The Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant will support the revision of the GGGI Burkina Faso Country Planning Framework and strengthen the capacity of the GGGI to effectively monitor and evaluate performance, results, and impacts of the Country Program, in a gender sensitive manner and aligning with relevant country M&E frameworks on climate change adaptation, mitigation and inclusive development. Moreover, this position will support the country in strengthening the M&E function and tools of the office country program, with specific attention to enabling effective monitoring and learning on results and impact on green growth and gender, and capitalization and sharing of project results with national stakeholders and beneficiaries. The Consultant will report directly to the GGGI Country Representative and will receive guidance/support from the IEU (Internal Evaluation Unit) and the Corporate Result Reporting Specialist that are based in GGGI HQ. The consultant works in collaboration with the relevant project manager(s) and country/technical teams and consults the relevant Government partners.
Purpose
Support the revision of the GGGI Burkina Faso country planning framework by including designing a gender sensitive M&E framework, in line with GGGI’s strategic framework and with national climate and development indicators.
Support the development of an operational and gender sensitive M&E & capitalization framework for the implementation of GGGI country program and various on-going and planned projects, with indicators that enable capturing progress on inclusive green growth.
Build capacity of Country Office staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring tools and quality of data collected and reported.
Support all internal and external evaluations of the GGGI-Burkina Faso program.
Support projects’ progress sand final reporting as requested by the Country Representative.
Keep abreast of new approaches and tools on M&E and provide training to the country staff as requested.
Engagement
Liaison with key Government counterparts of GGGI to collect feedback on the achievement of the country planning framework and to re-confirm or establish new priorities.
Extensive liaison with GGGI Country Program staff, key implementation counterparts, and other relevant partners, to develop and coordinate monitoring and reporting system and processes.
Engage with the Evaluation Unit (IEU) and Strategy and Partnerships (SPC) of GGGI in HQ, the Senior Regional Country Officer and other relevant stakeholders to ensure monitoring and reporting requirements are being met as per the Project Management Cycle Guidance and the online systems in place.
Support and accompany the Country Representative in the establishment and maintenance of relationships with the donor community, development partners, key green growth stakeholders and government counterparts, in particular concerning capitalization of project and programme results.
Delivery
Support the revision of the GGGI Burkina Faso country planning framework (CPF), in particular
Taking stock of the achievements against the CPF 2019-23 objectives, by organizing and animating a participative consultation workshop with key Government partners
Ensuring that the revised CPF includes updated impact pathways and strategic objectives for 2023-27 period, that are aligned with relevant national policy and planning documents and Government priorities
Ensure the revised CPF includes a transformative gender approach with specific gender targets
Develop gender sensitive Green Growth and gender indicators for the CPF.
Strengthen the gender sensitive M&E of GGGI’s country operations
Support the drafting of a simple and easy-to-use Monitoring and Evaluation Manual that details the data collection and reporting arrangements, gender sensitive priority indicators and means of verification, and reporting formats to be utilized on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This also includes the deployment method and coordination procedures among staff members, partners, and relevant stakeholders for timely data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Carry out training for the Country Programme staff on the use of the Monitoring and Evaluation Manual.
Carry out a training for the Country Programme staff on gender mainstreaming tools for project design such as gender budgeting and gender analysis.
Support GGGI project evaluations – eg drafting of TORs, monitoring evaluation reports - as requested by the GGGI Country representative.
Support project design by contributing to integrate solid M&E approach into new project proposals as requested by the GGGI Country representative.
Support drafting of project progress and final reports as requested by the GGGI Country representative.
Qualifications/Experience/Expertise
Qualifications
Recognized Master’s Degree or equivalent in Economics, International development, environmental science, social sciences, or other relevant disciplines.
Certification on M&E will be an added advantage.
Experience
Demonstrated mastery of log frame methodology and reporting, online reporting platforms, results-based management, result chain approaches and monitoring methodologies, and project/programme evaluations especially in the context of technical assistance projects in developing countries.
Familiarity of the green growth issues, benefits and opportunities, government affairs and economic development and policy issues in the Burkina Faso context is desirable.
Demonstrated experience of integrating gender sensitive targets and indicators in development projects, programs or public sector policies is required.
A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in similar positions involving design and implementation of log frames and/or gender sensitive monitoring and reporting systems, is required. Experience with the UN system, other international organizations, bilateral cooperation entities or projects is necessary.
Experience in capacity building and facilitating participatory evaluations and multi-stakeholder engagement.
Experience in undertaking/leading functional research (e.g., baseline, mid, end evaluations) and good understanding of project cycle management and project implementation in developing countries.
Exceptional database management and advanced computer skills with commonly used software platforms in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) is necessary.
Understanding of multilateral organizations´ operational modalities, systems, risks, and limitations, particularly within the Burkina Faso context is a plus.
Proficient communication skills, in written and oral, both in English and French is required.
