Energy, Resources and Growth Consultant

Overview

The Climate Policy and Finance team at Oxford Policy Management is currently seeking a Consultant- Energy Resources and Growth on a permanent basis

The position will be located at our New Delhi- India Office

We are an international development consultancy working to improve lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries. Our vision is for fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

Through our global network of offices, we work in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers to research, design, implement and evaluate impactful public policy. We draw on our local and international sector experts to provide the very best evidence-based support. We deliver projects with expert knowledge and experience, and can be relied upon for excellence in all aspects of project delivery. We work collaboratively, with ambition, to help deliver impactful public policy that will bring about lasting change.

Position Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to lead and support on delivering projects and bids for the Energy, Resources and Growth team in India and beyond, while supporting the wider work of the Climate and Nature team in OPM

As a Consultant- Energy Resources and Growth at OPM you will:

• The candidate will be expected to proactively pursue and deliver opportunities in India to expand OPM’s work on clean energy, natural resource management and sustainable growth.
• In addition, they should be willing to contribute and deliver on multiple technical areas relevant for the Climate and Nature teams, responding to opportunities that emerge in India and beyond.
• This includes cross-cutting experience in project design, policy analysis, research and monitoring, evaluation and learning across a range of topics related to sustainable growth and nature.  
• Provide specific technical and leadership on one or more issues related to clean energy, green growth and sustainable natural resource management. This will involve working on a range of technical areas, both ones they are highly skilled at, as well as others where they may have less experience and apply transferable skills and wider expertise to deliver successfully
• The candidate will lead/manage small projects of a few months and contribute as part of a wider team to large, multi-million-pound complex projects.  They will apply technical, programme management, people skills and a focus on impact to deliver these projects successfully.
• Business development will be an integral part of the role taking up about 30% of the time.  The candidate will lead bids, taking responsibility for forming partnerships, identifying teams, figuring out how our offer to the client and ensuring our offer makes commercial sense.
• The role will include a strong emphasis on analysis and writing, with the candidate being the lead author of various technical and research projects.
• The candidate will develop senior external relationships in India to identify opportunities for OPM to win work and have impact.  They will have and build an external profile to support OPM’s growing portfolio of work
• Develop, support and promote OPM’s work on clean energy, natural resource management and sustainable growth in India to build future work, deliver existing projects and programmes, and contribute to OPM’s internal learning.  
• Manage and deliver technical work on clean energy and climate change in India and beyond, which could involve research, facilitating workshops, providing capacity training, managing relationships with government partners, analyzing data, evaluation and learning, report writing and presentations
• Represent OPM externally in India, manage relationships, network and provide advice externally on climate policy and finance.
• Oversee and manage small teams of technical experts working on projects (OPM, consortium and external consultant inputs), achievement of financial targets and client reporting. You will be supported by senior members of the team, as well as other members of the team, such as project managers and other technical staff
• Ensure that programme inputs and deliverables are defined and delivered on time and to quality standards.
• Be an integral part of the Climate and Nature team, and engage across other relevant OPM teams to define, develop and deliver opportunity pipelines for key clients in line with portfolio acquisition and diversification targets. This will range across identifying opportunities, pre-positioning, partnership development, bid writing and submission, ensuring a distinctive offer to provide substantial positive impact of our work for poor and marginalised people.
• Build upon existing strong external networks by identifying and building relationships with key external organisations, associates and external consultants that share our values and complement our skills, building up our networks and linking to other relevant Practices.  This will also involve external reports and publications sharing learning and showcasing OPM’s work

Key Qualifications / Experience / Skills / Behaviours

• A Master’s or other post-graduate University qualification in relevant discipline such as environmental management, energy studies, social studies, political science, economics etc.  
• Substantial relevant work experience on one or more technical areas related to clean energy, green growth and/or natural resources management (e.g. energy access, energy finance, energy transition, decarbonization etc)
• Proven ability to work in a range of wider issues related to climate and nature, including climate policy, climate finance, biodiversity and the environment etc.
• Excellent and proven writing skills
• Strong bidding and proposal management skills, which includes proven ability in actively prepositioning for strategically important and impactful projects and developing clear strategy for submitting winning bids. These skills will be developed if the candidate does not have prior experience in bidding.
• Experience in the development of project plans, priorities and processes to achieve its objectives, including managing budgets, resources and risk management
• Experience in externally representing your specialist area with partners, donors and with other external experts
• Sound decision making skills, experienced in evaluating technical and commercial information to provide clear direction on projects in line with the portfolios objectives
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients, verbally and in writing
• Excellent problem solving, organising and management skills
• Switches comfortably between attention to detail and bigger picture, joined up thinking and approach to providing solutions
• Good at prioritising changing and competing demands and tasks, while consistently delivering quality work
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; collaborative and constructive approach to working with others, building effective relationships internally and externally

Our Offer

• We enable colleagues’ capacity to grow professionally through enhanced learning resources, opportunities to work cross functionally, and space to engage with a range of internal and external industry events.
• Our non-hierarchical culture values support, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and a rich diversity of perspectives.
• We provide an exceptionally generous annual leave entitlement and a hybrid working model to encourage and enable healthy work/life balance.
• Wellbeing resources including a global Employee Assistance Programme and access to the UnMind app.
• Competitive salary and contributory pension scheme.

We are strengthened by the diversity of colleagues across our global business and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. 

Our recruitment practices reflect our ambition to make the international development sector more inclusive and firm belief that our work delivers the best outcomes when we actively include a diversity of perspectives and experiences. 

Application

If you share our vision for fair public policy that benefits both people and planet, we would love to hear from you. 

Please submit your application through our careers’ site by the closing date or We review and interview applicants on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply by way of CV via our careers site at the earliest. 

We may close this advertisement before the published closing date, should a suitable candidate be identified.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role and candidates must have a pre-existing right to work in India for their application to be considered.

Oxford Policy Management is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of the business.  Should you require adjustments to make the application process more accessible please inform us through completing this form or scan the QR code below.