Senior Transport Legal Reform Expert

About the role

NTU International is seeking a Senior Transport Legal Reform Expert to support an EU‑funded technical assistance project for ECOWAS. The role focuses on strengthening transport governance, corridor management, and legal harmonisation across West Africa.

Key responsibilities

• Review, draft, and harmonise transport‑related laws, regulations and institutional frameworks.
• Provide legal assistance on road transport governance, axle‑load control, road‑maintenance financing and corridor management.
• Develop and implement ECOWAS transport legal instruments, supplementary acts and regional agreements.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and Member States on regulatory alignment and legal harmonisation initiatives.
• Support reforms related to Road Maintenance Funds, Corridor Management Authorities and border‑management systems.
• Prepare legal analyses, regulatory assessments, policy papers and technical reports.
• Coordinate with ECOWAS bodies, national authorities, legal experts and development partners.
• Deliver workshops, consultations and capacity‑building activities on transport legal frameworks.
• Contribute to monitoring, reporting and technical reviews of legal reform activities.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in law, transport law, public policy, international law or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in legal and regulatory reform, public‑sector governance or transport legislation.
• At least 7 years of experience drafting, reviewing or implementing transport‑related legislation or institutional reforms.
• Proven experience with infrastructure, transport or regional integration projects in developing countries, preferably Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to influence transport policy and legal frameworks across the ECOWAS region.
• Collaboration with international institutions, regional bodies and development partners.
• Professional development in a high‑impact, donor‑funded environment.