Especialista de Monitoreo

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's leading conservation organizations, seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (MES) for the GEF-UNDP funded project "Towards Joint Integrated, Ecosystem-based Management of the Pacific Central American Coastal Large Marine Ecosystem (PACA), based in our office in Guatemala. We are looking to hire a passionate, creative, and dedicated professional, always willing to push the boundaries, a great team player and overall, a good human being, who understands and appreciates the value of leading by example.

We are driven by the WWF Core Values:

COURAGE:  We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it's needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.

INTEGRITY:   We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability, and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.

RESPECT:    We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.

COLLABORATION:  We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.

1. Main Function

The main responsibility of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist is to monitor the progress of the project "Towards Joint Integrated, Ecosystem-based Management of the Pacific Central American Coastal Large Marine Ecosystem (PACA)". This person must ensure the generation of the outputs and outcomes specified in the Project Document (PRODOC), according to the required quality standards, and within time and costs restrictions.  

1. Key responsibilities:

1. Guarantee the application of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) monitoring and evaluation policy, and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) monitoring and evaluation policies.
2. Compile and systematize the information of the project indicators.
3. Monitor and document the development of the activities of the various components of the project. Ensuring that all actions are thoroughly monitored and assessed.
4. Verify that the activities are being implemented according to the annual work plan and budget.
5. Ensure the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plans.
6. Ensure the monitoring of indicators related to gender and the involvement of key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and that these subjects be analysed and included in the Project Implementation Report (PIR), the Monitoring Report (MTR) and the terminal evaluation.
7. Organize and support the project´s mid-term review and terminal evaluation. Ensure that these evaluations are executed according to the corresponding UNDP guidelines (UNDP 2012, UNDP 2014).
8. Ensure that GEF core indicators are monitored.
9. Support the Knowledge Management Specialist to systematically document the project experience and lessons and to prepare project experience notes, results notes, and learning systematization documents.
10. Guide the project team in the execution of actions to document, monitor, and evaluate the project.
11. Encourage that the target groups and key stakeholders of the project, including the GEF operational focal point in each country, get involved as much as possible in the project's monitoring and evaluation actions.
12. Prepare quarterly reports and annual project implementation reports with recommendations to optimize the project execution.
13. Keep an adequate and fluent communication and collaboration with project key stakeholders, partners, members of the project team, and WWF Mesoamerica.
14. Monitor the implementation of the gender action plan and the stakeholder engagement plan.
15. Contribute to the preparation of the annual work plan with the corresponding budget for project monitoring and evaluation tasks.
16. Support the systematic documentation of project experiences and the preparation of the project experience notes, results notes and learning systematization documents.
17. Monitor the project risks – including social and environmental risks - initially identified and help identify new risks to be submitted by the Project Manager to the Project Board for consideration and decision on possible actions if required; update the status of these risks by maintaining the project risks log.
18. Other functions and activities as required.

1. Minimum Qualifications

• Citizen of Guatemala or from another country with residence in Guatemala.

Education and Experience

• University degree
• Must have at least 5 years of working experience in project monitoring and evaluation of initiatives related to marine resources management.
• Preferably with previous experience in a GEF project monitoring. Must be sensitive about social inclusion, social participation, and the incorporation of the gender perspective.

1. Skills and Abilities     

• Written and oral fluency in Spanish and English
• Ability to establish a robust monitoring system to assess program execution fidelity and effectiveness and use this data for adaptive project management.
• Knowledge and understanding of the development and monitoring of output, outcome and impact indicators.
• Experience developing tools, policies, protocols, and materials as well as training and supporting staff in the effective use of these resources.
• Experience reviewing and providing feedback on the data collection and management policies and practices of data collection firms.
• Discipline to implement established procedures and policies.
• Demonstrated experience engaging in and/or directly overseeing teams engaged in data collection.
• Availability to travel to and within all PACA project countries (Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama) as well as other countries if necessary.
• Excellent use of Microsoft Office.
• Committed to building and strengthening a culture of inclusion within and across teams.
• Identification and alignment with WWF's core values: Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration:
  • Demonstrating courage by speaking up even when it is difficult, or unpopular.
  • Building trust with colleagues by acting with integrity, owning mistakes, and holding oneself accountable.

Para aplicar

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• En la primera página, una carta de presentación que resuma su experiencia laboral, al final de la carta incluya su expectativa salarial. No se tomarán en cuenta postulaciones sin este dato.

• En la segunda página, incluya su CV con al menos tres contactos de referencias laborales incluyendo correo electrónico.

• Fecha límite de aplicación: miércoles 12 de noviembre de 2025.

• Debido al alto volumen de solicitudes, no podemos responder consultas por teléfono.

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