Senior Manager - Climate & Clean Energy at Carbon-Limits Nigeria (CLN)

Carbon-Limits Nigeria (CLN) is a leader in climate change consultancy, specialising in sustainable development, project development and technical consultancy services. Carbon-Limits Nigeria (CLN) was established in 2010 as a joint venture of Nigerian partners and Carbon Limits AS (CL) of Norway. CL was established in June 2005 and its origin dates to the early 1990’s, formerly part of ECON (now Poyry Norge), a leading Scandinavian consultancy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager - Climate & Clean Energy

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Managing Director

Position Summary

• The Senior Manager will provide technical and strategic leadership in the development and delivery of climate change, clean energy, carbon management, and sustainability consulting projects.
• The role requires managing multidisciplinary teams, leading client engagements, developing business opportunities, and ensuring the delivery of high- quality technical solutions that support clients in achieving their climate and energy transition objectives.
• The successful candidate will possess extensive knowledge of climate policy, carbon markets, methane emissions management, ESG reporting, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, and sustainable development.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:

• Lead the planning and execution of climate and clean energy projects from inception to completion.
• Develop innovative solutions that support decarbonization, energy transition, and sustainable development.
• Provide strategic advice to governments, regulators, development partners, financial institutions, and private sector clients.
• Support corporate strategy and growth initiatives within the Climate and Clean Energy practice.

Project Management:

• Manage multiple consulting assignments simultaneously while ensuring quality, schedule, and budget compliance.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams across climate, energy, engineering, economics, and policy disciplines.
• Ensure effective project governance, risk management, and client communication.
• Review and approve technical reports, proposals, presentations, and deliverables.

Technical Advisory:
Provide technical leadership in areas including:

• Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventories and emissions accounting
• Methane emissions detection, quantification, and mitigation
• Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) applications and leak detection programmes
• Climate risk and vulnerability assessments
• Net Zero and Decarbonization strategies for industries
• Climate finance - Carbon credit project development and certification
• ESG and Sustainability reporting
• MRV (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) systems

Business Development:

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities.
• Build long-term relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Lead proposal development and competitive bids defence.
• Develop strategic partnerships with international organizations and technical partners.
• Contribute to annual revenue and business growth targets.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for key clients.
• Ensure high levels of client satisfaction and repeat business.

Team Leadership:

• Mentor and coach project managers and technical staff.
• Improve associates' technical capacity across the organization.
• Conduct performance reviews and support staff development.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment.

Key Performance Indicators

• Identify and follow-up on at least 10 clients quarterly and target 5 - 6 contracts quarterly to enhance CLN revenue growth
• Quality of reports and proposals - error-free and meets CLN/international standard
• Team leadership and capability improvement - at least one capability development workshop/seminar per quarter.Measures of knowledge transfer to be established/agreed
• Annual/quarterly goals setting and performance management of Associates

Requirements
Educational Qualification:

• Master's Degree in environmental and energy engineering, climate science, environmental management, renewable energy, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, economics, sustainability, or a related discipline.

Experience:

• Must have 10-12 years of progressive professional experience in climate change, clean energy, sustainability, or environmental consulting.
• At least 5 years in a leadership or project management role.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Experience working with governments, multilateral development banks, donor agencies, and private sector clients.
• Evidence leading a team of at least 4 employees
• Experience across African markets is highly desirable.

Application Closing Date
22nd August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified ccandidates should send their CV to: info@carbonlimitsngr.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.