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 project. The role will focus on integrating climate resilience, environmental sustainability and social inclusion into regional transport infrastructure planning and implementation across West Africa.

Key responsibilities

• Support climate screening and resilience assessments for 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.
• Prepare and review safeguard documentation, 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 workshops and technical training on climate screening and E&S safeguards.
• Support monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard activities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in environmental sciences, engineering, climate change, sustainability or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in environmental and social safeguards, climate resilience or sustainable infrastructure.
• At least 7 years of experience in climate screening and related assessments, preferably on transport infrastructure in developing countries.
• Proven experience with EU‑funded or other donor‑funded programmes in Sub‑Saharan Africa.

Required skills

• Climate risk screening and resilience assessment
• Environmental and social safeguard implementation
• ESIA and ESMP preparation
• Resettlement framework design
• Stakeholder engagement planning
• Climate adaptation and sustainability integration
• Capacity‑building and technical training delivery
• Monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard activities