Senior Consultant - Climate and Livelihoods

Overview

The Climate Policy and Finance team at Oxford Policy Management is currently seeking a Senior Consultant- Climate and Livelihoods 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

We are looking for a highly motivated, dedicated and passionate Senior Consultant to work in OPM’s Skills and Livelihoods Hub in OPM’s Sustainable Growth and Nature team. The candidate is expected to expand OPM’s work on green skills, jobs and just transitions – working with the Hub Lead and colleagues across OPM teams, to build work in these new emerging areas. The candidate will lead complex, multi-year projects with full accountability for the research, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) cycle - from design through to delivery - ensuring projects meet quality, impact, timeline, and financial targets with minimal oversight.

The role requires deep technical expertise in research methods combined with thematic experience on livelihoods, green skills and jobs, just transitions and climate change. The candidate must also have strong project management and business development experience.

At this level, the candidate is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and independent judgement, hold formal accountability for delivery, client relationships, and financial performance. The candidate will represent OPM externally as a recognized thematic expert, manage and develop teams, and contribute actively to the Hub and STL’s strategic direction.

As a Senior Consultant - Climate and Livelihoods at OPM you will:

Have deep technical expertise on climate, skills, jobs and just transitions: Lead the technical design and quality assurance of projects end to end; serve as a recognized thematic authority in livelihoods, green skills and jobs, and sustainable growth; and provide expert guidance that shapes methodology, delivery approaches, and evidence uptake across the Hub and wider OPM.

Excel in project management and delivery: Independently deliver large-scale, multi-year projects (typically USD 1M+, 2–5 years’ duration) with full accountability for delivery quality, financial performance (margins, compliance, reporting), risk management, and team oversight - with minimal supervision from Hub Lead or Senior Technical Lead.

Excel in client engagement: Anchor key client relations, and develop working relationships with funders, government partners, and implementing organizations. Responsibilities will include managing internal or external relationships and providing advice within areas of expertise. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.

Have strong business development skills: Independently lead end-to-end acquisition of new project work, including high-value bids across a range of client types (foundations, multilaterals, bilateral donors); take accountability for technical proposal quality, partner coordination, and go/no-go decisions. Represent OPM externally in line with OPM’s strategy and leverage networks to build connections with priority clients, directly supporting Hub revenue and growth targets.

Demonstrate thought leadership in your area of expertise: Contribute to OPM’s external profile and credibility in the relevant thematic area through publications, panel discussions, and stakeholder convenings, alongside internal knowledge sharing. Support research uptake and the translation of evidence into policy and practice. Be recognized as a thematic expert, providing advisory support and contributing to quality assurance of outputs.

Support to the Hub Lead, Senior Technical Lead, and other OPM teams: Support other teams and practices with technical inputs, mentoring, and guidance as needed. Facilitate effective collaboration with relevant teams across geographies and practices to strengthen OPM's integrated offering.

Key Qualifications / Experience / Skills / Behaviours

• Masters degree in economics, public policy, development studies
• Strong expertise in project management
• Technical expertise related climate, skills and livelihoods - a focus on green skills and jobs would be an advantage
• Experience on conducting and managing impact evaluations - with a focus on mixed methods

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.

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