Consultant - Energy Resources / Growth

• The primary purpose of this position is to lead and/or supports on projects and tenders related to energy transition policy and planning, but also across other areas under the ‘Energy Resources and Growth’ (ERG) team portfolio.
• The post-holder will contribute to the technical delivery on multiple areas under ERG’s portfolio, including energy transition policy and planning, energy economics, centralized renewable energy systems and the enabling environment for private sector financing of renewable energy. However, they should be ready to work 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. This could include circular economy, decarbonization of transport and industry, minerals and extractive industries, energy access etc.
• The post-holder 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.  Most staff in OPM work on a mix of technical assistance and monitoring, evaluation and learning projects and with a range of clients from bilateral governments, to multilateral donors and Foundations.
• The role will include a strong emphasis on analysis and writing, with the post-holder being the lead author of various technical and research projects.
• Business development will be an integral part of the role taking up about 30% of the time.  The post-holder 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 post-holder will develop senior external relationships in Pakistan 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 on ERG in Pakistan.
• The role will involve working on a range of technical areas that relate to climate change.  Work across the other technical areas in the Practice (urban resilience, disaster risk, climate policy and finance, nature and environment) will be frequent.  The post holder will also work with other OPM Practice including the governance and MEL teams.  The post holder will also work with others in OPM Pakistan to support our work in that geography.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, support and promote OPM’s work on energy, resources and growth to build future work, deliver existing projects and programmes, and contribute to OPM’s internal learning.
• Manage and deliver technical work on energy, resources and growth This could involve research, facilitating workshops, providing capacity training, managing relationships with government partners, analysing data, evaluation and learning, report writing and presentations
• Represent OPM externally in Pakistan, 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 ERG team, as well as other members of the team, such as project managers and other technical staff.  You may act as Team Leader (taking overall responsibility) on some projects.
• Ensure that programme inputs and deliverables are defined and delivered on time and to quality standards, providing everyday support to Team Leader and Project Director. You will also ensure effective use of OPM administrative, HR, legal and finance support staff.
• Be an integral part of the Climate, Sustainability and Resilience Practice, 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 in Pakistan and beyond 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

Skills , Qualification and Experience required :

Essential Skills and Experience:

• A Master’s or other post-graduate University qualification in relevant discipline

Technical Experience:

• Substantial relevant work experience in energy policy, finance, planning and related areas.   
• Work experience in Pakistan, ideally within a consulting firm, NGO, think-tank, multilateral or government agency
• Proven ability to work in a range of technical areas will be important given that energy and climate change is cross-cutting issue affecting all aspects of society and governance.

Consulting Skills:

• Excellent and proven writing skills, with experience as lead author of published papers and reports.
• 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

Personal Attributes:

• 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

Oxford Policy Management is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of the business.If you would like to work in a supportive environment that values collaboration, integrity, and empowerment we would love to hear from you. OPM offer a competitive salary, a contribution pension scheme, and a generous holiday entitlement.