Senior PPP / Blended Finance Expert

About the role

NTU International is looking for a Senior PPP / Blended Finance Expert to support the EU‑funded Technical Assistance to ECOWAS in Transport Governance. The role focuses on structuring and financing regional transport infrastructure projects, advising on public‑private partnerships, and mobilising investment across the ECOWAS region.

Key responsibilities

• Support the structuring and financing of regional transport infrastructure and corridor investment projects.
• Provide technical advice on PPPs, blended‑finance mechanisms, and infrastructure investment models.
• Conduct financial, economic, and commercial analyses for transport projects.
• Prepare bankable investment proposals and financing strategies for IFIs, development partners, and private investors.
• Advise ECOWAS institutions and national stakeholders on finance, risk allocation, and private‑sector participation.
• Identify and mobilise climate‑finance and sustainable infrastructure funding opportunities.
• Develop and review financial models, PPP structures, and investment frameworks.
• Facilitate dialogue with development finance institutions, donors, investors, and private‑sector stakeholders.
• Deliver workshops and capacity‑building activities on PPPs, blended finance, and project finance.
• Contribute to monitoring, reporting, and analytical outputs related to infrastructure financing.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in economics, finance, business administration, infrastructure finance, public policy or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in infrastructure finance, PPP advisory, investment structuring or blended finance.
• At least 7 years of direct experience with PPPs, project finance, blended finance or infrastructure investment advisory.
• Proven experience on infrastructure or transport projects in developing countries, preferably Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Experience in international development cooperation and donor‑funded programmes.

Required skills

• Financial modeling for infrastructure projects
• PPP structuring and risk allocation
• Blended‑finance mechanisms
• Project finance analysis
• Investment proposal development
• Stakeholder engagement with development finance institutions