Remote Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – FAO Global Consultancy

Position: Remote Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – FAO Global Consultancy 2025

Remote Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – FAO Global Consultancy 2025

FAO is hiring a Remote Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist under its Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment Office. Apply by 8 November 2025 for this global consultancy role.

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
Duration: Up to 11 months
Location: Remote / Various Global Locations
Final date to receive applications: 8 November 2025
Job : 2502421

About FAO:
Building a Better Future for All

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stands at the forefront of global efforts to eradicate hunger, achieve food security, and promote sustainable agriculture. With a presence in over 130 countries, FAO supports governments and partners to transform agrifood systems into efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable structures that ensure better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life for all — leaving no one behind.

Central to this mission is the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), which leads FAO’s cross‑organizational work on tackling the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. The office plays a critical role in helping countries address the interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation through technical support, policy guidance, and access to global financing mechanisms like the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

The Role:

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Remote)

FAO is seeking an experienced and passionate Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist to join its global team under the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment
. This consultancy position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of FAO’s GEF‑funded projects worldwide — initiatives that drive measurable impact in sustainable food systems, forest management, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

The selected specialist will work remotely, reporting to FAO’s GEF Coordination Unit or project Budget Holders, and may support one or more evaluations across FAO’s growing environmental portfolio, which currently exceeds USD 1.6 billion in project funding.

Key Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will play a dual role — overseeing evaluation processes and contributing to project monitoring systems.

Evaluation Tasks (Mid‑Term Reviews and Terminal Evaluations)

• Review and analyze project documentation, progress reports, and results frameworks.
• Conduct data collection and analysis using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Draft inception reports, theories of change, and stakeholder analyses.
• Lead interviews and consultations with FAO teams, partners, and beneficiaries.
• Produce comprehensive evaluation reports — identifying lessons learned, best practices, and recommendations.
• Develop communication materials such as briefs, presentations, or summaries to share evaluation outcomes.

Monitoring and Project Support

• Design or enhance monitoring and evaluation frameworks for projects and portfolios.
• Track key milestones and indicators using FAO’s databases and dashboards.
• Provide capacity‑building support to regional and national teams on M&E tools and systems.
• Ensure compliance with GEF and FAO evaluation policies and reporting standards.
• Support ongoing project supervision and learning processes through field missions or virtual engagements.

Qualifications and Experience

To qualify for this consultancy, candidates must demonstrate strong technical and analytical expertise in monitoring, evaluation, and learning — especially in international development or environmental management contexts.

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, evaluation, economics, statistics, or a related field.
• Relevant professional experience (1–10 years depending on PSA category).
• Proven ability to design and implement M&E systems for large‑scale projects.
• Working proficiency in English (Level
  
  C); knowledge of other UN…