Public summary
This role is for a Social Impact Entrepreneur in Residence responsible for establishing and operationalizing an independent non-profit foundation focusing on sustainable agricultural supply chains and diversified agroforestry systems. The position involves validating the business and funding models, developing commercial and operational frameworks, ensuring certification and traceability, managing partnerships, leading fundraising efforts, and building the initial team. The role requires proven experience in building ventures or foundations, strong commercial acumen, fundraising expertise, domain knowledge in sustainable agriculture or related fields, and entrepreneurial leadership. The job is based in Germany with English as the working language and German as a plus. The position offers high ownership in a venture-building environment with a flexible work setup and opportunities for cross-functional collaboration and impact.
Location and work setup
- Location
- Berlin
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- German requirement signal
- No German Required Detected
- Detected job language
- English
Responsibilities
Lead the establishment of operational, legal, financial, and organizational frameworks for a new sustainable agriculture-focused non-profit foundation. Validate and develop business and funding models ensuring financial viability and scalability. Design commercial frameworks to enable product sourcing and partner onboarding. Ensure end-to-end supply chain traceability and certification compliance. Define governance, legal structures, compliance, contracts, HR setup, and reporting frameworks. Build and manage partnerships across stakeholders including farmers, processors, and buyers. Develop impact measurement KPIs and reporting systems. Identify and mitigate potential risks. Drive fundraising through grants, donors, and corporate partners. Recruit and prepare the initial team for independent organizational launch.
Qualifications
Proven experience in founding or scaling ventures, non-profits, or foundations including governance, legal setup, hiring, and operations. Strong financial acumen including business modeling, unit economics, and blended finance models. Demonstrated success in fundraising and managing strategic partnerships with grants, donors, and commercial stakeholders. Expertise in sustainable agriculture, supply chain traceability, certification, or impact reporting. Experience managing diverse stakeholders such as corporates, NGOs, farmer organizations, and donors. Entrepreneurial and hands-on mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and building from scratch. Excellent external representation skills and passion for sustainable, regenerative agricultural systems. Based in Germany, fluent in English; German language skills are a strong advantage.