Investment Advisor

Help build an institutional-grade investment portfolio that delivers returns and real-world impact.

Location: Bundoora Victoria

Employment Type: Full-time ongoing

Most investors wait for certainty. We invest before it exists.

Agriculture Victoria Services (AVS) is building a sophisticated investment platform focused on backing breakthrough technologies capable of transforming agriculture while delivering attractivecommercial returns and measurable real-world impact.

Our focus is on identifying and supporting innovations where science engineering and entrepreneurship intersectagricultural biotechnology advanced engineering artificialintelligence and other deep technologies with the potential to solve meaningful industry challenges.

Were not looking for someone to model certainty. Were looking for someone who can evaluate technical risk identify commercial potential and build investment conviction before the market does.

Were seeking an experienced Investment Advisor to work closely with our Head of Investment to source opportunities assess investments build conviction and help shape a high-impact portfolio.

Youll evaluate opportunities where technical risk remains significant where commercial pathways are still emerging and where thoughtful capital allocation can unlock substantial value.

Importantly our mandate extends beyond traditional venture capital. While many opportunities will involve pre-seed seed and Series A investments we also pursue alternative pathways includingproject-based investments royalty structures and other innovative approaches to creating and capturing value.

This is not a traditional advisory role. It is an opportunity to operate as an investor influence investment decisions and help build an investment platform from the ground up.

The Opportunity

As an Investment Advisor youll play a key role in identifying evaluating and supporting investments across the agritech and agricultural biotechnology ecosystem.

Youll work across the full investment lifecyclefrom opportunity identification and due diligence through to portfolio management and value creationhelping transform breakthrough technologies into scalable commercially successful outcomes.

Working closely with the Head of Investment you will:

• Source and assess investment opportunities across agritech agricultural biotechnology and related deep-technology sectors
• Identify technologies and ventures capable of creating meaningful economic environmental and industry impact
• Conduct commercial technical and financial due diligence to identify key risks value drivers and pathways to scale
• Evaluate opportunities spanning biology engineering automation data and artificial intelligence
• Develop investment theses investment memoranda valuation analyses and financial models
• Assess technologies progressing from technical validation through to commercial adoption and scale
• Structure and evaluate a range of investment opportunities including venture investments project-based investments and royalty arrangements
• Engage directly with founders researchers executives industry participants and co-investors
• Support investment structuring negotiation and transaction execution activities
• Contribute to portfolio construction capital allocation and investment strategy development
• Monitor portfolio performance and identify opportunities to grow value and impact across the portfolio
• Support portfolio companies and projects through strategic advice problem-solving and ecosystem connections where appropriate

Success in this role will require the ability to form investment conviction in situations where information is incomplete technical uncertainty remains high and outcomes are not yetobvious.

Who Were Looking For

Were looking for someone who thinks like a deep-tech investor.

You are intellectually curious commercially minded and energised by understanding how breakthrough technologies become successful businesses.

You know that great technology alone is not enough. Commercial adoption market dynamics execution and timing matter just as much.

You may come from venture capital startup leadership corporate venture business development product strategy management consulting biotechnology engineering agribusiness or anotherenvironment where emerging technologies are evaluated developed sold or scaled.

Were particularly interested in people who have been directly involved in building scaling funding evaluating or selling innovative technologies and technology-based businesses.

Youll likely bring:

• Experience assessing investment opportunities emerging technologies strategic initiatives or growth ventures
• Strong commercial judgement and structured problem-solving capability
• Experience evaluating technical commercial regulatory and execution risks
• An understanding of how technologies progress from technical validation to market adoption
• The ability to link technical milestones product development and capital requirements to commercial outcomes
• Strong analytical capability including financial modelling valuation and scenario analysis
• Experience working with founders engineers scientists product teams or commercial leaders
• The ability to synthesise complex information into clear investment insights and recommendations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence operating in environments characterised by ambiguity uncertainty and rapid learning

We care less about your exact career path and more about your ability to make sound investment judgements.

Exceptional candidates may come from non-traditional backgrounds including startup founders operators engineers scientists or commercial leaders who have built scaled or successfully broughtinnovative technologies to market.

Ready to build something meaningful

If youre an investor who wants greater strategic influence and the opportunity to create impact alongside returns wed love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of investment at AVS.

Applications close:11.59pm on Thursday 16 July 2026.

To view the Position Description visit: apply submityourresume andabrief cover letter summarising your skillsexperience and how you meet the Key Selection Criteria in the position description.

Contact:For a confidential conversationplease contact Kieran Jina Head of Investment at

AVS values diversity and is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment. Weencourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Preferred candidates willbe requiredto undertake pre-employment screening including a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.