Senior Consultant - Carbon Markets Advisory

Management Level Senior Associate Job Description & Summary At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at https://www.pwc.com/ke. PwC has a presence in 22 African countries, including over 41 office locations. With more than 400 partners and 10,000 professionals across Africa, we serve some of the continent’s largest businesses across all industries. In East Africa, our member firms work together across the East Market Area (EMA) to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our in-depth knowledge and understanding of operating environments in the region enable us to put ourselves in our clients’ shoes and offer tailored solutions to complex business and development challenges. Within the Advisory Line of Service, our International Development and Public Sector Consulting team works with Governments, Development Partners, Financial Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Private Sector to address key development challenges and contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient economic growth. We are seeking a Senior Consultant – Carbon Markets Advisory to support delivery of client engagements across Kenya and the wider East Market Area (EMA). This role will work with clients that are exploring or implementing projects and financing approaches linked to carbon crediting, broader climate finance, and related sustainable finance mechanisms. The work will involve assessing project opportunities, understanding market and regulatory considerations, developing project and financing-related documentation, reviewing technical and commercial viability, and supporting implementation planning. This includes work connected to carbon crediting pathways as well as wider climate and sustainability financing approaches, including thematic instruments such as green, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds. Assignments may cover sectors such as energy, waste, forestry, land use, transport, industry, water, agriculture, and nature-based solutions, including forest carbon, REDD+, restoration, blue carbon, and other land- and marine-based interventions. This role is suited to a professional with practical experience in carbon markets, climate-related project development, climate finance, and advisory work, and who can contribute to client-facing assignments at Senior Associate level.

Carbon Markets Advisory Support delivery of client engagements related to carbon crediting opportunities, project development, and related climate finance and sustainable investment considerations. Help clients assess how carbon market mechanisms may apply to planned or existing projects and how these can support wider climate, financing, and investment objectives. Contribute to analysis of market developments, standards, pricing trends, demand drivers, regulatory changes, and financing considerations relevant to client assignments. Assess the commercial case for participation, including revenue potential, cost considerations, route-to-market options, implications for project viability, and links to broader capital mobilisation approaches. Prepare advisory inputs, technical notes, and recommendations that help clients make informed decisions. Project Assessment and Development Support Screen and assess projects for potential across relevant sectors, including suitability for carbon market participation and alignment with broader sustainable financing approaches. Contribute to feasibility work, including review of technical, operational, financial, and implementation considerations. Assist in the preparation and review of project documents, including concept notes, project