Founders Office Associate

Role Overview

We’re hiring for a Founder’s Office Associate a high-velocity generalist role for young, mission-driven hustlers who want a front-row seat to scaling a global climate venture. You’ll work directly with the Founder & CEO on a wide range of projects spanning strategy, operations, fundraising, policy, partnerships, and special experiments.

This role is about solving whatever challenge comes next rapidly, resourcefully, and with insane attention to detail. Think: researching regulatory structures in Zambia one day, launching a pilot in Seoni the next, helping close a funding round, or setting up a franchise in West Africa. You’ll have extreme ownership, brutal learning curves, and incredible exposure.

If you’re relentlessly curious, wildly resourceful, and allergic to boredom, this is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• High-Stakes Problem Solving
  Take on urgent, ambiguous challenges across domains research, ops, finance, policy, and strategy and drive them to completion fast.
  
  

• Project Leadership
  Own 0-to-1 initiatives (e.g., setting up a new vendor partnership, building an internal system, preparing for an investor diligence).
  
  

• Executive Support & Strategic Firefighting
  Shadow the founder in key meetings; prep decks, briefs, and follow-ups. Jump into any crisis and help resolve it with urgency and intelligence.
  
  

• Cross-Functional Coordination
  Act as glue across field teams, product, science, and external partners. Ensure nothing falls through the cracks and everything moves on time.
  
  

• Research & Analysis
  Dive deep into new topics from agri economics in the Sahel to MRV protocols and produce crisp, actionable summaries.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 0-3 years of experience, ideally in high-performance environments (consulting, investing, startups, fellowships, or top-tier academic institutions).
  
  

• Track record of taking initiative and getting sh*t done with or without structure or precedent.
  
  

• Exceptional written and verbal communication; can brief senior leaders and field teams alike.
  
  

• Works well under extreme pressure and long hours thrives in fast-paced, demanding environments.
  
  

• Deep curiosity, humility, and willingness to learn anything fast.
  
  

• Bonus: exposure to climate, agriculture, policy, or rural operations.
  

What We Offer

• Direct exposure to the founder and senior leadership and a front-row seat to global climate innovation.
  
  

• Rapid growth, high ownership, and impact on millions of lives and megatons of CO.
  
  

• Access to a global ecosystem of funders, policymakers, researchers, and doers.
  
  

• A fast, fun, mission-driven culture that values rigor, purpose, and heart.
  
  

This is not for the faint-hearted.

But if you’re the type who likes hard problems, long days, global impact, and zero red tape let’s talk.