Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Biodiversity and Nursery Management)

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist – Biodiversity and Nursery Management will support the effective monitoring, reporting, and results tracking of biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, and nursery management interventions. The assignment is situated within a broader environmental and resilience programming context where restoration of degraded ecosystems, conservation of biodiversity, and strengthening of community-based nursery systems are key priorities.

The role is intended to strengthen evidence-based implementation by supporting the development of monitoring tools, indicator tracking systems, field verification mechanisms, and analytical reporting processes to assess progress, quality, and impact of project activities. The volunteer will contribute to data collection and validation, performance monitoring, documentation of lessons learned, and coordination with implementing partners and communities to improve accountability, adaptive management, and reporting of environmental results.

Through this assignment, the volunteer will support the generation of reliable evidence for programme decision-making and contribute to stronger biodiversity and ecosystem restoration outcomes.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Climate Governance Specialist the International UN Volunteer will be expected to perform the following tasks:

Monitoring and Planning
• Support development and implementation of M&E plans, indicators, and tracking tools for biodiversity and nursery activities.
• Maintain results frameworks, monitoring schedules, and reporting systems.

Data Collection and Field Monitoring
• Develop or adapt data collection tools, checklists, and field monitoring templates.
• Support collection of quantitative and qualitative data from project sites, nurseries, implementing partners, and communities.
• Conduct field visits, spot checks, and verification exercises to monitor implementation progress and validate reported results.
• Monitor nursery establishment, seedling production, distribution, planting activities, and restoration progress.

Data Management and Analysis
• Consolidate, organize, and maintain project data from multiple sources.
• Support data screening, cleaning, validation, and quality assurance processes.
• Analyse data to identify trends, implementation gaps, and key findings.
• Prepare dashboards, analytical summaries, tables, visualizations, and narrative reports.

Results Tracking and Reporting
• Track implementation progress against approved work plans, annual targets, and results frameworks.
• Support preparation of progress updates, quarterly and annual reports, and donor reporting inputs.
• Verify outputs and results against field evidence and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to evidence-based reporting on biodiversity, nursery management, and restoration outcomes.

Knowledge Management and Coordination
• Document lessons learned, good practices, implementation challenges, and field observations.
• Support preparation of case studies, evidence briefs, and knowledge products.
• Strengthen coordination among project teams, implementing partners, government counterparts, and community stakeholders.
• Support orientation and guidance on monitoring tools, reporting requirements, and data quality standards.