Tide Turners consultant
Evaluate the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge and provide recommendations.
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Overview
Evaluate the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge and provide recommendations.
You have:
- An advanced university degree (Masters’ degree or equivalent) in communications, political science, environmental science or a related field that would be relevant to the task of evaluating programme quality and impact.
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area.
- Strong track record of designing projects that secure buy-in and generate results.
- Able to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively.
- Able to conduct a comprehensive project evaluation.
- Strong writer of stories and proposals that support the agenda of the week.
- Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact.
- Fluency in oral and written English is required.
Contract
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Result of Service
Consultant to work for the Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit in UNEP’s Ecosystems Division to undertake an evaluation of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge and with this insight, to then share a set of recommendations that outline a set of next steps that could be considered.
Work Location
Home based
Expected duration
5 months
Duties and Responsibilities
Organizational Unit UNEP is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda and promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP’s Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and capacity development for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit oversees the education outreach and a series of youth projects for UNEP at its headquarters in Nairobi. This includes everything from working with formal education partners in Higher Education to non-formal education partners such as Girl Guides, Scouts and the video gaming sector to extend the reach of environmental education to mass-reach partners. UNEP is seeking to assess the impact of the Tide Turners programme and recommend a way forward, working closely with partners, consultants and pre-existing reports and documentations to assess the efficacy of the work to date and recommend a way forward. The consultancy would be home-based and would report to the Chief of Youth, Education and Advocacy Unit. 4.1 Tasks and Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Chief of the Youth, Education & Advocacy Unit, the consultant will undertake the following work: Aim of the role 1) Assessment of Tide Turners Plastic Challenge: The consultant will undertake an assessment of what has been achieved through all phases of the programme, what has worked well and what could be improved to support the efficacy of the work, specifically noting the work around GEDSI (Gender, Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion) which is a key area for the programme to consider in future iterations with a set of recommendations for next steps for the initiative to consider. The work would include the following tasks: • Assessment design: UNEP and DEFRA will confirm an evaluation framework for the consultant to implement, but the first step would be to discuss with key stakeholders the goals and outcomes needed for the assessment. This would be policies from both parties and a review panel set up that would engage with the consultant on the design and approach of the work before it is undertaken. • Qualitative consultation: Designing a qualitative survey that would generate insights with 10 different individual entities on their views on the work and the results secured to date, likely to include: i) Tide Turners partners - WOSM, WAGGGS, Captain Planet, CEE and WWF India; ii) UNEP colleagues who have worked on the project; iii) Externals at entities such as DEFRA. • Youth dialogue: Qualitative roundtable with up to four groups of 10 youth (diverse / from different geographies) to explore their experiences with tide turners and strengths / weaknesses. • Quantitative questionnaire: Finalise and disseminate a questionnaire to partners to share with youth they have engaged with, to bring in reflections from up to 100 youth that would build on the Oxford University evaluation and would seek to supplement, not duplicate, the initiative. This should also consider the data contained in the India Tide Turners Portal which has insight as to the efficacy of the programme in terms of reach / impact.
Qualifications/special skills
An advanced university degree (Masters’ degree or equivalent) in communications, political science, environmental science or a related field that would be relevant to the task of evaluating programme quality and impact. A Bachelor’s university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. At least five years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area 1) Project design: A strong track record of designing projects that secure buy-in and generate results. (Essential) 2) Project management: Able to deliver highly complex projects of a global nature efficiently and effectively. (Essential) 3) Project evaluation: Able to conduct a comprehensive project evaluation. (Essential) 4) Writing: Strong writer of stories and proposals that support the agenda of the week (Essential). 5) Innovation: Ability to think creatively about how to evolve pre-existing programmes to have maximum impact. (Desirable). Excellent research, data analysis and survey design skills as well as experience working on multi-country programmes in an international context in inter-disciplinary teams
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consulting position, fluency in oral and written English is required
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
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Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a complex project you managed and what the outcome was? | This helps assess your project management skills and ability to handle complexity. | Focus on the objectives, your role in the project, and the results achieved. |
| How do you approach designing a project that requires stakeholder buy-in? | Understanding your approach to stakeholder engagement is crucial for this role. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use to evaluate a program's efficacy? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of a time you had to innovate on an existing program? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure clarity and engagement in your written communications? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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