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

• Conduct climate screening and climate resilience assessments for transport corridors and infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical expertise on environmental and social safeguards in line with EU and international standards.
• Prepare and review environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs), climate risk analyses, and resilience studies.
• Integrate climate adaptation, gender equality, disability inclusion and social safeguards into project preparation and implementation.
• Develop and review ESMPs, resettlement frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans and other safeguard documentation.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on safeguard compliance and climate mainstreaming.
• Design 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.
• At least 7 years of experience in climate screening, ESIA/ESMP preparation, or related work on transport or infrastructure projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience with international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Climate risk analysis
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
• Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) development
• Resettlement framework design
• Stakeholder engagement planning
• Safeguard compliance monitoring