Company description

TAMAMURI is a nonprofit reimagining a historic 300-acre campus in Arizona’s high desert as a destination for learning, creativity, and connection to the natural world. With more than 100 existing buildings, a market garden, 200-tree orchard, vineyard, and expansive open land, the campus is being brought back to life as a place for immersive programs, retreats, residencies, and gatherings centered on food, ecology, land stewardship, practical skills, and the arts. We are in an exciting early stage, restoring the campus, building an exceptional founding team, developing partnerships and programs, and creating the systems that will shape TAMAMURI for years to come. For the right person, this is a rare opportunity to help build a mission-driven organization and extraordinary place from the ground up.

Job description

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
TAMAMURI | Mayer, Arizona
Full-Time | On-Site / Hybrid by Arrangement

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will build and lead the operational foundation for TAMAMURI’s growth, overseeing financial and administrative operations, human resources, facilities, compliance, risk management, and organization-wide systems.

This is a strategic, hands-on role for an experienced and resourceful operator who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment. The COO will create systems from the ground up, manage budgets and staff, strengthen internal processes, and work across agriculture, culinary, programs, hospitality, and facilities to turn an ambitious vision into a well-run organization.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Build & Lead Operations

• Build and improve the systems, workflows, policies, and processes needed to support a growing organization and campus.
• Translate organizational priorities into clear plans, timelines, responsibilities, and systems for accountability.
• Lead cross-functional operational planning and help teams navigate competing priorities and resource constraints.
• Identify operational risks and bottlenecks and develop practical solutions.
• Oversee systems for project management, procurement, contracts, records, and internal communication.
• Provide operational reporting and recommendations to the Executive Director and leadership team.

Finance & Administration

• Lead day-to-day financial administration in coordination with the Executive Director and outside accounting professionals.
• Develop and administer budgets and support department leaders with financial planning and management.
• Oversee systems for purchasing, expenses, accounts payable and receivable, contracts, and financial documentation.
• Maintain reporting and forecasting tools that provide visibility into spending, commitments, and budget performance.
• Coordinate with accountants, auditors, banks, insurers, and other professional advisors.
• Help establish strong financial controls appropriate for a growing nonprofit.

People Operations

• Oversee systems for recruitment, onboarding, employee records, performance reviews, professional development, and offboarding.
• Support hiring in partnership with the Executive Director and functional leaders.
• Supervise staff assigned to the COO’s portfolio and support managers with performance management.
• Maintain HR policies and coordinate employment compliance with appropriate professional advisors.
• Help foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and respect.

Campus, Facilities & Physical Assets

• Oversee systems for TAMAMURI’s buildings, utilities, vehicles, equipment, and physical infrastructure.
• Manage facilities staff, contractors, vendors, preventive maintenance, work orders, and capital improvement planning.
• Coordinate facilities priorities across agriculture, culinary, hospitality, programs, and other campus uses.
• Help ensure the campus is safe, functional, welcoming, and ready to support guests and programming.

Programs & Hospitality Operations

• Partner with program and hospitality leaders to support retreats, workshops, residencies, events, lodging, and educational programs.
• Coordinate facilities readiness, staffing, scheduling, procurement, transportation, budgeting, safety, and administrative needs.
• Build repeatable systems that allow programs and hospitality operations to grow while maintaining quality.

Compliance, Risk & Safety

• Maintain systems for licenses, permits, insurance, contracts, required reporting, and organizational records.
• Coordinate regulatory and employment compliance with legal, accounting, HR, insurance, and other advisors.
• Maintain safety policies, emergency procedures, incident reporting, and risk-management systems.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

You may be a strong fit if you see a young organization with enormous potential and immediately start thinking about how to make it all work. You enjoy creating structure without unnecessary bureaucracy and are as comfortable developing a budget as walking the property with a contractor or solving problems alongside our culinary, agriculture, and program teams.

You’re a clear communicator who takes ownership, makes thoughtful decisions, and knows when to bring others into the conversation.

QUALIFICATIONS

We’re looking for:

• 7+ years of progressively responsible operations leadership experience, ideally involving complex or multi-functional operations.
• Demonstrated experience building or significantly improving organizational systems and processes.
• Experience managing budgets, financial administration, and organizational resources.
• Experience leading teams and managing staff.
• Strong project-management and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to manage multiple complex priorities without losing sight of details or the larger goal.
• Excellent communication, organization, documentation, and follow-through.
• Strong judgment, discretion, integrity, and financial stewardship.
• Comfort working both strategically and hands-on.
• Enthusiasm for building an organization during an early and evolving stage.

Especially valuable, but not required:

Experience in nonprofits, hospitality, education, agriculture, food systems, retreat centers, campuses, or other mission-driven organizations; facilities or multi-building property management; nonprofit finance and compliance; HR administration; hospitality or event operations; and/or startup or organizational growth environments.

The Opportunity

TAMAMURI is at a formative moment. The campus already exists; the organization and programs that will animate it are now being built.

This role offers the opportunity to help shape not only how TAMAMURI operates today, but the systems, culture, and organizational foundation it will carry forward as it grows.

We’re looking for someone who wants to build something meaningful, believes deeply in healthy and responsible stewardship of both resources and place, and is excited by the challenge of helping an extraordinary place reach its highest potential.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $75,000 - $100,000

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Deadline

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