Senior Road Maintenance Fund Expert

About the role

NTU International is looking for a Senior Road Maintenance Fund Expert to support the EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance. The expert will help ECOWAS Member States establish and operationalise sustainable road maintenance financing systems across West Africa.

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, performance‑based 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 related to road maintenance financing and governance.
• Contribute to monitoring, reporting, and analytical outputs on financing reforms.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in civil engineering, transport economics, infrastructure finance, public administration or a related field.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in road maintenance financing, infrastructure management or transport sector reforms.
• Minimum 7 years of experience specifically with Road Maintenance Funds or similar financing 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

• Knowledge of sustainable road maintenance financing mechanisms (fuel levies, toll systems, user‑based fees).
• Expertise in legal and institutional reforms for transport or infrastructure financing.
• Ability to design performance‑based financing and accountability frameworks.
• Experience drafting technical guidelines, operational manuals and financing frameworks.
• Strong coordination skills with multilateral institutions, national authorities and development partners.