Manager

MicroSave Consulting; Lucknow; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

MicroSave Consulting in Lucknow, India seeks an experienced climate and sustainable finance advisor with 6–9 years of sector expertise to lead diagnostics, strategy, and advisory engagements for banks, DFIs, and development partners.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, develop financing mechanisms, and contribute to business development, proposals, and knowledge products, ensuring impact, inclusion, and governance considerations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in at least two relevant areas: green lending/product design; climate-risk assessment; adaptation/mitigation finance; blended finance/guarantees; investment or facility design; climate-finance policy and institutional diagnostics.
• Experience with financial institutions and donor/DFI-supported projects; familiarity with climate-finance standards, taxonomies, disclosures, safeguards, MRV and donor funding requirements is desirable.
• Strong analytical and financial skills, excellent report/proposal writing and communication, stakeholder management, team leadership, and proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing deadlines and undertake domestic or international travel; emerging-market experience and networks are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead diagnostics, strategies and technical assistance on green and sustainable finance, climate adaptation and resilience, low-carbon investments and climate-finance mobilisation.
• Advise banks, NBFCs, MFIs, insurers and other institutions on green financial products, climate-related risks, sustainable-finance frameworks, portfolio opportunities and institutional capacity building.
• Design or assess financing mechanisms—including credit lines, guarantees, concessional and blended finance, and other risk-sharing instruments—and develop financial and commercial viability assessments.
• Support climate investment and financing solutions for MSMEs, agriculture, livelihoods and relevant sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, water and circular economy.
• Contribute to climate-finance project preparation, investment pipelines, funding proposals, programme design and results frameworks, incorporating gender, inclusion, safeguards and climate impact measurement.
• Consulting delivery and technical leadership: Manage assignments and multidisciplinary teams, methodologies, workplans, budgets, stakeholder consultations, analytical work, client deliverables and quality assurance.
• Lead research, feasibility studies, institutional assessments, policy analysis and development of actionable recommendations, roadmaps, financial models and knowledge products.
• Engage effectively with clients, donors, regulators, investors and implementation partners; facilitate workshops and build the capacity of client and MSC teams.
• Business development and institutional contribution: Identify opportunities, build client and partner relationships, and lead or contribute to EOIs, technical/financial proposals and consortium development for donor- and private-sector assignments.
• Support MSC’s practice development through thought leadership, tools and methodologies, mentoring and cross-sector collaboration.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial skills

Report writing

Proposal writing

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

• Experience 6–9 years of relevant experience in climate/sustainable finance, development finance, financial-sector advisory, climate investment or related consulting, with demonstrated responsibility for delivering assignments
• Mandatory Skills Strong analytical and financial skills, excellent report/proposal writing and communication, stakeholder management, team leadership, and proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• City Lucknow
• Country India

Job Description

Climate and sustainable finance is a growing strategic opportunity for MSC. Hiring an expert will help us establish a credible presence in this niche area, strengthen our technical capabilities, build a pipeline of donor and DFI-funded assignments, and develop a sustainable portfolio of climate finance advisory services.

Climate and sustainable finance advisory

Lead diagnostics, strategies and technical assistance on green andsustainable finance, climate adaptation and resilience, low-carbon investmentsand climate-finance mobilisation.

Advise banks, NBFCs, MFIs, insurers and other institutions on green financialproducts, climate-related risks, sustainable-finance frameworks, portfolioopportunities and institutional capacity building.

Design or assess financing mechanisms—including credit lines, guarantees,concessional and blended finance, and other risk-sharing instruments—anddevelop financial and commercial viability assessments.

Support climate investment and financing solutions for MSMEs, agriculture,livelihoods and relevant sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency,water and circular economy.

Contribute to climate-finance project preparation, investment pipelines,funding proposals, programme design and results frameworks, incorporatinggender, inclusion, safeguards and climate impact measurement.

Consulting delivery and technical leadership

Manage assignments and multidisciplinary teams, including methodologies,workplans, budgets, stakeholder consultations, analytical work, clientdeliverables and quality assurance.

Lead research, feasibility studies, institutional assessments, policyanalysis and development of actionable recommendations, roadmaps, financialmodels and knowledge products.

Engage effectively with clients, donors, regulators, investors andimplementation partners; facilitate workshops and build the capacity of clientand MSC teams.

Business development and institutional contribution

Identify opportunities, build client and partner relationships, and lead or contribute to EOIs, technical/financial proposals and consortium developmentfor donor- and private-sector assignments.

Support MSC’s practice development through thought leadership, tools andmethodologies, mentoring and cross-sector collaboration.

Requirements

Key Skills:

Hands-on experience in at least two relevant areas: greenlending/product design; climate-risk assessment; adaptation or mitigationfinance; blended finance/guarantees; investment or facility design;climate-finance policy and institutional diagnostics.

Experience with financial institutions and donor/DFI-supported projects;familiarity with relevant climate-finance standards, taxonomies, disclosures,safeguards, MRV and donor funding requirements is desirable.

Strong analytical and financial skills, excellent report/proposal writing and communication, stakeholder management, team leadership, and proficiency inExcel, Word and PowerPoint.

Ability to work independently, manage competing deadlines and undertakedomestic or international travel; emerging-market experience and networks arean advantage.