Output 2 Lead - Business Environment Improvement, Trade Facilitation, and Regulatory Reform at Tetra Tech Company

The Role

• Output 2 focuses on Business Environment Improvement, Trade Facilitation, and Regulatory Reform.
• The Output 2 Lead will drive the design, management, and delivery of interventions aimed at improving the regulatory and trade environment, enhancing Nigeria’s competitiveness, and supporting reforms that unlock investment and business growth.
• This is a part ‑ time, senior-level leadership role, well ‑ suited to a professional deeply embedded in Nigeria’s trade, investment, and regulatory reform ecosystem, with strong government and private ‑ sector relationships and an excellent understanding of the country’s ongoing reform efforts, as well as the political and operational challenges that shape them.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Design

• Lead the design, refinement, and delivery of technical interventions under Output 2.
• Provide strategic advice to government agencies on regulatory reform, trade facilitation, competitiveness, and implementation sequencing.
• Ensure interventions are politically informed, context relevant, and aligned with Nigeria’s broader reform agenda.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain high-level relationships with senior government officials, regulators, private sector leaders, civil society, and reform champions.
• Leverage networks within the trade and investment ecosystem to unlock reforms, secure buy in, and advance delivery.
   

Delivery and Oversight

• Oversee technical teams, workplans, budgets, and timelines to ensure effective implementation.
• Manage risks, delivery bottlenecks, and interdependencies across interventions.
• Quality assure deliverables including diagnostics, policy notes, reform options, and technical briefs.

Internal Coordination & Reporting

• Work closely with MEL, communications, grants, and operational teams to ensure coherence and timely reporting.
• Support FCDO engagement, progress reporting, and adaptive planning.
• Contribute to programme learning, visibility, and external communication as needed.

Deliverables Will Include (but Are Not Limited To)

• High-quality intervention designs validated by key stakeholders.
• Delivery of agreed technical outputs (policy briefs, diagnostics, reform roadmaps).
• Demonstrable progress in reform areas supported under Output 2.
• Strong stakeholder engagement evidenced by adoption, collaboration, or reform traction.
• Effective management of risks, timelines, and technical teams.
• Clear and timely contributions to programme reporting and FCDO discussions.

The Person
Qualifications And Experience

• Advanced degree in economics, public policy, law, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years’ experience in business environment reform, trade facilitation, regulatory simplification, or investment climate advisory work.
• Proven track record working with Nigerian government institutions, private-sector actors, and reform bodies.
• Experience leading or advising on donor‑funded programmes (FCDO experience desirable).

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of Nigeria’s current reform agenda, including macroeconomic, regulatory, and trade reforms.
• Deep familiarity with Nigeria’s business environment challenges, institutional constraints, and political economy dynamics.
• Expertise in designing and implementing regulatory and trade facilitation reforms.

Soft Skills

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and policy interpretation abilities.
• Ability to work flexibly, adaptively, and collaboratively in a fast‑moving reform context.

Industry Connectivity

• Extensive connections within trade, investment, and regulatory reform networks in Nigeria.
• Ability to leverage relationships to support reform traction, collaboration, and delivery.