Governance Senior Consultant & Business Development Specialist

Job Description

The Governance team at Oxford Policy Management is currently seeking a Governance Senior Consultant & Business Development Specialist on a permanent basis. The position will be located out of our US office in Washington DC.

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.

OPM’s Governance Practice supports governments, civil society and the private sector in Public Financial Management reforms, public investment management, domestic revenue mobilisation, along with Public Sector Governance reforms, such as democracy, voice and accountability, sub-national governance, institutional change, programme design, urban governance, capacity development, Political Economy Analysis and Thinking and Working Politically by providing impact-oriented, bespoke technical assistance and consulting services. Our practice also works across governance issues in service sectors, such as health, education, climate and social protection.

Position Summary

You will support governments to implement public sector governance or PFM reforms to improve service delivery and economic development. The role will combine technical delivery, project and bid management, and business development functions.

As Governance Senior Consultant & Business Development Specialist at OPM you will:

1. Lead on and contribute to the acquisition and bidding for projects in the field of Governance and Public Financial Management (PFM). Specifically

• Work with the Business Development Manager in the US office to develop, track, and prioritize a pipeline of Governance and PFM opportunities from US based clients.
• Act as a focal point for US contracted opportunities, work across the Global Public Sector Governance and PFM Team to collaborate with and utilize the expertise of OPM colleagues to our business development and project engagements.
• Lead successful proposals and solutions that will develop the US offering and its impact driven health practice, including writing/inputs.

1. Deliver Technical Assistance (TA) and consulting services in the field of Governance or Public Financial Management.
2. Project manage medium to large-scale projects delivered by the Governance Practice.
3. Work with the US Country Director and Governance Practice Lead to define and operationalize a Governance Strategy for US based clients, including USAID as well as foundation (such as BMGF).

Key qualifications/experience/skills/behaviours:

• Post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline;
• Proven expertise and consulting skills in the areas of governance or public financial management;
• Demonstrated success in acquisition of competitively procured donor-funded development projects;
• Experience with USAID (critical), World Bank (beneficial), BMGF (beneficial);
• Experience of project management, including the management of small to medium project teams;
• Experience in developing countries and/or transitional economies;
• Ability to work in a small and growing environment, where team spirit and collaboration, mutual support are key in success.
• Ability to model OPM’s values and passion for social impact.

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.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role and candidates must have a pre-existing right to work in the United States 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 contact us via: recruitment@opml.co.uk

About the Organization

OPM is a development consultancy with 40 years’ experience in providing rigorous analysis, policy advice, technical assistance and training services to over 120 national governments, aid agencies and public sector and nongovernmental organizations. OPM employs over 350 technical staff across its global network of offices. Our mission is to help low- and middle-income countries achieve growth and reduce poverty and disadvantage through public policy reform. We support governments in developing, implementing and evaluating policies that reduce poverty, improve livelihoods and create opportunities. OPM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We have over 50 different spoken languages and 48 nationalities working with us. We would like to encourage applications from all protected groups so we can continue to develop our commitment, and be a place to work where a diverse mix of talented people want to join, stay, and deliver our vision

OPM also offers a very generous holiday allowance and contributory pension scheme, as well as a highly competitive salary.