Ghana Partnerships Lead

Job Mission
The Ghana Partnerships Lead will build and manage the partnerships and coalition underpinning Terraformation’s Ghana Country Platform for Forest Restoration.
Working closely with the Forestry Commission and other key stakeholders, the role will convene Ghana’s restoration ecosystem, align partners around shared priorities, and translate relationships into coordinated action supporting the implementation and monitoring of the 2040 Strategy. The Partnerships Lead will ensure that the Platform builds on and strengthens existing coalitions and national initiatives rather than duplicating them.
The role will also coordinate the execution of a National Seed to Forest Accelerator in Ghana. Based on a participatory capacity needs assessment, the Partnerships Lead will work with Ghanaian stakeholders and Terraformation’s technical teams to design and deliver targeted training, tools, and ongoing support that strengthen local organizations’ technical, operational, financial, and monitoring capabilities.
Serving as a trusted bridge between Ghanaian partners and Terraformation’s internal teams, the Ghana Partnerships Lead will help remove systemic barriers to restoration and create the enabling conditions for a sustained pipeline of high-integrity, locally led restoration projects.
Location: Accra Office
Competitive Salary

Responsibilities

- Lead the stakeholder engagement strategy for the Ghana Country Platform, in close partnership with the Forestry Commission.

- Map and engage priority stakeholders across government, civil society, communities, research institutions, funders, and the private sector, building on existing coalitions and initiatives.

- Establish and coordinate the Platform’s governance, priorities, work plan, partner commitments, and decision-making processes.

- Lead a participatory capacity needs assessment and coordinate the delivery of the Seed to Forest Accelerator, including targeted training and technical assistance for Ghanaian restoration actors.

- Convene partners to identify and address priority barriers to restoration, including policy, land and tree tenure, finance, carbon readiness, data, and M&E.

- Coordinate the development and adoption of a national monitoring tool for restoration activities, including clear protocols and incentives for partners to share data.

- Ensure that local organizations, communities, women, and youth participate meaningfully in Platform planning and decision-making.

- Support the reporting effort to our funders and partners.

- Represent Terraformation in relevant national forums and report regularly on partnerships, commitments, risks, progress, and decisions required.

- Travel within Ghana up to 25%

Minimum Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience in partnerships, stakeholder engagement, coalition-building, public policy, international development, conservation, climate, forestry, or a related field.

- Demonstrated success building trusted relationships with senior government officials, NGOs, community organizations, research institutions, donors, and private-sector partners.

- Strong understanding of Ghana’s institutional, political, and socioeconomic context.

- Experience designing or facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms, sector coalitions, or public-private partnerships.

- Ability to translate diverse interests into shared priorities, practical commitments, and coordinated action.

- Strong facilitation, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and diplomatic skills.

- Experience engaging communities and local organizations through inclusive and participatory approaches.

- Ability to navigate ambiguity, institutional complexity, and competing stakeholder interests with sound judgment.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to represent Terraformation credibly with senior external stakeholders.

- Strong project-management skills, with the ability to track commitments, risks, dependencies, and results.

- Fluency in English. Proficiency in relevant Ghanaian languages is strongly preferred.

- Willingness and ability to travel regularly within Ghana.

About Terraformation
 
Terraformation is committed to addressing climate change through the power of native forest restoration. Our portfolio of high-quality projects is designed to restore forests that will remove high quantities of carbon, renew ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and create sustainable long-term community income and benefits. Our project teams have planted over one million biodiverse and native trees, stored 131 million seeds, supported 19 forestry projects, and created over 700 jobs through reforestation efforts worldwide. 
 
Our innovative approach not only equips local forestry teams with training, technology, and access to capital, but also empowers businesses to be a part of the solution to climate change. By investing in our projects, businesses can directly address climate change, offset carbon emissions, meet net zero commitments, and enhance corporate sustainability initiatives. 
 
Terraformation’s mission-driven global team, which includes experts in forest science, carbon markets, operations management, and business development, demonstrates how diverse backgrounds drive innovation and create significant impact.
 
Learn more at terraformation.com
 
 
We are an equal-opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where relevant.