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 regional transport infrastructure projects across West Africa.

Key responsibilities

• Support climate screening and resilience assessments for 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 ESIAs, ESMPs, resettlement frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans and other safeguard documentation.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on safeguard compliance and climate mainstreaming.
• 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, 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 projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience with international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.
• At least 7 years of experience specifically in climate screening and related assessments.

Required skills

• Climate risk screening and resilience assessment.
• Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) preparation.
• Environmental and social management planning (ESMP).
• Resettlement framework development.
• Stakeholder engagement planning.
• Safeguard compliance and methodology development.
• Capacity‑building and technical training delivery.
• Monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard activities.