Overview
Design, validate, and operationalize a harmonized Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) framework for the GEF ISLANDS programme to enable aggregation and demonstration of results at the programme level.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct an inception meeting with GGKP and relevant programme stakeholders.
- Review logical frameworks of ISLANDS child projects, existing mapping, previous proposals, progress reports, GEF 7 core indicators, tracking tools, and M&R frameworks for similar GEF programmes.
- Collect information on current M&R methodologies and potential challenges across ISLANDS child projects.
- Identify overlaps, gaps, and inconsistencies in existing indicators, reporting formats, and methodologies.
- Develop a harmonized M&R framework applicable across all ISLANDS child projects, including a core set of programme-wide indicators, associated targets, baselines, timelines, means of verification, data sources, measurement methodologies, and frequency of reporting.
- Ensure alignment with ISLANDS Theory of Change, regional projects, and GEF-7 reporting standards.
- Engage with key stakeholders to present the draft framework, collect feedback, and validate indicator definitions and data collection approaches.
- Revise and finalize the framework based on consolidated feedback.
- Develop standardized reporting templates, including narrative progress reporting, indicator tracking tables, data quality and verification notes.
- Prepare clear reporting guidelines explaining indicator definitions, calculation methods, roles and responsibilities, reporting timelines, and quality assurance processes.
- Design and deliver online training sessions for child project teams on the M&R framework, use of templates, reporting tools, common challenges, and good practices.
- Pilot the application of the M&R framework, providing continuous guidance and collecting feedback from relevant teams.
- Incorporate participant feedback to refine tools and guidance.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in the field of monitoring, evaluation, reporting and results‑based management for international development and in the context of environmental programmes, in particular those focused pollution, chemicals and waste.
- Ability to translate complex monitoring requirements into practical, user-friendly reporting tools and guidance.
- Demonstrated ability to collect, manage, analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources in the context of programme‑level monitoring and reporting, ensuring data consistency, quality assurance and usability for aggregated results reporting.
- Experience working with GEF‑funded projects or programmes, including familiarity with GEF‑7 results frameworks, core indicators and reporting requirements.
- Experience designing or revising programme‑level monitoring and reporting frameworks that align multiple projects under a common results framework.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree (master's or equivalent) in environmental management, international development, public policy, monitoring and evaluation or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
