Senior Infrastructure Project Preparation Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Project Preparation Expert to support the EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance. The role focuses on strengthening sustainable, smart, and resilient mobility systems across the ECOWAS region by preparing bankable transport infrastructure projects and regional corridor initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, prepare, and structure regional transport infrastructure projects and investment programmes.
• Conduct and review pre‑feasibility studies, feasibility studies, technical assessments, and investment analyses.
• Support the preparation of bankable projects for financing by IFIs, development partners, and private investors.
• Contribute to infrastructure planning and prioritisation for corridors such as Praia‑Dakar‑Abidjan and Abidjan‑Lagos.
• Provide technical support for project pipeline development, infrastructure mapping, and investment tracking systems.
• Prepare technical documentation, concept notes, terms of reference, and investment proposals.
• Coordinate with ECOWAS institutions, national authorities, development partners, and financial institutions.
• Integrate climate resilience, environmental sustainability, gender equality, and social inclusion into project preparation.
• Support capacity‑building activities, technical workshops, and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Assist in monitoring, reporting, and technical reviews of infrastructure preparation activities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in civil engineering, transport engineering, infrastructure planning, economics, project finance or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in transport infrastructure project preparation, infrastructure planning, or investment advisory.
• At least 7 years of experience working on transport or infrastructure projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Transport infrastructure project preparation
• Feasibility and pre‑feasibility study design
• Investment analysis and structuring
• Infrastructure planning and corridor prioritisation
• Climate resilience and environmental sustainability integration
• Project pipeline development and infrastructure mapping
• Technical documentation and concept note drafting