Senior Consultant, Climate Finance & Investment in Oxford

About Oxford Policy Management

Oxford Policy Management is an international development consultancy that operates across a global network of offices strategically positioned in emerging and developing economies.

The organization focuses on improving lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries, with a vision centered on fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

The company works in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers across multiple sectors to research, design, implement, and evaluate impactful public policy.

Oxford Policy Management draws on its network of local and international sector experts to provide evidence-based support tailored to the unique contexts of the countries and regions in which it operates.

The organization maintains offices in key locations including Abuja, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Dar es Salaam, Islamabad, Jakarta, Nairobi, New Delhi, and Oxford, allowing it to maintain close proximity to clients and partners while maintaining a cohesive global practice.

The organization is characterized by a non-hierarchical culture that values support, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and the inclusion of diverse perspectives.

Oxford Policy Management is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and actively works to make the international development sector more inclusive.

The company believes that its work delivers the best outcomes when it incorporates a diversity of perspectives and experiences from its workforce and the communities it serves.

The organization delivers projects with expert knowledge and experience across multiple technical areas, with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in all aspects of project delivery.

About this Role

Oxford Policy Management’s Climate Policy and Finance team is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant, Climate Finance & Investment on a permanent basis to strengthen its work at the intersection of blended finance, climate and disaster risk finance and insurance, green and sustainable finance, private-investment mobilization, and inclusive-enterprise development.

The position can be based in any of the organization’s office locations: Abuja, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Dar es Salaam, Islamabad, Jakarta, Nairobi, New Delhi, or Oxford.

This is a senior role designed for an experienced professional who combines strong technical depth with commercial acumen and a collaborative, solution-oriented consulting style.

The Senior Consultant will play a central role in designing and delivering high-quality advisory and technical implementation support across a diverse portfolio of blended finance, risk transfer, and enterprise development initiatives, as well as climate resilience and adaptation to climate change projects.

The role carries significant responsibility for business development, strategic partnerships, and the continued growth of Oxford Policy Management’s offerings in climate finance and investment, with a particular focus on blended finance and innovative financing structures that crowd in private capital for climate and resilience outcomes, climate and disaster risk finance and insurance solutions, sustainable and green finance market development, private sector climate finance for MSMEs and early-stage ventures, and investment pipeline development in emerging and frontier markets.

The position requires leading and contributing to the design and delivery of consulting assignments while ensuring high-quality technical outputs, impact, and strong client value.

The successful candidate will provide expertise across multiple finance domains, support the development of financeable and investable pipelines, and deliver analytical and advisory support to a diverse range of stakeholders including governments, donors, development finance institutions, financial institutions, MSMEs, investors, and market actors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the design and delivery of consulting assignments in climate finance and investment, ensuring high-quality technical outputs, impact, and strong client value
• Provide expertise across blended finance, climate and disaster risk finance and insurance, resilience and adaptation finance, green and sustainable finance, and private sector finance mobilization
• Support the development of financeable and investable pipelines, market-building approaches, and financing solutions for enterprises, including MSMEs and early-stage businesses
• Deliver analytical, advisory, and implementation support to governments, donors, development finance institutions, financial institutions, MSMEs, investors, and market actors
• Act as Project Director or Project Manager on selected assignments, with responsibility for quality, team coordination, client engagement, delivery oversight, budgets, and reporting
• Play a major role in business development, including opportunity identification, pre-positioning, partnership development, capture planning, proposal writing, and tender submission
• Lead or contribute to bids for work delivered directly by Oxford Policy Management and through consortia, joint ventures, and strategic delivery partnerships
• Help strengthen Oxford Policy Management’s market position in climate finance and investment by contributing to strategy, thought leadership, and a differentiated offer to clients
• Build and manage strategic relationships with partners, donors, clients, investors, and specialist collaborators
• Contribute to Oxford Policy Management’s strategic thinking on climate finance and investment priorities, partnership models, and portfolio growth
• Represent Oxford Policy Management externally through meetings, workshops, publications, and other business and technical forums
• Work as a core member of the Climate Finance & Investment team, collaborating across the wider Climate Practice and with colleagues from across Oxford Policy Management on cross-practice programmes and bids
• Line-manage and coach one direct report, supporting their performance, development, and professional growth
• Contribute to internal learning, quality improvement, and the strengthening of Oxford Policy Management’s technical and delivery capabilities

Requirements

• More than 10 years of relevant professional experience in climate finance, impact investing, banking, structured finance, financial-sector development, catastrophe or natural hazard insurance, or related fields
• Experience in emerging and frontier markets or working in low- and middle-income countries
• Deep understanding of blended finance mechanisms and instruments, and how these can be used to mobilize private capital for climate, resilience, and development outcomes
• Experience in one or more of the following: climate and disaster-risk finance and management, adaptation and resilience building and financing, sustainable or green finance, private-sector development, market-systems development, and access to finance
• Demonstrated ability to support the development of financeable and investable pipelines, including for MSMEs, start-ups, and inclusive enterprise ecosystems
• Experience working with governments, donors, development finance institutions, development programmes, financial institutions, insurers, investors, and private-sector actors
• Strong track record in technical delivery, including project design, implementation oversight, analytical work, stakeholder engagement, and high-quality written outputs
• Significant experience in business development and bidding, including leading or contributing to successful tenders and consortium-based opportunities
• Excellent strategic and conceptual thinking, with the ability to develop practical, innovative, and impact-oriented solutions
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-management skills, with the confidence to work across cultures, disciplines, and institutional types
• Excellent English writing skills, including the ability to produce clear, persuasive, and high-quality technical and bid documents
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a structured and reliable way
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams while also operating independently with sound judgment and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to coach and support junior colleagues
• Pre-existing right to work in one of the following countries: Germany, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, or United Kingdom (visa sponsorship is not provided)

Benefits

• Enhanced learning resources and professional development opportunities
• Opportunities to work cross-functionally across the organization
• Space to engage with a range of internal and external industry events
• Non-hierarchical organizational culture that values support, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity
• Exceptionally generous annual leave entitlement
• Hybrid working model to encourage and enable healthy work-life balance
• Global Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to the Un Mind app for wellbeing support
• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme

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