Senior Climate Screening & E&S Safeguards Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Senior Climate Screening & E&S Safeguards Expert to support the EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance. The role will focus on integrating climate resilience, environmental sustainability and social inclusion into transport infrastructure projects across the ECOWAS region.

Key responsibilities

• Support climate screening and resilience assessments for regional transport infrastructure and corridor initiatives.
• Provide technical expertise on environmental and social safeguards in line with EU and international standards.
• Conduct and review environmental and social impact assessments, climate risk analyses and resilience studies.
• Integrate climate adaptation, gender equality, disability inclusion and social safeguards into project preparation and implementation.
• Prepare and review ESIA reports, ESMPs, resettlement frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans and other safeguard documentation.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on safeguard compliance and sustainability frameworks.
• Develop safeguard procedures, methodologies and technical guidance documents.
• Deliver capacity‑building workshops and technical training on climate screening and E&S safeguards.
• Support monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard‑related activities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in environmental sciences, engineering, climate change, sustainability or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in environmental and social safeguards, climate resilience or sustainable infrastructure development.
• Proven experience on infrastructure or transport projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Background in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Climate risk analysis and screening.
• Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) preparation and review.
• Development of environmental and social management plans (ESMP).
• Resettlement framework design.
• Stakeholder engagement planning for safeguard compliance.