identifying information gaps, limitations, trends, and recommendations for project management consideration.
  • Use GEF/UNDP templates for reports.

Deliverables Schedule

• Current state and source assessment: Due within two months after start date.
• Recurring deliverable: Monthly progress reports and quarterly indicator updates: Due beginning on the first month after the consultant's start date.
• PIR preparation and next-period priorities: Due June 2027.
• Final PIR technical update: Due June/July 2027.
• Project lessons learned: Due Q3 2027.
• Second-period assessment and handover: Due Aug 2027.

If applicable, travel or transportation related to the activities outlined in these Terms of Reference (TOR) will be covered by SFP in accordance with its travel policy. If SFP's policy is not aligned with applicable funder or donor requirements, the most restrictive rule applies.

This Agreement is for a fixed term to deliver the specific outputs defined herein for Year 1. This engagement is strictly deliverable-based and creates no right, expectation, or obligation to renew or continue engagement beyond the agreed end date.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in monitoring and evaluation work applied against results frameworks, including tracking of Environmental and Social Risks mitigation, Gender Mainstreaming.
• Some experience in environmental, fisheries, and/or social work.
• Trilingual (English, French, Spanish).
• Excellent technical writing and analytical skills.
• Experience managing deadlines independently across international time zones.
• Previous work in environmental or social NGOs is a plus, as is some seafood/fisheries background.