• Job Title: Planning Forester
• Location: Ghana
• Reports to: GIS and Monitoring Manager
• Contract Type: Full-time

Position Summary

We are seeking a dynamic, experienced, and motivated Planning Forester to lead spatial and operational planning for our bamboo-based carbon removal projects in Ghana. This role is critical to ensuring successful land-use design, reforestation planning, and integration of field-level activities with Annual Operation Plans (AOP). The ideal candidate will have strong forest management and GIS skills, be passionate about climate and landscape restoration.

Key Responsibilities

• Compartments Planning C Spatial Analysis
  • Lead site assessments and land-use suitability analyses to determine plantable areas in various compartments.
  • Develop and maintain compartment register on an ongoing basis.
  • Develop and maintain dashboard with field activity datasets on an ongoing basis
  • Collaborate with field teams to integrate ground-truthing data into spatial planning workflows.
• Carbon Projects and Operational Planning
• Contribute to baseline assessments, and biomass carbon stock estimations by undertaking biomass monitoring.
• Maintaining the already establish permanent sample plots (PSPs) for biomass monitoring.
• Deliver weekly operational data to the senior management team.
• Ensure adherence to SOPs and correct methods for all field and nursery activities.
• Field C Nursery Monitoring and Quality Control
  • Conduct weekly quality control checks in the field and nursery.
  • Lead weekly reporting of nursery and field data, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
  • Discuss monitoring results and solutions with field and nursery teams to improve performance.

Required Qualifications s Experience

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in forestry, Agriculture, Environmental Studies, or Natural Resource Management.
• Proven experience using GIS tools (e.g., ArcGIS, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey 123, ArcGIS Quick Capture).
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a relevant role, ideally with exposure to:
  • Reforestation or agroforestry projects.
  • Carbon removal or nature-based solutions.
  • Spatial planning and land-use design.
• Familiarity with carbon project standards and methodologies is a strong asset.

Desirable Attributes

• Commitment to environmental sustainability, restoration, and climate action.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication abilities.
• Ability to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural team.