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 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 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 workshops, technical training and knowledge transfer 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, engineering, climate change, sustainability, social development 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, climate risk analysis or related assessments.
• Proven experience on infrastructure or transport projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience with international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Climate screening and climate risk analysis
• Environmental and social safeguard assessment
• Preparation of ESIA and ESMP documents
• Resettlement framework development
• Stakeholder engagement planning
• Integration of climate adaptation, gender equality and disability inclusion
• Capacity‑building and technical training delivery
• Monitoring, reporting and quality assurance of safeguard activities