Senior Youth Employment & Skills Development Expert

About the role

The Senior Youth Employment / Skills Development Expert will support NTU International’s EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance project. The role focuses on designing and implementing youth employment and skills development initiatives across the transport, logistics and infrastructure sectors in the ECOWAS region.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement youth employment and skills development programmes linked to transport and infrastructure.
• Provide technical assistance on vocational training, professional development and workforce capacity‑building.
• Conduct labour market and skills gap assessments for transport, logistics, infrastructure and digital systems.
• Design youth‑focused training curricula, internship schemes and employment initiatives.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and Member States on youth inclusion strategies and skills development frameworks.
• Coordinate with training institutions, universities, public authorities, private sector partners and development agencies.
• Deliver workshops, consultations and capacity‑building activities.
• Support monitoring, reporting and evaluation of youth and skills development actions.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in education, labour economics, human resource development, social sciences, public policy or a related field.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in youth employment, vocational training or workforce capacity‑building programmes.
• Proven experience in development, infrastructure or social inclusion projects in developing countries, preferably Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience with international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills