Senior Climate Finance Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Senior Climate Finance Expert to lead climate‑finance mobilisation and sustainable investment structuring for climate‑resilient transport infrastructure across the ECOWAS region. The role supports the EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance project, helping ECOWAS institutions and Member States access and deploy climate finance.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and mobilise climate‑finance opportunities for transport and infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical assistance on climate‑finance mechanisms, green investment instruments and sustainable financing frameworks.
• Support the preparation of bankable, climate‑resilient infrastructure projects and investment proposals.
• Advise on financing strategies for climate adaptation, low‑carbon transport and sustainable infrastructure.
• Engage with climate‑finance institutions, development banks, private investors and donor organisations.
• Prepare financial analyses, investment frameworks, climate‑finance strategies and funding applications.
• Integrate climate‑finance considerations into regional transport planning and corridor development.
• Coordinate with ECOWAS institutions, national authorities, financial institutions and development partners.
• Deliver workshops, technical training and capacity‑building activities on climate finance.
• Contribute to monitoring, reporting and analytical outputs related to climate‑finance initiatives.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in finance, economics, climate finance, infrastructure finance, environmental economics or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in climate finance, infrastructure finance, investment advisory or sustainable development financing.
• Proven experience on infrastructure or climate‑related projects in developing countries, preferably in Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.
• At least 7 years of experience in climate finance, green investment, blended finance or sustainable infrastructure financing.

Required skills

• Climate‑finance mechanisms
• Green investment instruments
• Sustainable financing frameworks
• Financial analysis and modelling
• Investment structuring and bankability assessment
• Funding application preparation
• Stakeholder engagement with development banks and donors

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape climate‑resilient transport financing in West Africa.
• Collaboration with ECOWAS institutions, regional authorities and international donors.
• Professional development in a high‑impact, EU‑funded project.