Senior Road Maintenance Fund Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Senior Road Maintenance Fund Expert to provide technical assistance for the EU‑funded “Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance” project. The role will focus on designing, establishing and operationalising sustainable road maintenance financing mechanisms across ECOWAS member states.

Key responsibilities

• Support the establishment, reform and operationalisation of Road Maintenance Funds (RMFs) in ECOWAS member states.
• Provide technical assistance on sustainable road maintenance financing mechanisms and governance systems.
• Prepare and review legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks related to RMFs and road maintenance financing.
• Advise on user‑based financing mechanisms such as fuel levies, toll systems and other sustainable funding approaches.
• Develop transparent, decentralised and performance‑based maintenance financing systems.
• Strengthen governance structures, operational procedures and accountability mechanisms for RMFs.
• Draft technical guidelines, operational manuals and financing frameworks.
• Coordinate with ECOWAS institutions, national authorities, development partners and road agencies.
• Deliver capacity‑building activities, workshops and technical training on road maintenance financing and governance.
• Contribute to monitoring, reporting and analytical outputs related to financing reforms.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in civil engineering, transport economics, infrastructure finance, public administration or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in road maintenance financing, infrastructure management or transport sector reforms.
• At least 7 years of experience specifically with Road Maintenance Funds, road maintenance financing systems or infrastructure funding mechanisms.
• Proven experience working on infrastructure or transport projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Road maintenance financing
• Infrastructure finance
• Transport economics
• Legal and regulatory analysis for transport sector
• Design of user‑based financing mechanisms (fuel levies, tolls)