M&E Specialist – MEALS System (Consultant), Ministry of Economic Transformation
About the role
The Ministry of Economic Transformation invites expressions of interest from individual consultants to design a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEALS) framework, with standard operating procedures, to strengthen transparency, compliance and adaptive learning in climate finance governance. The six-month assignment is financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF BLZ-RS-014, Ref. GCF/RPSP14/CFU/SER/05) and uses the Individual Consultant Selection method. The work is based at the consultant's own headquarters.
Responsibilities
- Carry out a gap assessment
- Consult MET, public institutions, civil society, academia and the private sector
- Design the MEALS framework: indicators, baselines, targets, evaluation cycles, and accountability and learning mechanisms
- Prepare an SOP package
- Deliver capacity building and support institutionalization
- Report findings and recommendations and hand over a toolkit, SOP package and sustainability roadmap
Requirements
- Master's degree or higher in Monitoring and Evaluation, Climate Change or a closely related field, with training or competence in information systems
- At least 5 years designing, implementing or institutionalizing national or regional MEALS/M&E systems
- At least 2 completed assignments for public-sector institutions involving M&E/MEALS frameworks or reporting systems
- Regional or local experience
- Able to carry out institutional and regulatory assessments and develop indicators, baselines, and reporting and data tools
- Written and spoken English, stakeholder engagement and knowledge-transfer skills
- Good professional standing, with no debarment or substantiated misconduct
Preferred qualifications
- Evidence-generation methods and advanced evaluation expertise (baseline, mid-term, final, process, outcome, impact)
- Familiarity with GCF, Adaptation Fund, World Bank, IDB and UN reporting
- Caribbean small island developing states experience