Senior Consultant, Climate Finance and Investment

ABOUT OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT

Oxford Policy Management is an international development consultancy that works to improve lives through sustainable public-policy change in low- and middle-income countries.

The organisation works with governments, donors, development finance institutions, financial institutions, private businesses and other stakeholders to research, design, implement and evaluate public policies and programmes.

JOB DETAILS

Position: Senior Consultant, Climate Finance and Investment

Job ID: 2026-1360

Location: Abuja, Nigeria – Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Department: Climate Policy and Finance

Application Deadline: Not Specified – Applications Reviewed on a Rolling Basis

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Consultant will support Oxford Policy Management’s work in climate finance, investment mobilisation, resilience and inclusive economic development.

The successful candidate will combine strong climate-finance expertise, private-sector experience, commercial understanding and consulting skills to design and deliver high-quality advisory and technical assignments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Delivery and Project Leadership

• Lead and contribute to climate-finance and investment consulting assignments.
• Produce high-quality analytical, technical and advisory outputs.
• Provide expertise in blended finance and innovative financing structures.
• Support climate and disaster-risk finance and insurance programmes.
• Advise on resilience, adaptation and sustainable-finance interventions.
• Develop solutions that mobilise private investment for climate and development outcomes.
• Support green-finance market development and institutional strengthening.
• Develop financing solutions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Support start-ups, early-stage businesses and women-led enterprises.
• Identify and develop financeable and investable project pipelines.
• Provide advisory support to governments, donors and development finance institutions.
• Work with financial institutions, insurers, investors and private-sector organisations.
• Serve as Project Director or Project Manager for selected assignments.
• Manage project quality, teams, budgets, client relationships, reporting and delivery.

Business Development

• Identify new consulting and programme opportunities.
• Support early positioning and capture planning.
• Develop strategic partnerships and delivery arrangements.
• Lead or contribute to technical and financial proposals.
• Prepare and submit competitive tenders.
• Coordinate bids involving consortia, joint ventures and delivery partners.
• Contribute to OPM’s climate-finance strategy and market position.
• Produce thought-leadership materials and technical publications.

Partnerships and Team Leadership

• Build and maintain relationships with clients, donors, investors and specialist partners.
• Represent OPM at meetings, workshops and technical forums.
• Contribute to organisational strategy and portfolio development.
• Collaborate with colleagues across climate and other technical practices.
• Line-manage and coach one team member.
• Support internal learning and continuous quality improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• More than ten years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in climate finance, impact investing, banking, structured finance, financial-sector development or catastrophe insurance.
• Experience working in emerging or frontier markets and low- or middle-income countries.
• Strong understanding of blended-finance mechanisms and instruments.
• Experience mobilising private capital for climate, resilience or development outcomes.
• Experience in climate-risk finance, adaptation finance, sustainable finance or private-sector development.
• Experience supporting access to finance and market-systems development.
• Demonstrated ability to develop investable pipelines for businesses and development programmes.
• Experience working with governments, donors, financial institutions, insurers or investors.
• Strong record of project design, implementation oversight and stakeholder engagement.
• Significant business-development and proposal-writing experience.
• Experience leading or contributing to successful consortium bids.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Strong strategic and conceptual-thinking skills.
• Excellent climate-finance and investment expertise.
• Strong analytical and solution-development abilities.
• Excellent written English and technical-document preparation skills.
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship-management skills.
• Ability to manage several priorities and assignments.
• Good coaching and team-development skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across international teams.
• Sound judgement, initiative and commercial awareness.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must already have the legal right to work in Nigeria or another country where the position may be based.

Oxford Policy Management cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the official Oxford Policy Management recruitment portal using the application link provided above.

Applicants should submit an updated CV and complete all required sections of the online application.

Applications are reviewed and interviews are conducted on a rolling basis. The vacancy may close once a suitable candidate has been identified, so early applications are encouraged.