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Investments Associate

Job Description

Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer
Position Band: Band 5
Band Compensation: Competitive
Contract Duration: 12 months

Position to be based in Chipata with occasional travel to Lusaka (Non-Negotiable)

About Good Nature

Good Nature is a legume seed and commodity company founded to profitably move farmers out of poverty and into the middle class. We believe that the future of agriculture in Africa is disaggregated, with smallholders as the most powerful producers for local, regional, and global markets. We have designed our systems to be personal yet scalable. We have overseen consistent annual growth in our supply chain of seed and commodity, processing capacity, grower income, and company revenue. Our growers and our staff continue to learn and become more efficient.

Position Purpose

Since 2014, Good Nature Agro success has been driven by a deep commitment to small-holder farmers, the highest-quality training and products, and our innovative approach to system change.
In the next 18 months, we will be embarking on a bold growth trajectory including:

• Leveraging our recently closed Series B round
• Building further R&D capabilities for breeding seed with IP across SADC
• Expanding further operations in Southern Africa
• Increasing exports and other new business lines
• Scale our innovative new sales strategy, Good Nature Source
• Growing our leadership team and investing in talent development
• Reaching more than 30,000 farmers with ‘Seed + Service’ offering of training, market access
• Reaching more than 250,000 farmers with quality seed