Green Growth Partnership Officer - HEO, GTI Group (02/26 ABJ) at British High Commission

Main Purpose of Job

• This is an exciting opportunity to lead the UK’s partnerships on green growth and climate resilience in Nigeria and support implementation of the UK Government’s green growth and mobilisation of climate finance objectives in Nigeria.
• FCDO in Nigeria is taking an integrated approach to climate adaptation and resilience as a part of FCDO’s Country Business Plan in Nigeria and Although a relatively low emitter by global standards, Nigeria is in the top ten countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 
• This role will sit within the Private Sector Development and Green Growth Team in the Growth Trade and Investment (GTI) Group in the British High Commission in Abuja.
• The job will play a significant role in shifting the GTI Group’s focus of the climate work in Nigeria from climate change to a green growth agenda, aiming to move from being a donor to an investor in Nigeria’s low-carbon economy.
• This aligns with UK-Nigeria partnerships on trade, investment, and sustainability. This shift means that the Green Growth Partnership Officer will play a pivotal role in advancing the UK’s transition from a donor-led climate agenda to an investment-driven green growth strategy in Nigeria.
• The position will emphasize building strategic partnerships, fostering private sector engagement, and supporting initiatives that enable Nigeria’s low-carbon economic transformation. 
• The jobholder will act as a connector across government, business, and civil society to ensure UK influence remains strong while delivering high-impact outcomes aligned with the new green growth priorities.
• Based in Abuja, the role will engage with the government (Federal and State) in Nigeria to support Nigeria’s green growth and resilience agenda, helping translate and influence policy priorities into credible pipelines and enabling conditions for climate investment.
• The jobholder will be working closely with colleagues leading on private and climate finance.
• In this role, the jobholder will utilise their strong networks, climate finance, and diplomatic skills to lead the UK’s stakeholder engagement and strengthen the UK’s profile on green growth and climate finance in Nigeria.  
• The jobholder will absorb and analyse information quickly, to provide advice to the High Commission and UK Government more broadly.
• The jobholder will support and share responsibility for successful implementation of FCDO’s Country Business Plan in Nigeria, leading and supporting work on green growth and climate finance across the BHC network in Nigeria.   
• The postholder will work closely with teams across post and at headquarters and will have access to a wide range of formal and on-the-job generalist and technical development opportunities.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The role offers a unique opportunity to shape Nigeria’s shift from climate donor dependence to green investment leadership. It offers opportunities for strategic influence across government, private sector, and international climate finance ecosystems.
• The jobholder will have front line involvement in policy change, innovation, and real economy green growth initiatives.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Stakeholder Engagement:  Lead day-to day engagement with a broad spectrum of actors, including private sector leaders, financial institutions, Federal and sub-national authorities, development partners, and civil society, to support coordination on priorities and delivery on green growth and climate adaptation and resilience
• Green Finance Facilitation: Support pipeline development for green investment projects, liaise with UK and Nigerian stakeholders to identify opportunities, and assist in structuring deals that attract UK investment.
• Climate resilience and adaptation: Support UK engagement on climate resilience and adaptation in Nigeria, with a focus on priority sectors such as energy access and agriculture, including monitoring risks, policy developments and opportunities to drive sustainable, green growth. 
• Policy Influencing and Market Intelligence: Monitor Nigeria’s energy transition and green manufacturing developments, providing timely analysis and recommendations to inform UK strategy.
• Program Oversight: Manage small-scale climate and green growth grants, ensuring compliance with UK Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) and alignment with investment objectives.
• Communications and Influence: Promote UK leadership in green growth through strategic communications, events, and engagement with media and stakeholders.  This includes close collaboration across BHC Nigeria and UK departments and agencies leading on energy and climate policy. 
• Ministerial and Official Engagement: Coordinate visits and high-level dialogues that advance UK-Nigeria collaboration on green growth, energy transition, and climate finance.
• Cross-Government Collaboration: Work closely with UK departments (FCDO, DESNZ, DEFRA) and across the British High Commission to mainstream green growth priorities and ensure coherence in delivery.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Environmental Policy, Economics, Finance, Development Studies, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in climate policy, climate finance, economic development, or a related sector.
• Climate Policy & Economic Analysis: Ability to analyse climate risk trends, macroeconomic constraints, and sector vulnerabilities. Understanding of Nigeria’s policy landscape (Climate Change Act, NDCs, ETP, green growth agenda), climate resilience and adaptation.
• Climate Finance Expertise: Understanding of climate finance mechanisms including concessional finance, blended finance, green bonds, and MDB/GCF processes. Ability to support development of investment proposals and financing pipelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Building: Proven ability to build effective relationships across government ministries, regulators, DFIs, private investors, development partners, and civil society.
• Communication & Influence: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to prepare briefs, talking points, and presentations for senior officials.
• Strategic Thinking & Systems Understanding: Ability to connect climate policy, finance, and sectoral priorities into coherent delivery plans. Experience working in complex political and institutional environments.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience:

• Knowledge and experience with blended finance, transaction structuring, or work with development finance institutions (DFIs) such as NSIA, DBN, AfDB, World Bank, etc.
• Experience in programme management within international development, including grant oversight or delivery of climate/green growth programmes.  Familiarity with monitoring, reporting, verification (MRV) systems. Ability to manage grants, ensure compliance, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s green growth, climate finance, or energy transition landscape, including key institutions, policies, and market dynamics.

Required behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together

Salary

• USD 3,218.98 / Month (Base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions).

Other Benefits and Conditions of Employment
Learning and development opportunities:

• Staff across the Nigeria network are expected to make appropriate time for all L&D activities guided by 70/20/10 where 70% of learning is on the job, 20% is structured learning i.e. with a coach, and 10% is through formal courses. By planning your development in this way, you will be playing your part to build the learning culture of the FCDO and are embodying our key organisational values of: Taking Responsibility, Working Together and Encouraging Innovation.
• Investing in the L&D of our people is critical to FCDO delivering on its priorities and goals, embedding new ways of working, and contributing to wider Government Reform. L&D helps strengthen team and employee capability, performance, and behaviours. It supports our employee’s engagement, motivation, and their career development. It underpins our ability to learn, innovate and continuously improve.
• L&D covers a range of activities, most done in the flow of work - including taking on new tasks, feedback, peer learning and reflection, coaching, networking, shadowing, mentoring, e-learning, research, videos, conferences, and more formal courses. It requires commitment, time, and for some interventions, money.