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 climate risk screening, environmental and social safeguards, and resilience mainstreaming for transport infrastructure 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, resettlement frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans and other safeguard documentation.
• Integrate climate adaptation, gender equality, disability inclusion and social safeguards into project preparation and implementation.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on safeguard compliance and climate mainstreaming.
• Develop safeguard procedures, methodologies and technical guidance documents.
• Deliver capacity‑building activities, workshops and training on climate screening and E&S safeguards.
• Support monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard‑related deliverables.

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 impact assessment (ESIA) and management plan (ESMP) development.
• Resettlement framework preparation.
• Stakeholder engagement planning.
• Safeguard compliance advisory.
• Capacity‑building and training delivery on climate screening and E&S safeguards.
• Monitoring and reporting of safeguard activities.