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 climate risk screening, environmental and social safeguards, and resilience mainstreaming for transport infrastructure projects across the ECOWAS region.

Key responsibilities

• Support climate screening and resilience assessments for regional transport projects and corridors.
• Provide technical expertise on environmental and social safeguards in line with EU and international standards.
• Conduct and review ESIA, ESMP, climate risk analyses, and resilience studies.
• Integrate climate adaptation, gender equality, disability inclusion, and social safeguards into project preparation and implementation.
• Prepare and review safeguard documentation such as ESIAs, ESMPs, resettlement frameworks, and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on safeguard compliance and sustainability frameworks.
• Develop safeguard procedures, methodologies, and technical guidance.
• Deliver capacity‑building activities, 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, environmental engineering, climate change, sustainability, social development, natural resource management, 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 sector projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Climate risk screening and resilience assessment.
• Environmental and social safeguards implementation.
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP).
• Resettlement framework development.
• Stakeholder engagement planning.
• Capacity‑building and technical training delivery.
• Monitoring and reporting of safeguard activities.