Business

Campus Operator and Green Innovator

On-site, Work must be performed in or near Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi
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  • Details

    Job Type:
    Full Time
    Start Date:
    October 1, 2025
    Application Deadline:
    September 16, 2025
    Experience Level:
    Managerial
    Salary:
    At least USD $24,000 / year
    Total of benefits plus local wage
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Environment & Sustainability, Climate Change

    Description

    This is a unique opportunity to live onsite, manage day-to-day operations, expand hospitality offerings, and shape impact programs alongside a dedicated local team.

    Whether your passion is green innovation, sustainable construction, regenerative agriculture, or community development, you will find space here to implement, innovate, and grow.

    This is a senior role, reporting directly to the board, so experience of growing a business or managing operations is required. African experience and entrepreneurial spirit is a plus. The board is open to new directions aligned with the mission and values.

    Ecolodgy is sustainability-focused campus near Blantyre, Malawi, intended as a hub for educational and agricultural initiatives and to demonstrate that enterprise-led development can work without donor support.

    We’ve partnered with NGOs and global institutions and we’re now exploring options to capitalise and build value from the resources and partnerships.

    An Invitation to Steer the Next Chapter

    Ecolodgy is seeking a dynamic and values-driven individual or couple to operate and grow the business and lead the organisation into its next phase.

    This is a unique opportunity to live onsite, manage day-to-day operations, expand hospitality offerings, and shape impact programs alongside a dedicated local team.

    Whether your passion is sustainable construction, regenerative agriculture, or community development, you will find space here to implement, innovate, and grow.

    There is accommodation and living expenses included plus a good local wage however the main incentive would be to drive the business.

    The board is open to profit sharing / equity earn-outs for the right person or team.

    This is a unique opportunity to live onsite, manage day-to-day operations, expand hospitality offerings, and shape impact programs alongside a dedicated local team.

    Whether your passion is green innovation, sustainable construction, regenerative agriculture, or community development, you will find space here to implement, innovate, and grow.

    This is a senior role, reporting directly to the board, so experience of growing a business or managing operations is required. African experience and entrepreneurial spirit is a plus. The board is open to new directions aligned with the mission and values.

    Ecolodgy is sustainability-focused campus near Blantyre, Malawi, intended as a hub for educational and agricultural initiatives and to demonstrate that enterprise-led development can work without donor support.

    We’ve partnered with NGOs and global institutions and we’re now exploring options to capitalise and build value from the resources and…

    Benefits

    • Equity options
    • Accommodation and completely sustainable living
    • Lush environment but close to city
    • Equity options
    • Accommodation and completely sustainable living
    • Lush environment but close to city

    Level of Language Proficiency

    • English
    • Chichewa or any African language a bonus
    • English
    • Chichewa or any African language a bonus

    Location

    On-site
    M2, Blantyre, Malawi
    Nantipwili Stream Valley, Palm Valley path,

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