Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ghana
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Plant-for-the-Planet Ghana is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to manage daily operations, a 15-person team, finances, procurement, field sites, safety, audits, donors, and community relationships. The role is based around Tebeso and Bamboi, with at least half the time spent at project sites and some work performed remotely.
- Manage operations and a 15-person team across two restoration sites.
- Spend at least half your time at the sites and lead field teams.
- Oversee budgets, procurement, assets, audits, and donor reporting.
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Plant-for-the-Planet Ghana is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to manage daily operations, a 15-person team, finances, procurement, field sites, safety, audits, donors, and community relationships. The role is based around Tebeso and Bamboi, with at least half the time spent at project sites and some work performed remotely.
- Manage operations and a 15-person team across two restoration sites.
- Spend at least half your time at the sites and lead field teams.
- Oversee budgets, procurement, assets, audits, and donor reporting.
- Support agroforestry, livelihoods, fire prevention, and community engagement.
- Regular travel from Kumasi or another base serving both sites can be supported.
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Plant-for-the-Planet Ghana, a Ghanaian non-profit that restores forests and runs agroforestry projects, is hiring a Chief Operating Officer. The COO runs day-to-day operations and the 15-person team, and makes sure work at both restoration sites is safe, well managed and properly recorded. The COO and the Executive Director are the organisation's two executives and both report to the board.
The sites are at Tebeso in the Bosome Freho District (Ashanti) and at Bamboi in the Bole District. Some work can be done remotely, but you are expected to spend at least half your time at the sites, leading teams and building relationships with local communities. Regular travel from Kumasi, or another base within reach of both sites, can be supported.
Donors and partners need to trust the figures, so the COO is responsible for making every operational and impact report from Ghana accurate and on time.
What you would do
Help the Executive Director set the budget, then own spending against it in line with donor agreements.
Manage procurement, petty cash and assets such as motorbikes, quad bikes, tricycles, bicycles, equipment and nurseries under clear financial controls.
Support relations with the Forestry Commission, District Assemblies and traditional authorities.
Keep the organisation ready for audits and donor reviews, with each grant following its donor's rules.
Oversee site preparation, nurseries, planting, maintenance and monitoring, and plan seasonal work around rainfall, labour, seedlings and logistics.
Organise fire prevention and firefighting in the dry season: firebreaks, community fire volunteers and coordination with the district.
See that field teams file and digitise their reports every day, and manage the health and safety of staff and workers on the road and in the field.
Manage the livelihood projects at both sites.
Set roles, goals and reviews for staff, manage contractors and casual workers, and build a fair, safe workplace in line with Ghana's labour law.
Keep children out of all work on farms, nurseries and planting sites, including contractors' work, and train everyone on the policy against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
Build good relations with landowners, farmers, chiefs and community groups, make sure women and young people take part fairly, and handle grievances promptly.
Help with fundraising by supplying field data and reports and hosting donor visits.
Requirements
- A degree in forestry, agriculture, environmental science, natural resource management, ecological restoration or something similar.
- At least ten years of work experience, including five or more in senior management or operations.
- Practical field experience in agriculture, agroforestry, forestry or restoration, preferably in Ghana or elsewhere in West Africa.
- A record of leading field teams across more than one site, managing budgets and financial controls on donor-funded projects, and reporting accurately and on time to funders.
- A track record with Ghanaian communities, chiefs and government agencies.
- Fluent English and working Twi.
- Good digital skills, including Microsoft Office and Google tools.
- Willingness to travel often to Bamboi and Tebeso on rural roads and stay several days at a time, and a valid driving licence.
- It helps if you know cocoa agroforestry, landscape restoration or the Modified Taungya System, understand Ghana's forest policy and the Forestry Commission, can use GIS or digital data tools, and have reported to international donors.
- What is offered
- A competitive salary with rent, internet data and health insurance allowances, a vehicle for site travel and reimbursed travel costs.
- How to apply
- Email your CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages to
- [email protected]
- by
- 4 December 2026
- . Use the letter to tell them about a restoration or farming project you have led: the team you had and the results you could prove. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Knowledge and Skills
- Budget Management
- Community Engagement
- Agroforestry Systems
- Fluent Twi
- Fluent English
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- About the Employer
- Plant-for-the-Planet Ghana
- Forest Restoration and Agroforestry
- Plant-for-the-Planet Ghana is a non-profit registered in Ghana and the country branch of the international Plant-for-the-Planet movement, which restores forests and supports young people in climate action. Since 2021 it has restored degraded land and supported livelihoods around Bamboi in the Bole District, and in 2026 it opened a second site at Tebeso in the Bosome Freho District, where it helps cocoa farmers move to dynamic agroforestry.
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