Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) CONSULTANT SERVICES (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION - IC) Country: Ukraine Project Name: Preparation of Sustainable Projects to Promote the Recovery of Ukraine (PREPARE Ukraine) Project No.: P508490 Grant No.: TF0C8992 Client: State Organization "Agency on support Public-Private Partnership" Assignment Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Procurement Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): PREPARE-C3-08 The Government of Ukraine (GoU) has established the Ukraine Project Preparation Facility (Ukraine Government PPF) to support preparation of investment projects for Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction under the State Organization "Agency on support Public-Private Partnership" (hereinafter - PPP Agency). The Ukraine Government PPF is supported by the World Bank Group (WBG) through the Project "Preparation of Sustainable Projects to Promote the Recovery of Ukraine" (PREPARE Ukraine)" (hereinafter referred to as the Project). PREPARE Ukraine is financed by grants from the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) administered by the World Bank. The Grant Agreement (URTF No. TF0C8992) for the initial tranche of $44.5 million was signed between Ukraine and the World Bank on July 10, 2025 from donor contributions, including the US, UK FCDO and other URTF donors. PPP Agency is responsible for operation of the Ukraine Government PPF and implementation of the PREPARE Ukraine Project under general supervision of the Ministry Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine (hereinafter - MoE) in line with the World Bank policies and requirements. Within the Ukraine Government PPF program, PPP Agency's functions include (i) preparation of investment projects from the Single Project Pipeline (SPP) prioritized as part of the Ukraine's public investment management ("PIM") process, approved by the Strategic Investment Council (SIC), and submitted to the PPF/PPP Agency (hereinafter - Investments), and (ii) at the same time building the capacity of the Government of Ukraine in preparing effective and bankable public investment projects that meet international standards, including those of the EU. PPP Agency created a Project Implementation Unit (hereinafter - PIU) for day-to-day management of the Ukraine Government PPF activities and implementation of the PREPARE Ukraine Project, including disbursements, financial management, reporting and other Project related activities. PIU shall be responsible for performing all the activities and functions of the Ukraine Government PPF and reporting to the World Bank as well as general coordination of activities and reporting under the PREPARE Ukraine Project [through the MoE]. The need for the PPP Agency to engage consultants by purchasing their services is justified by the need for effective implementation of the Ukraine Government PPF activities funded under PREPARE Ukraine Project, defined general standards for operations, ensuring their universality and transparency, and facilitating and assisting the staff of the PPP Agency, as a Project participant, in the decision-making process. PREPARE Ukraine Project is implemented as the Investment Financing Project and regulated by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 27.01.2016 № 70 "On the procedure for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and completion of the implementation of economic and social development projects of Ukraine supported by international financial organizations", other legal acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Orders of MoE and Project Operations Manual for PREPARE Ukraine, as approved by the World Bank. The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will support the PPP Agency and the Ukraine Government PPF team in ensuring the overall implementation progress of PREPARE Ukraine Project in line with the World Bank policies and requirements. This will include (i) monitoring progress of all activities financed under PREPARE Ukraine grant against the implementation and procurement plan; (ii) collecting and evaluating relevant information to track and report on achievement of results indicators set for the Project; (iii) promptly reporting any significant changes, their causes, and proposed corrective actions, and (iii) assisting the PPF team in addressing any issues related to the implementation delays. The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will perform the following tasks: Monitoring progress of Project implementation based on the Project implementation plan. Promptly convey information to the PPP Agency about any and every significant alteration, reasons of that alteration and its impact on Project completion, and, present proposals for remedy actions; Monitoring of Project costs against the budget. Promptly convey information to the PPP Agency about any and every significant alteration and give proposals for remedy actions; Keeping of databases and archiving of all documents under the Project; Organization of training, exchange of best practices and study tours for PPP Agency, MOE or other main stakeholders; Production and submission of all scheduled reports regarding Project progress; Preparation and submission for the review of Director of the PPP Agency weekly Project Status information; Preparation and submission for the review of Director of the PPP Agency monthly Project progress and PPP Agency activity information; Assisting PPP Agency with overall technical and financial management and administration of the contracts during implementation; Assisting PPP Agency with assessing the consultant's applications for contract amendments and providing a recommendation as to whether these should be accepted or not; Assisting PPP Agency with consideration of additional applications from the Contractors to subcontract parts of the works; Assisting PPP Agency with consideration of other Contractors' applications of different kind; Assisting the PPP Agency on all matter